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This, the first of His miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana
in Galilee. He thus revealed
His glory, and His disciples put their faith in Him.
John 2:11
What a wonderful continuation to the theme of his Gospel. John
begins here to work out the
statement that he made in John 1:14. We beheld His glory, the
glory of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth. What we have in this gospel is
the self revelation of the Son of God to a
world which is lost in sin. He reveals His glory to us. It is
seen however in a series of events which are
designed to point us to spiritual truth. We discover here one
who is in fact the fulfillment of all that the
Scriptures teach about the coming of God among His people. As we
read these words we are forced to
ask ourselves just what we personally would expect God to act
like when He comes among us. Would
we recognise Him? Do we recognise Him as He reveals His glory
and grace in our world today? It seems
to me that this is one of the messages which was being
proclaimed loudly through the book of
Revelation. As the Lamb that was slain works out the victory He
won over Satan on the cross do we
see it? Do we see the revelation of the cross over every part of
our present day experience? In our
encounters with Him in daily life do we hear the invitation to
see how every part of the Scripture is
being fulfilled in Him? John tells us that there is a calling to
the day of decision taking place in our lives.
The issue is, do we believe in Him?
On the surface it seems as if John is describing a scene which
is the common experience of
nearly all of us. Jesus and His disciples had been invited to a
wedding in Cana in Galilee. Each of us has
attended many weddings. John tells us that there is a deeper,
Biblical significance to the events which
were taking place that day. Looking back on the events of that
wedding celebration John tells us that
that was the time that many of the disciples began to believe in
Jesus. More accurately John writes that
it was then that His disciples put their faith in Him. Here was
a glimpse given to them of the true nature
of the One that they had begun to follow. It is vital that we
follow along with these disciples as they
walk with Jesus, because He is taking them, and us, on a journey
that leads to faith. A wedding takes
place, Jesus is there. They have run out of wine, a social
catastrophe in those days. This will be the
wedding that people will talk about for decades. Jesus mother
decides to intervene, asking her son, the
miracle worker to help out. Jesus is reluctant, I believe
because He does not want faith to be anchored
in the miracles He performed. He wants us to believe because we
have caught a vision of His nature as
God in Human flesh.
He does help however, but He does so in a way that is humble,
gracious, almost hidden. Only a
few people know what He had done. What He had done, however was
to us six huge stone jars which
were to be used for the Biblical rites of purification, each one
holding 20 to 30 gallons of water. He had
them filled to the brim. Water was drawn out and taken to the
Master of the Banquet. When he tasted
it he discovered that it had been turned into the most wonderful
wine. For this to take place the
servants at the wedding had to obey Jesus. They had to do
something which seemed on the surface to
be very foolish. What would the master of the Banquet think when
they brought him a cup of water
used to purify hands, and called it wine for the celebration?
That water had been turned into wine. In
