NOTES for Ин 2:1-11
What is this "glory" that Jesus revealed when He performed the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana (John 2:11)? If we remember what happened on Mount Tabor on the day of the Transfiguration (see Luke 9:28-36), it becomes clear that this is something the world, "under normal circumstances," cannot contain. In those moments Christ reveals what He is, what His divine nature is like. The manifestation of God's glory is always a miracle, taking place despite the laws of nature. In the Transfiguration His appearance changes; His face becomes radiant like the sun. When crowds gather around Him, only a couple of small fish and a few loaves are needed to feed them. In Cana, water becomes wine. Wine. Bread. It reminds you of something, does it not? Indeed, through all these manifestations of His glory, Christ gradually prepares people for what lies ahead: at the Last Supper the bread becomes His flesh, and the wine becomes His blood... And He, sharing Himself with us - His disciples - leads us to what is perhaps the central miracle: the Resurrection. This is the chief blessing through which "all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Acts 3:25). That means us too.