Water to Wine-The Miracle of it: John 2

I think the thing that impresses me the most about Christ changing the water to wine is that he actually reorganized the composition of water particles to be wine. Obviously we know that Christ is capable of anything, but miracles are still just amazing and awesome. He produced like 100-150 gallons of wine. It's interesting that the wedding celebration was that large.

When you think of a man saying "Woman" to his wife or mother in our day it sounds crude and harsh. However, in Christ's day, it's really interesting because using the term "woman" was more respectful, tender, and loving, than "mother". She is the one woman in the world who brought him into existence and therefore to him she is the woman of all women.

When Christ goes to the temple and finds people wheeling and dealing in the house of the Lord he is furious. (St John 2:13-16) He throws the tables over and pours out the money changers bags of money. What a sight this would have been to see. This is one of the times that you see Christ in righteous anger. I think that his reaction to their actions tells us how we need to treat the house of the Lord. It is not a place where we can joke around or take lightly. It is a place of worship and must always remain that way. It is a cleansing of the temple, but I think it is also symbolic of the cleansing we need to always be doing in our own bodies.