Water Into Wine

The idea of transforming water wasn’t new for the Jewish people.  In fact, Moses had done it before when he had turned the water into blood as the first of the plagues.  This was a sign of God’s impending wrath and judgement upon the Egyptian people if Pharoh did not relent and release God’s beloved people from their bondage.  Now, approximately 1,200 years later, Jesus initiates his ministry by turning the water into wine as the first of his miracles. I believe that this was a sign of God’s impending forgiveness and redemption for all people through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ upon the cross just a few years later.