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Welcome back to Day 2 of this week on the Daily Blade , as we are studying John 2 , the miracle of water to wine in Cana . We're repeating some verses just for context . Chapter 2 , verse 1 says On the third day there was a wedding at Cana , in Galilee , and the mother of Jesus was there . Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples . When the wine ran out , the mother of Jesus said to him they have no wine . And Jesus said to her woman , what does this have to do with me ? Now , men do not memorize and quote that verse out of context , like when your wife is like , hey , you need to pick kids up from school and you're like woman , what does this have to do with me ? That's not what that means . But he says woman , what does this have to do with me ? My hour has not yet come . Now here's what Jesus is saying .
Jesus was very focused on his mission and he had a very focused mission . His mission was to come to this planet to live a perfect life , to fulfill every promise and prophecy about him in the Old Testament , so that through the shed blood of the perfect lamb on the cross that Jesus could seek and save the lost . That the reason that Jesus came was to die for our sin . And the timing of Jesus' coming was not haphazard . In fact , the book of Revelation , chapter 8 , lets us know that the lamb was slain before the foundation of the earth . So it's not like God created everything good and then the devil made it bad , and God said oh no , what am I going to do to make it good again ? And so he had sent Jesus . That's not how it works , that from before the foundation of time , the plan was that the son of God would show up on the planet and be the sacrificial lamb for the atonement of all sin . And here on the earth , jesus must be crucified at the Passover time because he is the Passover lamb that is shed for the forgiveness of our sin . And Jesus also knows that the moment he does his first miracle , it's almost like the timer has started and the countdown to the crucifixion is on . And so when Jesus says my hour has not yet come , it's because he had a very , very specific hour to do the things that God , the Father , had sent him to do . In fact , romans , chapter 5 , verse 6 , says it this way for while we were still weak , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly .
Speaker 2Galatians also says that Jesus came at just the right time . And so what makes this the right time ?
Well , what was going on in the world ? There's a lot that helped the good news of the gospel spread all over the world . I don't know if you've ever wondered about why Jesus came when he came . Why didn't God send his only begotten son now when he could do a YouTube channel ? Or , I don't know , at the founding of America or whatever ?
Speaker 2Well , there was a lot going on in the first century that made this the perfect time for this central message to make it to the four corners of the earth . First of all , rome ruled more real estate than any other country in the history of the world . There was a thing called Pax Romana that was going on during that day , which meant peace in Rome , which meant if you were a Roman citizen , then you could travel all over the place under the protection of Rome . This was brand new . Also , there was a worldwide web , not the internets , but there was a system and series of roads all over the known world . The apostle Paul is going to use Pax Romana and is going to use these roads to get the good news of the gospel everywhere .
Speaker 2And Jesus came at just the right time , not just a thousand years ago , but he also shows up at just the right time in your life , and maybe now is just the right time for you . Maybe you're listening to this but you don't know Christ . And now is just the right time for you to understand that he is who he says he is and , at the request of his mom , he does what she wants him to do and he does a miracle and turns water into wine . And that begins the countdown clock for Jesus to begin preaching , to begin teaching
, to begin showing everybody what it means to be his follower , in order that we would be reconciled to an almighty God , to die on a cross at the Passover and be resurrected on the third day . And that happened at the right time , and maybe right now is the right time for you , if you don't know him , to put your faith in him .
Speaker 1Amen , thank you for listening to today's episode . Him Amen , thank you for listening to today's episode . Before you go , if you want to help equip other men for the fight , share this podcast around and leave us a five-star rating and review . Stay sharp .