John Chapter 2, Wedding On The Third Day; Jesus Made Wine; oinos, paroinos; My hour has not yet come; Jesus’ Mother And Brothers; What Is The Passover?; Zeal For Thy House; Who Raised Jesus From The Dead; Cana

1. John 2
Wedding On The Third Day; Jesus Made Wine;
oinos, paroinos; My hour has not yet come;
Jesus’ Mother And Brothers; What Is The
Passover?; Zeal For Thy House; Who Raised
Jesus From The Dead; Cana
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the water and snow from Mount Hermon are still making their descent to the Sea of Galilee.

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3. Book of John Overview in 5
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6. Kefar Kenna from south [Cana]

7. John 2:1, Wedding On The Third Day
• NAU John 2:1 On the third day there was a wedding in
Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;
• Jewish weddings are often celebrated on on the third
day.
• Because God said it was “good” twice on the third day.
• NAU Genesis 1:10 God called the dry land earth, and
the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw
that it was good. …12 The earth brought forth
vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and
trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening
and there was morning, a third day.

8. John 2:2, Wedding
• Luke 14:8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding
feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more
distinguished than you may have been invited by him,
• And don’t invite kids
• Honesty of Children
• My sister, Ann, a third-grade teacher, invited her class to her
wedding. The wedding was at 3:30 p.m. on a weekday, so the
substitute brought Ann's class to the church.
• The music started, the attendants took their places, and the
bride came down the aisle on the arm of her father. At this
point one alarmed student exclaimed,
• "She's not going to marry that old man, is she?"

9. John 2:2, A Wedding Kiss?

10. John 2:3, Jesus Made Wine
• NAU John 2:3 When the wine [oinos] ran out, the mother
of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine [oinos]."
• “An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets
stopped for speeding in Connecticut The state trooper
smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an
empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, "Sir,
have you been drinking?” "Just water," says the priest.
The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?”
• The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord!
He's done it again!”"

11. John 2:3, Wine
• Matthew 9:17 "Nor do people put new wine [oinos] into
old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the
wine [oinos] pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but
they put new wine [oinos] into fresh wineskins, and both
are preserved.“
• <3631> οινος oinos, Meaning: wine
• [oinos] used 10X’s in John, 7X’s in Mark, 8X’s in Luke
• Luke 7:33 "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread
and drinking no wine [oinos] , and you say, 'He has a
demon!‘ 34 "The Son of Man has come eating and
drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a
drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!‘
• [oinos] used 6X’s in NAU John 2:3-10… the mother of
Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine [oinos] ." … you
have kept the good wine [oinos] until now.

12. John 2:3, Wine
• 1 Timothy 5:23 No longer drink water exclusively,
but use a little wine [oinos] for the sake of your stomach
and your frequent ailments.
• NAU Luke 7:34 "The Son of Man has come eating
and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man
and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and
sinners!’
• NAU Proverbs 3:10 So your barns will be filled with
plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Song of Solomon 7:9, Psalm 104:14-15, Titus 1:7, 2:3, 1 Timothy 3:3, 3:8,
Proverbs 20:1, 23:20, 31-33, Isaiah 5:22, 28:7, 1 Corinthians 8:9

13. John 2:3, Wine
• Romans 14:21 It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine [oinos] , or
to do anything by which your brother stumbles.
• Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine [oinos] , for that is
dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
• 1 Timothy 3:3 not addicted to wine [paroinos] or pugnacious, but
gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.
• <3943> πάροινος paroinos
• Meaning: given to wine, drunken…
• Usage: addicted to wine(2).
• 1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not
double-tongued, or addicted to much wine [oinos] or fond of sordid
gain,
• Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Deuteronomy 29:6; Judges 13:4, 7, 14;
Proverbs 20:1; 31:4; Isaiah 5:11, 22; 24:9; 28:7; 29:9; 56:12, Ecclesiastes
9:7, Amos 9:14, Isaiah 55:1, 1 Corinthians 6:12; 2 Peter 2:19, 1 Corinthians
8:9-13, 10:31, John 2:1-11; Matthew 26:29

