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"Blessed are those who believed without seeing." Why is it a blessing to believe without seeing?

Those who have witnessed have had a real proof before their eyes. They cannot doubt what they have seen. However, those who believe without seeing rely totally on God's word. The natural order of the well-known motto, "Seeing is believing" is reversed in the order of things in the kingdom of God. Those who have not seen are convinced by the testimony of the apostles, and by the conviction of the Spirit. Thus “believing is seeing” becomes the desired state of affairs. Faith, by definition is believing in things not seen; otherwise it is not faith.  God blesses those who utterly rely on His word.