The first reason why I think he did this miracle was that His mom asked Him to. I can just picture the conversation. Mary: "So, Jesus, they're out of wine." Jesus: "Yeah? What do you want me to do about it, Mom?" Mary just gives Him a motherly look. Jesus: "Okay."
That's what I think happened here.
Funny if you ask me.
Then I think about the fact that Jesus did something, in one second, that usually takes years and years. I mean that the people at the wedding said that said wine was the best wine ever. Good wine takes a long time to get right. Therefore it makes perfect sense that Jesus would prove He is the very Master of the Universe by altering molecules with a thought and demonstrating His power for all to see in an instant. Can you imagine everyone's faces when they put water in the ceremonial washing jars and when someone dipped a ladle in there it came out full of the most robust and rich wine they'd ever seen? I would've loved those faces.
My brother Paul, who teaches Old Testament at McMaster Divinity School in Hamilton, Ontario also pointed out to me that Jesus showed that Jesus did this to show He was the new wine in an old religion by using Jewish ceremonial washing jars as the containers for the wine. Those jars were meant for a ritual that was very important and Jesus turned that on its ear and filled the jars with His new wine and used them on His own authority. If there were any Pharisees at that wedding they would've been just a little miffed. But He didn't care. He was in charge of the religion...the religion wasn't in charge of Him.
So Jesus honored and loved his mom, proved He was God by the miracle and turning old religion on its head. Pretty cool.
'Nuff said.
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