14. • Jesus received
much irreverence
in the first
century and it
continues even
today.
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15. The Bottle Of
Wine
For all of us who are married, were married,
wish you were married, or wish you weren't
married, this is something to smile about the
next time you see a bottle of wine: Sally was
driving home from one of her business trips in
Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly
Navajo woman walking on the side of the road.
As the trip was a long and quiet one, she
stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if
she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks,
the woman got into the car. Resuming the
journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small
talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just
sat silently, looking intently at everything she
saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed
a brown bag on the seat next to Sally 'What in
bag?' asked the old woman. Sally looked down
at the brown bag and said, 'It's a bottle of wine.
I got it for my husband.’ The Navajo woman was
silent for another moment or two. Then
speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she
said:
'Good trade.....'

16. Does wine imply a vineyard?
• Jesus was starting to minister in the land of
milk and honey, I thought it is interesting that
the book of John does not have one use of the
word “vineyard”
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17. NAU John 2:4
“My hour has not yet come”
• NAU John 2:4 And Jesus said to her, "Woman,
what does that have to do with us? My hour has
not yet come."
• NAU John 7:6 So Jesus said to them, "My time is
not yet here…
• NAU John 7:8 … My time has not yet fully come.”
• NAU John 7:30 … His hour had not yet come.
• NAU John 8:20 …because His hour had not yet
come.
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18. NAU John 2:4
“His hour did come”
• NAU John 12:23 And Jesus answered them,
saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man
to be glorified.
• NAU John 12:27 …But for this purpose I came
to this hour.
• NAU John 13:1 …Jesus knowing that His hour
had come that He would depart out of this
world to the Father…
• NAU John 17:1 …He said, "Father, the hour
has come; glorify Your Son… 18

19. NAU John 2:5
Do Whatever He Says
• NAU John 2:5 His mother said to the servants,
"Whatever He says to you, do it."
• I think Mary here recognizes the deity of Jesus
Christ as it was revealed to her at the
enunciation.
• Some believe Mary may have been related to
the bride or groom, and may have had this
concern in an official capacity.
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20. NAU John 2:6
• NAU John 2:6 Now there were six stone
waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of
purification, containing twenty or thirty
gallons each.
• Obviously a large gathering, with many Jews
wanting ceremonial washing.
• The blood of Jesus can transform religious
ceremonialism into a warm, loving,
relationship. He can transform hearts.
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21. NAU John 2:7-11
• NAU John 2:7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with
water." So they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to
them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter."
So they took it to him. 9 When 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 called the bridegroom, 10 and said to
him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when the
people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine;
but you have kept the good wine until now." 11 This
beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
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22. Weddings

23. John 2:10, Wedding Unity Candle
• Greg Asimakoupoulos says, “Weddings in our
church always include the lighting of a unity
candle. At one recent rehearsal I was
explaining the symbolism of the candle
ceremony. "After the middle candle is lit,
blowing out the two side candles means the
two become one," I said.
• "Oh," a guest admitted in surprise. "I thought
it meant 'no more flames!'"

24. John
Believe And
Live
Elmer Towns, Mal
Couch and Ed Hindson,
Twenty-First Century Biblical Commentary
Series, page viii
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25. 25
John, Believe And Live, Elmer Towns, Mal Couch and Ed
Hindson, Twenty-First Century Biblical Commentary
Series, page

26. John 2:12, Jesus’ Mother And Brothers
• John 2:12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He and
His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and there
they stayed a few days.
• Matthew 12:46 While He was still speaking to the crowds,
behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside,
seeking to speak to Him. 47 Someone said to Him, "Behold,
Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking
to speak to You.“
• Mar 3:31 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and
standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him.
• Mat 13:55 "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother
called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon
and Judas?
• Galatians 1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles
except James, the Lord's brother.

