I am posting the first letter out of the hopper today. I've read that the crowd heard thunder. Or was Jesus the only witness to this. Thanks, Alfreda Thanks for your question, Alfreda. The manifestations of the Spirit were signs.
Signs stand for something else.
For instance, a sign on the road reading Paris does not mean that the sign is Paris. Later, He said that He who has my commandments and keeps them, is the one who loves me and therefore we will come and make our abode with him. Maybe we should not work so hard trying to hear Him. This means that the One God is made known under the human symbols of Father, Son and Spirit. This is also pictured as Message, Word and Breath in many of the early writings.