John

Chapter 2
{Verse 1 - Application 7 - Jesus Christ and the Kingdom Age/
Marriage Supper of the Lamb/Millennium}
1~~On the third day {three days after John 1:43}
there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee,
and the mother of Jesus {His humanity only!} was there.

{Note: RBT says weddings of virgins occurred on Wednesdays. So this is probably a Wednesday. RBT says actually Mary was the "grand-dame" of the wedding. It was her job to work behind the scenes at the wedding celebration. She was the one in charge/in authority making sure everything was taken care of. At the wedding ceremony there were two official people in positions of authority:
  1. the governor of the feast. It was his job to taste the wine to see
  if it was fit to serve.
  2. the Grand Dame who provides all the logistics of the
  celebration . . . that was Mary.}

2~~Now both Jesus
and His disciples {Andrew, Peter, James, John, Philip, Nathaniel - 6 of
them} were invited to the wedding
  {message was left for them to attend - aorist tense}.

{Jesus and the disciples Arrive and no wine to drink as is customary}
3~~And when they {Jesus and the disciples}
came late and wanted wine,
the mother of Jesus said {in a panic} to Him,
"They have no wine {idiom for 'so lets go'}!"

{Note: The setting here is Jesus and His disciples arrive. It was custom to have a glass of wine to toast the bride and groom. They asked for wine but there was none. This is a potentially embarrassing situation for the bride and groom.}

4~~Jesus said, "GUNE! / WOMAN!"
What is THIS {being out of wine} to you and to Me?
  {probably indicates neither Mary nor Jesus drank - but not really
  the point}
My hour has not yet come
  {idiomatic response - it is not My time to go! Referring to His death
  at the cross He has Messianic signs to leave first - and water to
  wine was to come soon}."

{Note: Speaking from His Deity, Jesus says GUNE! Jesus is disciplining Mary by not calling here 'mother' or 'noble woman'. Mary is out of line, but Mary is also sensitive to the fact that her human son was also her God and Savior! Mary starts out being stimulated from the human viewpoint - "they are out of wine", so lets go home!" but after the rebuke from Jesus, she SWITCHED from HUMAN VIEWPOINT, to the faith-rest principle and DIVINE VIEWPOINT. Now she gets it!}

5~~His mother {Mary} said to the servants,
"Whatever He tells you to do . . . do it!"

6~~Now there were set there six water-pots of stone,
according to the manner of purification of the Jews,
containing twenty gallons a piece {120 gallons total}.

7~~Jesus said to them,
"Fill the water-pots with water."
And they filled them up to the brim.

8~~And He said to them,
"Draw some out now,
and take it to the 'master of the feast'/mat idée."
And they took it.

9~~When the master of the feast had tasted the water
which had become wine {what it was not before} . . .
and did not know were it came from
(but the servants who had drawn the water knew) . . .
the master of the feast called the bridegroom {to compliment him}.

10~~And he said to him,
"Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine,
and when the guests have well drunk,
then the inferior {inferior wine is served when taste buds are nulled}. You have kept the good wine until now
  {very surprised, and delighted . . . best wine he has ever tasted}!"

11~~This beginning of the signs/miracles {first of His Messianic miracles}
Jesus did in Cana of Galilee,
and manifested His glory {calling card - He is God} . . .
and His disciples who had previously believed . . .
kept on believing in Him.

Note: There were six empty water pots made of stone - hard headed! There were six empty disciples with Jesus also hard headed. They HAD believed meaning Jesus is filling up the water pots with doctrine/divine viewpoint!}

{Verses 12-17: The Attack of Religion - in Mass Numbers}
12~~After this He {Jesus} went down to Capernaum . . .
He, His mother {Mary},
His brothers {James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas},
and His disciples {Andrew, Peter, James, John, Philip and Nathaniel},
and they did not stay there many days.

13~~Now the Jew's Passover was at hand,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

{Note: This is a reference to the "Lord's Passover" from Ex. 12:11 that the religious Jews converted into religion, which originally spoke of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Passover Lamb, who takes away the sins of the world. The religious Jews turned it into a religious ceremony in the Temple, calling it "The Passover of the Jews", rather than the "Lord's Passover". SideNote: John is placing this event in the text in a logical position. He is addressing Jesus' opinion on religion. Matthew recorded the event, but in a chronological position as it occurred.}

{Corruption in the Temple}
14~~And He found in the temple
those who sold oxen and sheep and doves,
and the moneychangers doing business.

{Note: The Temple was where Christology - the person and work of Jesus Christ was to be taught. It was now being distorted into a system of religious activity. The moneychangers were selling animal sacrifices at exorbitant prices, making a huge profit. Anywhere else, this would of been a legitimate form of business, but in the Temple, it was distorting the true issue of the spiritual life . . . the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. This was tantamount to rejection of Christ in the Temple. The 'world' must be removed from the Temple before the Temple can reach the 'world' for Jesus Christ.}

15~~When He {Jesus} had made a whip of cords,
He drove them all out of the temple
with the sheep and the oxen,
and poured out the changers' money
and overturned the tables.

{Note: See also Matthew 21:12. Jesus used violence against religion. He DID NOT "turn the other cheek" when dealing with the attack of religion against the Truth of the Word. He dealt a swift blow to false doctrine.}

16~~And He {Jesus} said to those who sold doves,
"Take these things away!
Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"

{Note: Here Jesus asked them to leave. SideNote: In the scriptures a dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit. So, here He asked them to leave and they did.}

17~~Then His disciples remembered that it was written {Psalms 16:9}, "The zeal that belongs to My house
has eaten Me up
  {Jesus was zealous for the cleansing of the temple}."

{Verses 18-22: Jesus is Challenged by Religion}
18~~So the Jews {religious crowd} answered and said to Him,
"What sign do You show to us,
since You do these things?"

{Note: This is a challenge by the religious Jews -- "What is your authority to do these things -throw out the money changers etc.?"}

19~~Jesus answered and said to them,
"Destroy THIS temple {pointing to His body},
and in three days I will raise it up."

{Note: RBT says Jesus by using THIS was speaking of His own Body and was probably pointing to His body as He said this. Below in verse 21, we now know He was referring to His being resurrected in three days - NOT the temple building where they were.}

20~~Then the Jews said,
"It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,
and will You raise it up in three days?"

{Note: This refers to the period of time it took Herod to re-designing the temple.}

{So the Sign He gave them was the Sign of the Resurrection}
21~~But THIS He kept on speaking . . .
of the temple of His body.

22~~Therefore, when He had risen from the dead,
His disciples remembered
that He had said this to them.
And they believed the Scripture
even/and the Word, which Jesus had communicated.

{Note: Jesus had taught the disciples doctrine for 3 years, but they learned very little. It was not until after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that they became serious about bible doctrine.}

23~~Now when He {Jesus} was in Jerusalem at the Passover,
during the feast,
many believed in His Name/Person
when they saw the signs which He kept on doing.

24-25~~But Jesus did not commit/entrust Himself to them,
because He knew all {men} 25~~
and had no need that anyone should testify of man,
for He knew what was in man {the Old Sin Nature}.

{Note: The word "commit" means to entrust. Jesus knew men's hearts. They wanted to make Him King. He knew they did not have the ability to make Him King.}

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