02/03/2022 – Gospel of John – Chapter 2 Commentary
I am thinking that I will not post until the morning after the read assignment. I pray for new active posts from brothers that join us. I will speak to this again in my commentary below under “Jesus Clears the Temple” section. The other section we have today is “Jesus Changes the Water to Wine.” Let’s get started , this makes my day!:
Jesus Changes the Water to Wine (John 2: 1 – 11) :
I have commentary from John on this blog starting on 2/14/2020 – Day 211 of the Semikkah read through the Bible plan:
Post – 2/14/2020 – Day 211
What a striking transition! Yeshua has just come off of the 40 days of temptation – a face-off against the devil. And we will see subsequently throughout his ministry , most of his miracles were healings, or even bringing people back from the dead. But here, we have the most festive of all occasions, a wedding, a most joyous occasion that gathers a multitude of loved ones right behind 40 days of isolation and suffering. And so cool how he responded to Mary, his beloved earthly mother. And why not, God designed marriage and the family after the trinity.
I would like to share this informative and probing post by Theresa Fronnium 10/22/19, ending with a question for the group from the article. I will post a transformative experience in my faith walk dating back around 13 years ago, providing there are other comment posts. I will just say it was personally “humbling” and thereby a natural catalyst for prayers of praise and thanksgiving.
https://www.gotquestions.org/wedding-at-Cana.html
Here is a cut and past of the question for us with the background set-up:
2) By driving out the money changers and merchants, Jesus purified the temple. When we become believers, the Holy Spirit enters our bodies, and begins to cleanse us. He lives in us and begins to transform us into the image of Christ. He is not content with leaving us as we are. He is interested in turning our worry into trust, our materialism into generosity, our critical nature into an encouraging spirits.
What does it look like to be a willing participant in this transformation? We humbly agree with God about our sin instead of clinging to the justifications or excuses for our sin. We invite the Holy Spirit to help us, to strengthen us against giving in to temptation, we confess our sin, we pray, we turn to the Word, memorizing and studying scripture, which empowers and strengthens us. The Holy Spirit is in charge of this purification. But we can either fight against it or humble ourselves.
So, question above for us: “What does it look like to be a willing participant in this transformation?”
Jesus Clears the Temple (John 2: 12 – 25) :
Here is John Gill’s commentary within this section:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/psalms-69-9.html
Amongst the many links that I explored within this section, the one below proclaimed that Jesus clearly had the authority to clear the temple, then adding: “We don’t have the authority.” Thoughts? Would that apply today even down to defying the ban on religious assemblies during Covid?
To me, this was the best background and reflection provoking article I could find. Enjoy! – link below caption:
https://dissectingthescriptures.com/john-213-22-jesus-cleanses-the-temple/
Soli Deo Gloria! Blessings to y’all’s day.