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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