JESUS CARES ABOUT HUMAN PROBLEMS AND PERPLEXITIES.
Dr Skye
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. John 2:10
The joyous festivities of a Jewish wedding were preceded by solemn religious ceremonies. In preparation for their new relationship, the
parties performed certain rites of purification nad confessed their sins.
A most intersting part of the ceremony took place in the evening when the bridegroom went to meet his bride and bring her home. At the house of the bride a company of invited guests awaited theappearance of the bridegroom. As he approached , the cry went forth, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go te out to meet him." The bride clothed in pure white, her head encircle with flowers, received the bridegroom, and accompanied by the guests, they went from the father's house. By torchlight, with empressive display , w3ith sounds of singing and instruments of music, the procession slowly proceeded to the house of the bridegroom, where a feast was provided for the guests.
For the feast the best food that could be secured was provided. Wine was used as a beverage . It was the custom of the time for marriage festivities to continue for several days. On this occasion, before the feast ended it was found that the supply of the wine had failed. When a call was made for more wine, Jesus' mother, thinking that He might suggest something to relieve the embarrasement, came to Him and said, "They have no wine..." The active part that Mary took in this feast indicates that she was not merely a guest, but a relative of one of the parties of the wedding. As one having authority, she said to the servants, "Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it..."
Jesus as the ever respectful Son said unto them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And the filled them upt to the brim, and He said unto them , "Draw out now and bear unto the governor of the feast."
The action of Christ at this time was left on record for all ages, that we might see that Christ fail even in such a perplexity as rose on this occasion. Yet He never worked a miracle to help Himself. A Few day before this He had refused to satisfy His own hunger by changing a stone into bread at Satan's suggestion_
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