27. John 2:13, Why Keep The Passover?
• NAU John 2:13 The Passover of the Jews was
near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• The NAS uses “Passover” 79 X’s, and 28 of those
X’s are in the NT.
• Exodus 12:14 …you shall celebrate it as a feast
to the LORD; throughout your generations you
are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
• Moses, in, Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept the
Passover….
• Mark 14:1-16 …The disciples…. prepared the
Passover.
• Matthew 26: 2-19, Luke 2:41, 22:1-15, John 2:13, 6:4, 19:14

28. John 2:13, What Is Passover?
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29. John 2:13, What Is Passover?
• Passover the name given to the chief of the three great
celebrations, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast
of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Passover is
often called the "feast of unleavened bread."
• Matt 26:17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened
Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do
you want us to make preparations for you to eat the
Passover?"
• Mark 14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of
Unleavened Bread were only two days away…
• Mark 14:12 …the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it
was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb…
• Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called
the Passover…

30. John 2:13, What Is Passover?
• God commanded it to be kept in remembrance of
the Lord's passing over the houses of the Israelites
when the Jews were saved, but all the first born of
Egypt died.
• Lev 23:5-14 The Lord's Passover begins at twilight
on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the
fifteenth day of that month the Lord's Feast of
Unleavened Bread begins…This is to be a lasting
ordinance for the generations to come, wherever
you live.

31. Don't squint

35. John 2:14, Drove Out Sellers
• John 2:14 And He found in the temple those
who were selling oxen and sheep and doves,
and the moneychangers seated. 15 And He
made a scourge of cords, and drove them all
out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen;
and He poured out the coins of the
moneychangers, and overturned their tables; 16
and to those who were selling the doves He
said, "Take these things away; stop making My
Father's house a house of merchandise." 17 His
disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal
for Thy house will consume me."

36. John 2:14, Zeal For Thy House
• Psalm 69:6 May those who wait for Thee not be
ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts; May
those who seek Thee not be dishonored through me,
O God of Israel, 7 Because for Thy sake I have borne
reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. 8 I have
become estranged from my brothers, And an alien
to my mother's sons. 9 For zeal for Thy house has
consumed me, And the reproaches of those who
reproach Thee have fallen on me. 10 When I wept in
my soul with fasting, It became my reproach.
• The Holy Spirit inspired the disciples to apply this
verse to Jesus and Mary, completely destroying the
RCC idea that Mary was a perpetual virgin.

37. John 2:18,
• NAU John 2:18 The Jews then said to Him,
"What sign do You show us as your authority
for doing these things?”
• They want to sign. They didn't go unroll their
scrolls to see what the Bible said about the
temple.
• They just wanted to check his badge number.

38. John 2:19
Who Raised Jesus From The Dead
• NAU John 2:19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it
up.“20 The Jews then said, "It took forty-six
years to build this temple, and will You raise it
up in three days?" 21 But He was speaking of
the temple of His body. 22 So when He was
raised from the dead, His disciples
remembered that He said this; and they
believed the Scripture and the word which
Jesus had spoken.

39. John 2:19, Jesus Raised Jesus
• John 2:19 …in three days I will raise it up."
• John 10:18 "No one has taken it away from Me,
but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have
authority to lay it down, and I have authority to
take it up again. This commandment I received
from My Father.“
• Mark 14:58, 15:29, Matthew 27:40, 26:61 and
said, "This man stated, 'I am able to destroy the
temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’"
NAU John 2:21 But He was speaking of the
temple of His body.
• Mark 14:28 "But after I have been raised [passive]
,…

40. John 2:19, The Spirit Raised Jesus
• 2 Corinthians 4:13 But having the same spirit
of faith… 14 knowing that He who raised the
Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will
present us with you.
• Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He
who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies through His
Spirit who dwells in you.
• Both of these verses could be referring to the
Father.

