2007-01-15 07:05:00 · 7 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
John 2.11 tells us Jesus' first sign "reveals his glory" but it is left to us to figure out what this means.
The empty jars were there for Jewish purification rites. Jesus transforms what was to be used merely to purify into what is life-celebrating wine. The wedding is a metaphor for the arrival of salvation. This transformation is the manifestation of the glory mentioned in 1.14 "we have seen His glory."
So why didn't Jesus just tell his mother he'd take care of it when she told him that they had no wine - instead of telling her "My hour has not yet come" (2.4)? Because Jesus' "hour" is the time of his death and not this opportunity to do good. By transforming the water into wine at the beginning of this story - Jesus is foreshadowing the significance of his death and resurrection at the end, by which he supplies the "wine of life" to those who have used up all their resources. This first sign of transformation points ahead to the other signs.
2007-01-15 07:52:20 · answer #1 · answered by Capernaum12 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. Jesus displayed the same power over creation that God the Father does verifying the beginning of John saying that he was from the beginning of creation and that he had a hand in it.
2. By transforming the pure cleansing water within, he is illustrating he himself has the power to cleanse others.
3. By making the cleansing water into wine, he basically took the traditions based on the OT and made it new symbolizing his status as the "one like Moses" or the new Moses to come forshadowing the New Covenant.
Good Q!
2007-01-15 07:15:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The miracle at Cana is the first of seven “signs” in John’s gospel - miraculous events – by which Jesus showed forth His divinity. The Church also uses the account of this miracle to remind us that, by virtue of her position as the Mother of God and our heavenly mother, Mary's intercession for us with God has great power.
2007-01-15 07:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It teaches me about the intimate understanding between Mary and Jesus... a kind of almost unnamed knowing.
When Mary said, "They have no wine," Jesus' response almost seems to indicate that he really has no interest in performing this miracle, the one that is essentially going to set his public ministry in motion.
He says, "Woman, what is that to me? My hour has not yet come."
But somehow, even though this seems like a trivial way, and a trivial place to do something miraculous, she just knows. She senses the importance of this moment... to history itself. So she says to the stewards, "Do whatever he tells you."
It is a small and intimate look at the moment behind a miracle, and tells us so much about the wordless bond between Mother and Son, and a woman and her God.
2007-01-15 07:17:09 · answer #4 · answered by evolver 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That he perfomed his first miracle in response to his own mother Mary's intercessory prayer!!!!! "Son...they have no more wine." She did not need to say pretty please because she knew what he was capable of....she simply presented the need. Even though he seemingly rebuked her, he did indeed answer her request. That's why she said in all faith, "Do whatever he tells you". She claims nothing for herself -- not even the credit due her for noticing that the wine ran out which would make the newlyweds terribly embarrassed....weddings then lasted a week! Go, Mary! Intercede for us!!!!!
2007-01-15 07:12:48 · answer #5 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That Jesus was "indeed" a human.
2007-01-15 07:08:55 · answer #6 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The guy was a party animal.
2007-01-15 07:09:38 · answer #7 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