This episode is all about the wedding feast at Cana where Jesus turned the water into wine.
The following is an excerpt from Art’s book “The Combined Gospels of Love”:
John in his Gospel reveals the incredibly close, mother – son relationship that existed between
Jesus and Mary. Scripture is also telling us that Mary knew very well who her Son was and the
God given abilities His Heavenly Father had bestowed upon Him. Mary tells Jesus, “They have
no wine.” Mary clearly expects Jesus to solve the “wine” problem. However, Jesus chooses to
remind Mary that His, “hour has not yet come,” and asks her, in a very loving manner,
“Woman, whatever am I to do with you?” Mary ignores Jesus, and addresses the servants,
telling them to do “whatever He saith unto you.” It is the last time that any word spoken by
Mary is recorded in Scripture.
This is the first miracle performed by Jesus and is specific to changing water into wine. The
water pots being used to hold the wine, are very interesting, in that John takes the time to
describe the water pots, providing us with very significant details regarding the volume of the
pots and the number of pots involved. It is generally understood that John was hiding a
“mystery” in these measurements. John was using Jesus’ first and last miracles in his Gospel to
reveal the number 153 as representing the “Sons of God.”
In the first miracle there are 9 gallons of water contained in a “firkin,” hence each pot held
either 18 or 27 gallons of water. John, in his Gospel, makes it clear that the pots were not all
the same sizes, “containing two or three firkins apiece.” If, as some Biblical scholars contend,
there were 5 pots containing 3 firkins and 1 pot containing 2 firkins, the total volume of water
changed into wine would have been 153 gallons. The last miracle had the seven disciples
“catching 153 large fish.”(John 21:11).The “8 miracles”(eight is the biblical number of new
beginnings) showcased in John’s Gospel, had the 1st and 8th miracles serve as “bookends,” with
both miracles setting forth the biblical number 153, which represents the “Sons of God.” As a
result, some would contend that the miracle of our Lord changing water into wine is to provide
us with the understanding of the change that will take place in our Lord’s, “Sons of God,” when
our Lord changes our bodies from the mortal ones we are born in, to the immortal bodies in
which we will serve Him throughout eternity.
The above explains why we named our website www.unity153.net
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