41. John 2:19, The Father Raised Jesus
• NAU Galatians 1:1 …Jesus Christ and God the
Father, who raised Him from the dead),
• NAU 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 …true God, and to
wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised
from the dead, that is Jesus…
• NAU Ephesians 1:17 …the Father of glory… 20
when He raised Him from the dead…
• NAU 1 Peter 1:21 who through Him are
believers in God, who raised Him from the
dead…
• Romans 8:11

42. John 2:19, God Raised Jesus
• Rom 4:21 …what God had promised… 24
…believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from
the dead,
• 2 Corinthians 4:14 knowing that He who raised
the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and
will present us with you.
• Acts 2:24, 3:15, 4:10, 5:30, 2:32 "This Jesus God
raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.
• NAU Colossians 2:12 …you were also raised up
with Him through faith in the working of God,
who raised Him from the dead.

43. Who Raised Jesus From The Dead
• Jesus raised, John 2:19
• He was raised, Jn. 21:14
• God raised, Acts 3:15, 4:10, 13:30, 10:9, Col. 2:12, 1
Pet. 1:21,
• He raised, Acts 13:33, 34, Eph. 1:20, 1 Thess. 1:10
• Him who raised Rom. 4:24
• Was raised, been raised, Rom. 6:4, 9, 7:4, 1 Co. 15:12,
20
• Rom. 8:11 the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus... His
Spirit who dwells in you.
• the Father, Gal. 1:1

44. John 2:22, Scripture
• NAU John 2:22 So when He was raised from the
dead, His disciples remembered that He said this;
and they believed the Scripture and the word
which Jesus had spoken.
• “God has condescended to become an author, and
yet people will not read his writings. There are
very few that ever gave this Book of God, the
grand charter of salvation, one fair reading
through.” George Whitefield (1714 -1770, English
evangelist and prominent preacher in the Great
Awakening)

45. John 2:23-25, Scripture
• NAU John 2:23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at
the Passover, during the feast, many believed in
His name, observing His signs which He was doing.
24 But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting
Himself to them, for He knew all men, 25 and
because He did not need anyone to testify
concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in
man.
• “[M]any believed in His name” but they were not
saved. We'll examine the difference between
trusting and believing in chapter 3.

46. In conclusion;
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47. THE END
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50. John 2
• Listen to David Hocking, discs 13, 14, in CD set
• The Chronology of Messiah's Life, CML014

