Wedding at Cana

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Why was it the third day? The third day is the day of the seed.

The first day was the Day of the light, and John starts out by talking about the light.

The second day there was water above and below and a firmament and the Spirit hovered over the face of the water. John then talks about Jesus' baptism and has the water below, the Word/water above, Jesus in between being baptized, and the Spirit hovering over Jesus.

Now the ordering of the days is curious:

Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him
Joh 1:35 Again the next day after John stood
Joh 1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth
Joh 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee;

Though five days have passed, it is called the third day. This is the riddle that points to the day of the seed. The third day in Genesis is when the 'earth was gathered' as Jesus has been gathering his disciples. It is the day that plants with seed sprung forth. This is the day he is 'weaned' from Mary. Before this day he could show the disciples where he was staying. After this day he had no place to stay. This is the day he became the promised 'seed of the woman' as he began his ministry. It is the key to understanding the rest of the questions.

So. Jesus wasn't invited. He was called to the wedding. As he passed they called out to him to join them. Why? He was just made a spectacle by John the baptist. John proclaimed him to be the lamb of God. What greater honor than to have the newly proclaimed Messiah to be at your wedding first?

It doesn't say that they had wine and everyone already drank it up. It said they had no wine. Wine represents grace and living water. He took the water of outward purification and made it the grace of inward purification.

"What have I to do with thee?" He was being kicked out of his mother's place to live with his Father. The question was directed at their future relationship. What would be the role of his mother in the flesh as he began his public ministry? It was a turning point for them both.

Gotta run. I'll be back tonight.

--- Weddnig at Cana "Mine hour hath not yet come." This is the humility with which Jesus began his ministry. As a prophecy of this we see David's reluctance to take the kingdom for himself, Abraham's reticence to allow the king of Sodom to enrich him, Jacob's reluctance to be enveloped by the riches of Egypt, etc. According to the prophecy of 2Ch 33:13 Jesus did not know he was God until he returned to Jerusalem.

John used the repeating motif of hearing, seeing and walking. Jesus heard the voice of the Father at the baptism. The disciples proclaim, We have seen him..., and then here at Cana, his mother makes him walk with the Father. She says, It IS your time. Her statement "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." forces the issue.

There were six pots of water. The water and wine here are the word in law and grace. There are six of them because John tells us that there are six ways that Gods testifies of himself. He says there are three in heaven and three on earth. There is hearing, seeing and walking in the flesh and hearing seeing and walking in the spirit. The seven pointed candlestick says the same thing with the addition that all six testimonies are one.

This miracle confirmed in Jesus own mind what he had known only intellectually, that he was God. When he returned to Jerusalem, he cleansed the temple having full confidence of His right to do so.

Joe 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. 18 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.s

Wine as grace, milk as divinity, Divine grace began to be poured out that day. All of Judah was filled with the water of His word. Christ as the fountain came from the house of the Lord. and the word filled the valley of Hate. (Shittim is a pun for satam meaning 'hate') The prophecy of Joel began to be fulfilled this day.

The word is kalew which is to be called or hailed by name with a loud voice. Though it can mean invite, it is translated 125 as call in the AV.

The other is tritos recognizable as it is meaning third. It is also used in the specific prophecy of the cross:

Mt 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third <5154> day.
Mt 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third <5154> day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
Mt 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third <5154> day he shall rise again.
Mt 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third <5154> day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Mr 9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third <5154> day.
Mr 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third <5154> day he shall rise again.
Lu 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third <5154> day.
Lu 18:33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third <5154> day he shall rise again.
Lu 24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third <5154> day rise again.
Lu 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third <5154> day:
Ac 10:40 Him God raised up the third <5154> day, and shewed him openly;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third <5154> day according to the scriptures:

Since it is used specifically speaking of the cross so many times, one would be hard pressed to demonstrate that it means 'several days later', though I am willing to see the evidence. What rules do you use when determining to read it literalistic-ally or not?

You may be right about the they have no wine reference (as opposed to they ran out of wine) but I do find it odd that he later referenced the the two grades of wine and timing it was served. If they simply didn't have wine, I would expect them to say normally they serve good wine at the beginning but you have saved it until the end, with no reference to inferior wine.

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There very well have been an earlier wine... the observation has little to do with the facts as opposed to what is said about the facts. "They have no wine" is a sensus plenior statement that they have no grace, without commenting on earlier conditions.

But also notice what is not said. It does not say they wanted more wine. So either the guests had not yet had any wine, or the guests had drunk it all up and when Jesus and the disciples arrived later, and wanted wine, there was not any for them. The important link is between the "It was good" of Genesis 1 and the good wine. It was good.

The second possibility would also support the idea that they were not invited as most guests were, but were hailed in as the feast was already progressing.

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