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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, April 19, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:The Wedding at Cana (2) Bible Verse:John 2:6-12 (ESV) "Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. " Message:
The incident occurs immediately after Jesus has told Nathanael that he would “see greater things” (John 1:50). Jesus is not performing a random miracle here. It is the first of the seven miraculous signs by which John attests Jesus’ divine status; he structures his Gospel around them.
Greek has several words that are translated into “miracle” in the Bible. The one used here means something like “sign” or “work,” while the word generally used in the synoptics is more like the English meaning of “miracle,” something more like an “act of power.”
bread of life, communion
The speech about saving the good wine for last is typical of John, because it has multiple layers of meaning. Christ is the “good wine” and is being served last. Moreover, like the wine, Christ was begotten by a miracle, an act of God. Water is generally associated with spirituality (as in baptism), and the transmutation of water into the best wine parallels the pregnancy of Mary, not by a man, but from the spirit.
In the surface sense, “good” wine might be taken to mean that it tastes better. But we see immediately that Christ’s wine is not simply better than whatever was served before. It is “good” in the sense that the previous wine was “worthless.” Mary did not say, “they have run out of wine.” Rather, she said, “They have no wine.” In a word, Israel had no salvation.
This metaphor is strengthened by the setting, because the water Jesus used was ceremonial; it was intended for Jewish purification rituals. The wine of Christ transforms the ineffective water of the Old Testament into an efficacious means of salvation, the wine of the Last Supper, which is itself a metaphor for Christ’s blood.
(If you are interested in more detailed study, you might try Comparison of Different Bible Translations for Accuracy — The Wedding at Cana.)
Meditation : Prayer : Let me not forget my prayers as I go out into the world. Holy Spirit, be with me, and let me praise you and remember you in my every action and thought, for the entire day long. In Christ’s name I ask this,...Amen |
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