51. John 2:3, Is It A Sin For A Christian To Drink
Alcohol / Wine?
• Question: "What does the Bible say about drinking alcohol / wine? Is it a sin for a Christian to drink alcohol / wine?"
Answer: Scripture has much to say regarding the drinking of alcohol (Leviticus 10:9; Numbers 6:3; Deuteronomy 29:6; Judges 13:4, 7, 14; Proverbs
20:1; 31:4; Isaiah 5:11, 22; 24:9; 28:7; 29:9; 56:12). However, Scripture does not necessarily forbid a Christian from drinking beer, wine, or any other
drink containing alcohol. In fact, some Scriptures discuss alcohol in positive terms. Ecclesiastes 9:7 instructs, “Drink your wine with a merry heart.”
Psalm 104:14-15 states that God gives wine “that makes glad the heart of men.” Amos 9:14 discusses drinking wine from your own vineyard as a sign
of God’s blessing. Isaiah 55:1 encourages, “Yes, come buy wine and milk…”
What God commands Christians regarding alcohol is to avoid drunkenness (Ephesians 5:18). The Bible condemns drunkenness and its effects
(Proverbs 23:29-35). Christians are also commanded to not allow their bodies to be “mastered” by anything (1 Corinthians 6:12; 2 Peter2:19). Drinking
alcohol in excess is undeniably addictive. Scripture also forbids a Christian from doing anything that might offend other Christians or encourage them
to sin against their conscience (1 Corinthians 8:9-13). In light of these principles, it would be extremely difficult for any Christian to say he is drinking
alcohol in excess to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31).
Jesus changed water into wine. It even seems that Jesus drank wine on occasion (John 2:1-11; Matthew 26:29). In New Testament times, the water
was not very clean. Without modern sanitation, the water was often filled with bacteria, viruses, and all kinds of contaminants. The same is true in
many third-world countries today. As a result, people often drank wine (or grape juice) because it was far less likely to be contaminated. In 1
Timothy 5:23, Paul was instructing Timothy to stop drinking the water (which was probably causing his stomach problems) and instead drink wine. In
that day, wine was fermented (containing alcohol), but not necessarily to the degree it is today. It is incorrect to say that it was grape juice, but it is also
incorrect to say that it was the same thing as the wine commonly used today. Again, Scripture does not forbid Christians from drinking beer, wine, or
any other drink containing alcohol. Alcohol is not, in and of itself, tainted by sin. It is drunkenness and addiction to alcohol that a Christian must
absolutely refrain from (Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 6:12).
Alcohol, consumed in small quantities, is neither harmful nor addictive. In fact, some doctors advocate drinking small amounts of red wine for its health
benefits, especially for the heart. Consumption of small quantities of alcohol is a matter of Christian freedom. Drunkenness and addiction are sin.
However, due to the biblical concerns regarding alcohol and its effects, due to the easy temptation to consume alcohol in excess, and due to the
possibility of causing offense and/or stumbling of others, it is often best for a Christian to abstain from drinking alcohol.
Recommended Resources: The Quest Study Bible and Logos Bible Software.

52. • Did Jesus turn water into alcoholic wine
http://blogos.org/exploringtheword/Jesus-
water-wine.php
• Did Jesus turn water into alcoholic wine?
• By Izaak Noel
• It's a common teaching that when Jesus turned water into wine in John 2:1-12, the resulting beverage couldn't have
been truly alcoholic wine, because Jesus would never have placed such a temptation to people. The GotQuestions article
analyzes the concept of all alcohol as sin and investigates the Greek language used. But the culture in the region also
endorses the idea that the wine was, indeed, alcoholic — at least to some degree.
• I have no wine recipe, nor can I find evidence that we knew for sure the alcohol content of the wine in Jesus day...other
than to know that many could still get drunk.
• There is a bit written about a "difference" for those that believe Jesus fulfilled the Nazirite vow in Numbers 6 His entire
life.
• (Indirect reference is that only John the Baptist fulfilled the Nazirite vow his entire life...as inferred from Matthew 11:18-
19, when Jesus is called a drunkard: "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' The Son
of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and
sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.")
• Some infer that Jesus fulfilled the Nazirite vow His entire life by being from Nazareth...Jesus the Nazarene.
• There is a "double-play" on the city Nazareth. Although a Nazirite vow invoked piety, Nazareth (the town at Jesus' time)
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53. Was Jesus being rude to Mary when He
referred to her as “woman” in John 2:4?
• Answer: In John 2, Mary, Jesus, and some of the disciples are attending a wedding. In John 2:3, Mary tells Jesus that the
host has run out of wine. Mary obviously wants Jesus to do something special to fix the situation; He had performed no
miracles up to this point (John 2:11), and Mary undoubtedly thought it was time He showed who He was. Jesus’
response, read in modern English, strikes some people as abrupt, even impolite or rude. He responds, “Woman, what
does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come” (ESV). It’s Jesus’ addressing His mother as “Woman” that
seems most rude to us.
• One of the problems with translating from one language to another is that certain phrases have meanings not easily
transferred. Phrases that don’t mean exactly what they say are often called “idioms,” and they can cause confusion in
translation. For example, exclamations such as “heads up!” or “look out!” actually mean the opposite of their literal
words—if someone yells, “Heads up!” we usually duck our heads. A native English speaker understands such idioms
instinctively, but in order to translate them, we’d have to pick words that aren’t synonyms—heads up! might translate
into words that mean “get down!”—or end up with a confusing phrase.
• What Jesus says to His mother in John 2:4 sounds almost rude in English. However, in the original language, and in that
culture, Mary would not have interpreted Jesus’ words that way. The term woman was used like we use the term
ma’am. By addressing Mary this way, Jesus does distance Himself from His mother somewhat—He was exerting His
independence from her wishes—but in no way was it a rude manner of speaking. Jesus lovingly uses the same word
from the cross when He tells Mary that He is entrusting her to John’s care (John 19:26).
• The question Jesus asks His mother isn’t rude, either. It may sound rude in the KJV: “What have I to do with thee?” (John
2:4), but it was a common idiom. In the Greek, Jesus’ question is “Ti emoi kai soi?” The phrase was used to ask of the
connection between two people. The question could be translated as “What business do we have with each other?” Or,
in less formal terms, “What does this have to do with me?” (ESV) or “Why do you involve me?” (NIV). Again, Jesus is
expressing the fact that He is independent of His mother; as eager as Mary was to see Jesus do a miracle, she had no
right to determine the time or the manner in which Jesus publicly revealed His glory. Jesus makes His point gently and 53

