I keep coming back to my fascination with the story of Jesus at the wedding in Cana. Here they are running out of wine and Jesus’ mother is concerned and wants Jesus to do something about it. Now to get to this point we have to assume that she already knows that Jesus has special abilities. How does she know that?
Did Jesus cause a wind to vacuum the cave they probably lived in? Did Jesus decide to take shortcuts in carpentry and just tell the wood to take the form it needed to for the customer? I mean really, some reason is there for her to go to Jesus and tell him to do something to solve the “no more wine” problem.
I also get a kick out of the fact that she tells him to fix things and then just walks off expecting him to do what she said…even though he said it wasn’t time for him to show himself. Now that is a typical mom, tell your kid to do something and then just walk off. And what does he do? He does what mom says.
Why wasn’t it time for Jesus to show himself? I am still mystified by that. Did you know that the Bible predicts exactly when the Messiah will come (check out Daniel 9:25-26 which predicts 483 years ‘til the crucifixion in the year 33 A.D.) I didn’t realize that until recently. It’s very specific to the very year. I’m thinking that Jesus knew that as well and was very careful not to have his public ministry start too soon. The time frames for his crucifixion were to fall exactly within the predicted timeframes of the Old Testament predictions for the Messiah.
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