(Got it? Then click on the pictures to enlarge them as Tokyo is on the bay that still connects with the Thames and the Hudson River as well as the Seine as in the 19th century.)"Yet for a Little Season"
(Jesus' First Miracle for Wine)
Everybody knows where Jesus Christ performed His first miracle: at a wedding ceremony held at Cana in Galilee of northern part of present Israel.
( http://www.ancientsandals.com/pictures/cana.htm)
It had puzzled me for a very long time, since Jesus Christ was invited there; He joined the ceremony with His disciples; and His mother was also there with a kind of authority over servants working in the ceremony.
The Gospel does not even tell whose wedding it was and what relationship to the newly married couple His mother had.
And, this miracle is only reported in Gospel of John: John 2:1-11.
Anyway, one of my interpretations is that this wedding ceremony had a special meaning to Mother Mary, rather personally; and thus even His disciples refrained from mentioning this miracle so often.
In my humble interpretation, Mother Mary tested Jesus to see if her son had divine ability to do any miracle.
So, Jesus Christ must have felt sorry for her disbelief and doubt. Accordingly, He spoke to His mother as if she had been just a mere strange woman to Him.
But, the situation was grave and tense, probably, since something related to Mother Mary's dignity or pride must have been at stake, so that no mistakes and mess were overlooked there.
Had it not been for any more wine, she must have lost her prestige. So, if her son, Jesus, had had a power of doing a miracle, He must have exercised it to protect her honor. She could inevitably get an answer on her son.
And, Jesus Christ kindly performed the miracle by simply turning water into wine, even without moving his fingers.
But, here is something more I have to tell you that I have never taught Japanese priests and members of Catholic church organizations:
1. Jesus Christ was not happy to be tested by His mother.
2. So, He called His mother simply "woman."
3. This incident tells that even His mother could not believe that her son is truly divine, though until this miracle.
4. This finding of disbelief of Jesus' mother, though until this miracle, is actually grave enough to force the Vatican to change its whole interpretation of the Bible, provided that the Pope acknowledged my interpretation.
5. As for water and wine, somebody had hidden wine under the disguise of water by putting it in other vases which Jesus ordered the servants to pour into a wine vase, as I once explained in this EEE Reporter blog. However, no one was blamed for this vicious act that might have ruined the wedding ceremony.
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So, friends and Mdlles., a wedding ceremony can be truly a risky show, if you are a true Christian or a follower of Jesus Christ.
I do recommend you to avoid joining such a show.
Anyway, Jesus' worldly father was not there at Cana, which still continues to puzzle so many pious followers of the God...
Be blessed over the weekend!
(Mon Dieu - My God, this expression is very European and Sumerian, since Japanese people are foreign to the paradigm of a personal god, but a god for all. God is the one who sets the date of birth and the date of death for you, friends. Croyez en Dieu, mon miel!
http://www.saturn-soft.net/Music/Music1/MIDI/Chanson/PiafMonDieu.mid
Source: http://www.saturn-soft.net/Music/Music1/MIDI/Chanson/Menu.htm)
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.