54. The Four Faces of Jesus, by Jack Kelley
• The Four Faces of Jesus
• Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014Israel
• Old Testament
• Past Featured
• Prophecy
• A Bible Study by Jack Kelley
• Scoffers and skeptics often ask, “Why four gospels” Couldn’t Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have agreed on their stories and written just one?” Liberal scholars further confuse the issue by calling Matthew, Mark and Luke the
“synoptic” gospels claiming that Mark wrote his first and the others all relied on it in developing their accounts. Then there’s the “Q” document theory holding that an undiscovered “quelle” (Latin for source) document upon
which all the writers relied for their information was actually the earliest gospel account.
• Remember that these hypotheses are advanced by critics who dispute the Bible’s supernatural origin and whose primary goal is to deny the importance of literal interpretation. They prey on our ignorance so their opinions are
easily put to naught when we discover the underlying purpose of the four Gospels. First we need to understand that none of them was written solely to provide an accurate historical account of the life of Jesus. Each is directed
at a specific audience with events portrayed in such a way as to be meaningful to that audience. The role of Jesus, the use of phraseology, the inclusion or exclusion of events, and the emphasis on first and last miracles are all
meant to underscore the point of the particular gospel. I’ll show you what I mean.
• Who Was He?
• Matthew was written to the Jews. His purpose was to demonstrate who Jesus was; presenting overwhelming evidence that Jesus was Israel’s long awaited Messiah: The Lion of Judah, the King of Israel. The genealogy in
Matthew begins with Abraham and runs through King David (Matt 1:1-17). The most frequently used phrase in Matthew’s Gospel is “it was fulfilled.” There are more references to events foretold in Old Testament prophecy
and fulfilled in the Life of Jesus in Matthew than in any other gospel account. Partial copies discovered in the caves at Qumran suggest that Matthew may have originally been written in Hebrew. The first miracle in Matthew,
the cleansing of a leper, was highly symbolic for Israel. Leprosy was viewed as a punishment for sin, and cleansing a leper signified taking away the sin of the nation. Matthew’s gospel ends with the resurrection signifying God’s
promise that David’s Kingdom would last forever.
• What Did He Do?
• Mark’s gospel is actually Peter’s account and was written to the Romans. His purpose was to portray Jesus as the obedient servant of God. Since no one cares about the heritage of a servant there is no genealogy in Mark. The
most frequently used phrase in Mark’s Gospel is “straight away” sometimes translated immediately, so Mark is called the snapshot gospel, giving us picture after picture of Jesus in action. The first miracle is the casting out of a
demon, demonstrating that the God whom Jesus served was superior to all other gods, a matter of great importance in Rome’s polytheistic society. Mark’s gospel ends with the ascension, signifying that the servant’s job was
finished and He was returning home.
• What Did He Say?
• Luke’s account portrays Jesus as the Son of Man, a title Jesus often used of Himself, and was written to the Greeks. It presents the human side of Jesus and emphasizes his teaching. Greeks were famous for their story telling
form of oratory, so the most frequent phrase in Luke is “and it came to pass.” Most movies of the life of Jesus rely primarily on Luke’s gospel because of its flowing narrative form. Luke’s genealogy traces Jesus all the way back
to Adam, the first man (Luke 3:21-38). Since the Greeks, like the Romans, were a polytheistic society, Luke used the casting out of a demon as his first miracle, and ended his gospel with the promise of the Holy Spirit, uniting
man with God.
• How Did He Feel?
• John wrote to the church describing how Jesus felt about peoples’ reaction to His ministry. His gospel is the most unique, based upon 7 miracles, 7 “I Am” statements and 7 discourses. John pays little attention to chronology,
