DId Y'shua (Jesus) Disrespect Or Dishonor His Mother, In John 2:4???

One of the more difficult passages, for the average Christian, is John 2:4, where it appears that Y’shua, Jesus, disrespects his mother, by what appears to be a rude and curt response, to his mothers request. Most readers of this text pass over this verse, ignoring the possible negative connotations, taking it on faith that that he did not disrespect her, thereby missing out on a very important lesson and promise. 

As a side note, unfortunately, this verse is used, by Atheists and Non-Believers to delegitimize Y’shua's Messianic claim and lead others to doubt the Word of God. However, more avid readers get excited and dig in to determine the true meaning of the passage.

Now, let’s take a look at the verses leading up to John 2:4 and see if we can gleam the actual truth of the text.

Most English versions translate the text of John 2:1-6 like this:

On the third day,  

a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. 

Jesus’ mother was there, 

and Jesus 

and his disciples 

had also been invited to the wedding.

When the wine was gone, 
Jesus’ mother said to him, 

“They have no more wine.”

If was at this point, most versions imply that Y’shua responded in a disrespectful and curt manner.

“Woman, why do you involve me?” 

Jesus replied. 

“My hour has not yet come.”

How could this be? To show disrespect or to dishonor to your mother would be a violation of the Law and thereby disqualify Y’shua as the true and perfect Lamb of God. Did Jesus violate this commandment and actually sin?

With that said, now, let’s now look at the Word For Word Translation, which gives us look at the actual Greek, word for word, which is used in this passage. I think you’ll find a slightly different perspective revealing what actually conversed between the two.

The Third Day. 

There was a wedding celebration, Cana, Galilee. 
The Mother of Y’shua happened to be there 
and also Y’shua.  

Also, his disciples 
were invited to the wedding celebration.

The wine ran out.

The Mother of Y’shua said to him, 

“Have no wine.”  

But Y’shua said to the same woman, 

“Why Me and You?"...

"My time has not yet come.”

To reiterate, almost every single English translation  has Y’shua, Jesus, responding abruptly and curtly with, “Woman, what has this got to do with me?...My time has not yet come.“, but in reality, the text doesn’t reflect that tone.

If you will let me, let’s expound on this a little. I can see the wine running out and Mary feeling sorry for the wedding couple. She most likely thought that Y’shua could help with the situation.

In this ancient culture, it is the governor of the celebration who is responsible for the wedding feast and it is the governor and the wedding family, who basically gains or loses respect, based on how the feast is conducted. These strict protocols are a matter of pride, within the Israeli culture and rightly so, Y’shua, maintaining the Law, indicated that it was not their responsibility.

Now, also notice that the English versions, for some reason, leaves out the words, “the same”, in verse four.  Why? This is the reason why there is so much confusion. However, The Word For Word Translation includes the words, “the same” showing that the word, “Woman” is not in Y’shua’s actual comment, but actually indicates to whom he was speaking.  If the English versions left in the words, “the same”, it would have been translated as:

“The Same Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

Which makes absolutely no sense, therefore, they left it out, which resulted in implying that Y’shua abruptly and rudely, for no reason, reacted like a total jerk and worst of all, showing a total disrespect to his mom and would have Y’shua violating the commandment, “You shall honor your mother and father.”. Bottom line is that the English Versions have Y’shua, Jesus, sinning, which he did not.



Again, in reality, Y’shua, responded to the same woman, his mother, and asks a simple straight forward question,  “Why?”. “ Why are you involving us and possibly dishonoring the family?”, being very conscious of his sinless nature and cognitive of the leading of the Spirit,  Y’shua then states, “Anyway, my time had not come for me to overtly use the Power of God.

Now, what happens next, is the most intriquing part of this story. Clearly, Mary had no doubt that Y’shua could change the water into wine, for she clearly ignores the fact that it’s possibly not in God’s Plan and turned to the servants and said the following.

 His mother said, 

“Servants, What certain thing requested of you, 

Make it happen.”

Wow!!! If anything, Mary shows a total disregard for how the Spirit is leading Y’shua and continues on with her plan, telling the servants to do whatever Y’shua tells them to do. In my book, that takes some audacity, given her previous experience with God. Big Question Here….Did Mary Blatantly Sin??? From where I’m standing, that’s a big, “Yes”.  

However, what did Y’shua do? According to the Law, he honored his mother, by fulfilling her wish. This is amazing!!! What a Great Lesson into how God operates in this sinful world. Even though we don’t always follow God’s Plan for our lives, he ALWAYS has our backs, even giving things to us, which aren’t according to the Plan.

Not that’s the Lesson to Take To Heart.

…and that’s what you’ll find, When You Search For The Truth.

Shalom!!!

Balancing The Scales-The Reason For The Torah

God’s pure nature requires perfect balance. Another way of saying balance is rest, justice, righteousness, a fulfilled purpose.

When we think or do things contrary to God’s perfect will, then we offset that perfect balance. To reset the scales of balance, we must submit an act of counter balance. That is what the Law is all about.

God was perfectly clear that if Man disobeyed, their life would be required. The Torah is perfectly clear that the life is in the blood. Before Man sinned, he was perfect. Afterwards, he was not. Therefore, a perfect man’s life Or blood could not be offered to counter balance the scales.

