{"id":1608,"date":"2022-01-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2019-06-06T05:03:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T11:03:27","slug":"fb-the-wedding-miracle-john-2-1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/fb-the-wedding-miracle-john-2-1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Episode &#8212; The Wedding Miracle: John 2:1-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3935\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1608-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-miracles-03-fb_mixdown.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-miracles-03-fb_mixdown.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-miracles-03-fb_mixdown.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-miracles-03-fb_mixdown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?powerpress_pinw=1608-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-miracles-03-fb_mixdown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rbs-ga-miracles-03-fb_mixdown.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-reflective-bible-study-gos-31078545\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_iheart\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on iHeartRadio\" rel=\"nofollow\">iHeartRadio<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><hr class=\"powerpress-player-divider\"><div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Read the Transcript<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p>In our last episode, we started talking about Jesus\u2019 famous first-miracle at the wedding of Cana. However, our last episode focused on the faith of those present before and after the miracle, and not on the miracle itself. For this episode, we\u2019ll look again at this miracle, but focus in on another huge idea we can learn from it.<\/p>\r\n<p>Let\u2019s read the whole passage surrounding this miracle then dive into what we can discover from it. Our passage is found in John\u2019s gospel, chapter 2, and we will read it from the New American Standard Bible translation. Starting in verse 1, John tells us that:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;\u00a0<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.\u00a0<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus\u00a0said to Him, \u201cThey have no wine.\u201d\u00a0<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0And Jesus\u00a0said to her,\u00a0\u201cWoman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.\u201d\u00a0<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0His mother\u00a0said to the servants, \u201cWhatever He says to you, do it.\u201d\u00a0<sup>6<\/sup>\u00a0Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.\u00a0<sup>7<\/sup>\u00a0Jesus\u00a0said to them,\u00a0\u201cFill the waterpots with water.\u201d\u00a0So they filled them up to the brim.\u00a0<sup>8<\/sup>\u00a0And He\u00a0said to them,\u00a0\u201cDraw\u00a0<em>some<\/em>\u00a0out now and take it to the\u00a0headwaiter.\u201d\u00a0So they took it\u00a0<em>to him.<\/em>\u00a0<sup>9<\/sup>\u00a0When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter\u00a0called the bridegroom,\u00a0<sup>10<\/sup>\u00a0and\u00a0said to him, \u201cEvery man serves the good wine first, and when\u00a0<em>the people<\/em>\u00a0have drunk freely,\u00a0<em>then he serves<\/em>\u00a0the poorer\u00a0<em>wine; but<\/em>\u00a0you have kept the good wine until now.\u201d\u00a0<sup>11<\/sup>\u00a0This beginning of\u00a0<em>His<\/em>\u00a0signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><sup>12<\/sup>\u00a0After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and\u00a0<em>His<\/em>\u00a0brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>While the faith of Mary and the disciples is very present in this passage, there was faith present among the servants too. I probably should have pulled this detail out last week when putting that episode together.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, what really stands out to me is that the bridegroom receives credit for something he had no direct part in. It\u2019s a little humoring that we don\u2019t have any response from the bridegroom himself, and it\u2019s possible the bridegroom was speechless not having known exactly what happened. John points out that only the servants, and the early disciples, knew where the wine came from, and that it was merely water minutes before.<\/p>\r\n<p>But what really stands out in my mind when reading this is the statement the headwaiter tells the bridegroom. In verse 10, the headwaiter tells the bridegroom, \u201c<strong>Every man serves the good wine first, and when\u00a0<em>the people<\/em>\u00a0have drunk freely,\u00a0<em>then he serves<\/em>\u00a0the poorer\u00a0<em>wine; but<\/em>\u00a0you have kept the good wine until now.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>This statement is as profound in the headwaiter\u2019s eyes as it is symbolic in our own. Too many people alive today think that what we see in this life is all there is to see. <strong>Culture pressures people to live by the philosophy \u201cEat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die\u201d\u2014which is ultimately a recipe for living hopeless lives.<\/strong> The implication is that we have the good in life first, but then it just goes downhill from here. The implication is also that there is nothing to look forward to after death. The implication in the headwaiter\u2019s statement is that after those present eat and drink freely, then those involved don\u2019t realize that the quality of their drink is poorer than before, and in a symbolic sense, their lives begin to slide downhill as well.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>But the symbolic counter-cultural message here is that Jesus flips this idea upside down. When Jesus is involved, what we thought was good wine served first is really poorer quality because what comes next is infinitely better. While those living without Jesus live hopeless lives believing that times are good then worse, when we live with Jesus, we can face the good and bad times in this life knowing that the best is still to come.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>However, this isn\u2019t the only amazing thing that stands out in my mind with this miracle and what it foreshadows.<\/p>\r\n<p>When discovering that this miracle was Jesus\u2019 first miracle, we see that it was at a wedding, and Jesus is responsible for resupplying the wine. Once you see this parallel, it is hard to unsee it, because during the last supper, Jesus parallels the wine with His blood which is poured out for the forgiveness of sins, and Jesus promises to wait to drink it until the great wedding feast when the church comes as a bride to meet Jesus, her groom.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>At the very beginning of Jesus\u2019 ministry, and the very first miracle designed to prompt people to pay attention, Jesus is at a wedding feast, and in my mind\u2019s eye, the first thing the church will do when we have been joined with Jesus Christ is have a great wedding feast celebrating Jesus\u2019 sacrifice and His victory for all of us!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Both the truth we see in the headwaiter\u2019s statement and the truth we see foreshadowed in Jesus\u2019 presence at a wedding point us to look forward to what God is preparing for us. While this life has its ups and downs, and its positives and negatives, when we live with God, we have hope. We look forward to the wedding feast, and we look forward to our future, eternal life with God forever! <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>As we come to the end of another podcast episode, here are the challenges I will leave you with:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Always intentionally seek God first and remember that with whatever we face in this life, our future with Jesus will be better than our life in our current sin-filled world.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Also, be sure to intentionally pray and study the Bible for yourself and grow personally closer to Jesus each and every day. Don\u2019t assume or take for granted what the Bible teaches. Choose to study God\u2019s truth out for yourself to discover what He wants you to learn from His Story and His plan of redemption. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>And as I end every set of challenges by saying in one way or another, never stop short of, chicken out of, or abandon where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><strong>Flashback Episode:<\/strong> \r\nYear of Miracles &#8211; Episode 3: When Jesus turns water into wine as His first miracle, discover how this event foreshadows what we can look forward to when this life is over.\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flashback Episode - The Wedding Miracle: John 2:1-12 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/fb-the-wedding-miracle-john-2-1-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flashback Episode - The Wedding Miracle: John 2:1-12 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/fb-the-wedding-miracle-john-2-1-12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-17T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@godstruthhisway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@godstruthhisway\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-the-wedding-miracle-john-2-1-12\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-the-wedding-miracle-john-2-1-12\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cam\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6aa6c062baad6d28cd49429d13dee5e3\"},\"headline\":\"Flashback Episode &#8212; 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