sometimes placing events out of order (like the Temple Cleansing in Chapter 2) for their effect in presenting Jesus as the Son of God. John’s gospel covers only about 21 days out of the Lord’s 3 1/2 year ministry. 10 chapters are
devoted to one week and 1/3 of all the verses in John describe one day. His genealogy begins before time and identifies Jesus as the Eternal One Who was with God and Who was God (John 1:1-2). The most frequently used
phrase in John is “Verily, verily”, or truly, truly. His first miracle was changing water into wine, an act of enormous symbolism by which He “revealed His Glory and His disciples put their faith in Him” (John 2:11). John’s Gospel
ends with the promise of the 2nd Coming. So why four gospels? Because no single one is big enough to contain all of the attributes of Jesus. It took all four to show His four faces as The Lion of Judah, the Obedient Servant, the
Son of Man, and the Son of God. Trying to put all four perspectives into one account would have left us hopelessly confused. Understanding all of Who Jesus was and is requires reading all four Gospels.
• Let’s Get Mystical
• In views of the Throne of God four powerful figures called cherubim are shown guarding the throne. Sometimes it appears that each of the four has a different face, and sometimes it seems that all have four faces, but the faces
are always those of a Lion, an Ox, a Man and an Eagle (Ezek. 1:10 & Rev 4:7). When the Jews camped in the wilderness after leaving Egypt, they were instructed to set up in 4 sub-camps, one for each point of the compass with
the tabernacle in the center. The first was called the Camp of Judah and included Issachar and Zebulon. Members of those 3 tribes would look for the ensign of Judah, a flag with a large lion embroidered on it, to locate their
campground. It was always due east of the tabernacle. The second camp was named after Ephraim and included Manasseh and Benjamin. It was positioned opposite the camp of Judah to the west of the tabernacle. Ephraim’s
flag depicted the figure of an ox. The third camp was headed by Reuben and included Simeon and Gad. Reuben’s flag showed the face of a man. They were located south of the tabernacle. The fourth camp was that of Dan with
Asher and Napthali included and was located in the North. Dan’s flag pictured a large eagle.
• Looking down from above, God would see the camp of Israel with the tabernacle in the Center and the 4 sub-camps around it. The large flag waving in the East pictured the Lion, and opposite it in the West was the Ox. To the
south was the face of a Man and in the North was the Eagle. Some say God was modeling His throne in the Camp of Israel with the tabernacle representing His throne in the center, the four flags representing the four faces of
the cherubim and the four sub-camps extending along the four points of the compass, forming a cross.
• Some also see the four gospels symbolized in the four flags; the Lion for Matthew, the Ox for Mark, the Man for Luke, and the Eagle for John. In this view the tabernacle is seen as a model of Jesus, at the center of the four
gospels.
• How you see these models, or if you see them at all, is secondary to my main purpose in writing this. My main purpose is to encourage you to delve into all four gospels. It’s really the only way to get a good look at the four
faces of Jesus.
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55. 2:11, Believing
• NAU John 7:5 For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
• NAU John 12:11 because on account of him many of the
Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.
• NAU John 12:37 But though He had performed so many
signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
• NAU John 20:27+31 but these have been written so that you
may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
believing you may have life in His name.
• “Believing Christ died, that’s history. Believing Christ died
for me, that’s salvation.” (Unknown”
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56. John 2:12, Mary Quite Contrary
• Mary Quite Contrary
