THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 2:1-11 THE FIRST ’SIGN’ OF HIS GLORY

Mike teaches today. 10/16/21

THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 2:1-11
THE FIRST ’SIGN’ OF HIS GLORY

VERSES: Haggai 2:9; Matthew 4:23-25; Jeremiah 32:33; Ezekiel 11:23, 43:1-8

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And the third day (from Sunday, the day Jesus set forth unto Galilee and finding Philip and and Nathanael, this being Wednesday the 3rd day of His being in Galilee) there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman (a term used to slightly distance Himself from flesh and blood, as His directives to reveal His Glory are in the hands of the Father - compare with John 19:26 where He also calls Mary ‘Woman’, but not in a harsh way), what have I to do with thee (since I must be only about My Father’s Business)? mine hour is not yet come (until He directs it). His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six waterpots of stone (set there for the many purification washings), after the manner of the purifying of the Jews (multiplied written pages of ‘fencing’ prescribed by the Rabbis), containing two or three firkins apiece (somewhere between 10 and 20 gallons each). Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. -- When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

Jesus enters His Ministry shortly after He refers to Himself as “the Son of Man”, (John1:49-51) as He often does throughout His Ministry. This was Christ’s response to Nathaniel’s insight and exclamation of Him being “the Son of God and the King of Israel’. It being critical that the disciples see Him yet also as a Man in the carrying out of His ‘sign’-filled Work until they had come to learn all that the ‘Son of Man’ implied set along side His being Son of God and King of Israel.

(*A “Sign” given by a man is to show that one who gives or performs it is sent of God. The sign is something of wonder; that is to say out of the ordinary, and considered to be a miracle; in that it takes Divine power to perform. Signs were given to Israel by God and those performed by a man were his validation of his being sent by God and to therefore heed and obey or follow the directive/message he brought forth. Such were the signs accompanying Moses and Elijah in the Old Testament. (Compare with Exodus 3:1-4:31 where God showed many signs given by Moses that made the people of Israel believe that he was sent of God.) It had been around 400 years since Malachi, the last Prophet, him being the one who prophesied of Elijah’s return to Earth… “before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.” Elijah’s name means ‘my God is Yahweh’ and his ministry was to apostatized Israel. God gave Elijah signs as well to validate that he was sent from God and to call His people to repentance and restoration. Elijah’s first time of ministry was during the time of wicked King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. He performed numerous ‘signs’ that had to do with attempting to establish Israel in the Earth as the Kingdom people called of God in the defending the worship of God over Baal. Jesus’ First Coming to Israel was about 900 years after Elijah was caught away alive into the heavens. Malachi’s prophecy had the Lord’s 2nd Coming in view. And in Elijah’s 2nd coming, he shall again minister his bold ancient message in Israel and validate himself as that Scripturally revealed man of God by performing again many mighty ‘signs’ to the ‘Nation’ of Israel. That message being the same as that of 2900 years ago; that of repentance and choosing God in Israel over false gods, unto sure deliverance and finally the establishment of Israel as the Kingdom of God in the Earth. That message will be brought forth in the End-time antitype of King Ahab and Jezebel; the Anti-Christ and his false Prophet, just before the prophesied 2nd Coming of Jesus. (Revelation 11 & 19)

Now Jesus’ appearance 2000 years ago was according to Old Testament Prophets and prophecy and had to do with God’s Son establishing Israel the seed of Abraham as the Kingdom.....

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