• Roman Catholicism continues to pervert the true Mary of Scripture in ways that defy the imagination. The Catholic Mary, as described in the 1994 edition of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church, is a satanic diversion that leads Catholics away from a pure devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 11:3). Rome attributes to Mary many of the divine attributes that are unique to
the Lord Jesus. The end result is a counterfeit version of Mary whom Catholics venerate and trust as the channel of all grace. Rome says both Jesus and Mary were immaculately
conceived, born without sin, lived sinless lives and now intercede as our advocates. Jesus ascended into heaven, the Catholic Mary was bodily assumed into heaven; Jesus is the second
Adam, Mary is the second Eve; Jesus is the King of kings, Mary is the Queen of heaven and earth; Jesus is the mediator, Mary is the co-mediatrix and Jesus is the redeemer, Mary is the co-
redeemer. Catholics have also declared that it is Mary, not Jesus, that crushes the head of Satan, the serpent. This blasphemous error originated from the mistranslation of Genesis 3:15
from Jerome's Latin Vulgate to the Douay-Rheims English translation. The lie continues today when Catholics celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Catholics are commanded, under
the penalty of sin, to accept these myths about Mary as divine truth.
• Now according to Carl Anderson, the head of the Knights of Columbus, Mary is the best evangelist. "She is the evangelist par excellence, in part because she enters the world...from the
beatific vision, a state of supreme closeness to God," he said Dec. 10 at the Ecclesia in America Conference in Rome. "Her example and continued motherhood of all peoples is a sure path
today for the new evangelization." Read more.
• Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles is calling for Catholics to "turn to Mary in a new way." He described Advent (a season historically observed as a time of preparing for the coming of Jesus)
as "a season of Mary." He recommended that Catholics try to set aside time every day to think about the Virgin Mary or to look at a picture of her. "Talk to her as her child. Tell her
everything that's on your mind." Read more.
• Of all the heresies concerning Mary which are embraced by Roman Catholics, her perpetual virginity may be the most bizarre. Historically, Christians have always recognized Mary had four
sons and at least two daughters after Jesus was born. This quizzical and outlandish tradition declares Mary's virginal integrity was not violated when she gave birth to Jesus. According
to para. 499 of the Catechism, "The deepening of faith in the virginal motherhood led the Church to confess Mary's real and perpetual virginity even in the act of giving birth to the Son of
God made man. In fact, Christ's birth "did not diminish his mother's virginal integrity but sanctified it."
• In the Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, Dr. Ludwig Ott states, "In the power of the grace of Redemption merited by Christ, Mary, by her spiritual entering into the sacrifice of her Divine
Son for men, madeatonement for the sins of men, and merited the application of the redemptive grace of Christ. In this manner she co-operates in the subjective redemption of mankind"
(page 213). Here the Catholic Church is claiming that Mary made atonement for the sins of men!
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches "Mary did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation" (para. 969). "The
Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as
Queen over all things. You conceived the living God and, by your prayers, will deliver our souls from death" (para. 966). Mary, "by special grace of God, committed no sin of any kind during
her whole earthly life" (para. 411). She "was the cause of salvation for herself and the whole human race" (para. 494). Those who seek Mary's protection will be saved for all eternity. These
doctrines have robbed God of His glory and have resulted in Catholics showing greater devotion to Mary than to Christ.
• It is our prayer that Catholics would spend more time in the inspired Word of God instead of believing the uninspired words of men. When a crowd told Jesus that His mother was looking
for Him, He gave this profound response, "For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother" (Mark 3:32-25).