To start man’s path back to God, God gave them an object lesson to show them true Torah, True Balance. When man sinned, they attempted to cover their shame with natural things, God showed them that an innocent and perfect entity will need to be sacrificed for their shame to be covered. 

Therefore, he gave them skins of an animal to show that innocent blood was required, to cover. That is what the Law is all about...to constantly remind mankind of God‘s perfection and that it is naturally unattainable.

A Messianic Glimpse into the Future?

In Genesis 28:10-15, was Ya’qob (Jacob) given A Messianic Glimpse into the Future?

Most know the story or Ya’qob (Jacob), at Beth'El, which means the House of God. There, while asleep, Ya’qob (Jacob) dreams of a ladder, stretching from the Earth to the Heavens. Even though this incident truly happened, it is also prophetic. Ya’qob (Jacob) see the only access to God, that is the Gate to God, by which the Angels of God ascend and descend upon.

The following is a paraphrased section from the Word for Word Translation giving this account. 

At Beth’El, The House of Yah,
Ya’qob Dreamed,
Dreamed of a Ladder
Standing on the Earth,
the Top touching the Heavens.
He beheld the Angels of Elohim
Ascending and Descending….

"This is Truly the Gate to the Heavens!" 

Fast forward to the time of Y'shua, Y'shua references the same gate and ladder as himself, as the only way to God's House and Kingdom.

The following is a paraphrased section from the Word for Word Translation giving the account of Y'shua.

And Y’shua said to Nathanael,
“Amen! Amen!
I say you will see the Heavens open
and the Angels of Yah
Ascending and Descending
on the Son of Man.”

"I am the Gate." 

This is no coincidence, since Y'shua is the only way to the Father, our Father and the volume of the book is written or testifies of Y'shua (Jesus).

Y'shua (Jesus) is the Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through him.

Amazingly, once you start looking at the scriptures, with Y'shua(Jesus) in mind, it becomes amazingly crystal clear that the whole book does begin to paint a picture, a picture that was revealed to Ya’qob (Jacob), all those years ago. The picture of the Messiah and the Salvation of Humanity.

No other book makes the claims of the Bible and Nowhere Else, do we see such clarity and fulfillment.

Isn't it time to get into the Word for yourself?

Shalom. 

Today’s Shabbat Thought: Man’s Sovereignty And Free Will

Today’s Shabbat Thought

Even Though God Knows
And Can Do All Things,
He Does Not Actively Impede
Or Intervene In
The Actions Of His Creation
Due To His Commitment To

Man’s Sovereignty And Free Will.

Prophesy Fulfilled - Emannuel's Childhood And Subsequent Judgement Of Israel

Everyone knows and reads Isaiah 7:14, but rarely reads the rest of the prophecy, which is equally amazing and accurate. Nowhere else, but in the Bible, is this level of accuracy.

He will eat Curds, Honey,

in order to know evil 
and choose good

Before knowing how to refuse evil 
and choosing good, 

the land, 
by which two kings you dread, 
will be forsaken.

Yahweh will bring upon the people, 

your father’s house, 

days that which never have come, 

since the day that Ephraim 
was separated from Judah, 

even by the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 7:15-17

Curds are symbolic of tested Words or Doctrine, while Honey is symbolic of an abundance of good things and prosperity. 

The scriptures tell us, in Luke 2:40, 

“And the child grew 
and was made strong in spirit, 
being filled with wisdom 
and the grace of God was upon him.” 

Before this occurred, two kings, the Greeks and the Romans, who were despised by Israel, forsook the Land of Israel, ushering in days , never seen by Israel, even leading to their diaspora and the destruction of the Father’s House, the Temple.

Prophecy Fulfillled- Emmanuel

Adonai will give a sign.

A virgin maiden will become pregnant,

bearing a Son,

Calling out the Name,

Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

Immanuel means “with us is God” or “God is for us” or

“God will keep us(safe)”.

All three are acceptable interpretations.

Jesus is the Latin version of the Hebrew name, Y’shua, which means “God Saves” or “God is our Salvation” or “God will keep us Safe”. 

In Hebrew, Immanuel and Y’shua(Jesus) means the same thing.

Interesting...New Science Study Shows That Our Consciousness Could Continue To Exist After We Die.

Amazing, anything, that's anti-God, coming out of any kind of research, is immediately plastered all over the news, as fact. However, anything that supports the Bible is buried. Check this out. A study from The Prestigious Oxford Unvisersity shows that it's a great possibility that the soul does exist and most likely continues to exist beyond death, a fact that Bible believers know, since that's exactly what the Bible says. Why isn't this front page news?

Since 1996, Dr. Stuart Hameroff, an American Physicist and Emeritus in the Department of Anesthesiology and Psychology, and Sir Roger Penrose, a mathematical physicist at Oxford University, have been working on the Quantum Theory of Consciousness in which they state that the soul is maintained in microtubules of the brain cells. Their interesting theory says that the human heart or soul is being contained by the brain cells in structures inside them.

The two researchers believe the human brain is, in fact, a biological computer and the consciousness of people is a program run by the quantum computer located inside the brain that even continues to exist after we die. Both scientists argue that what humans perceive as ‘consciousness’ is, in fact, the result of quantum gravity effects located within the so-called microtubules. This process is named by the two scientists “Orchestrated Objective Reduction – (Orch-OR).”

Amazingly, this quantum quality is code for explaing our interdimensional reality, which is exactly what how the Bible hints toward, when discussing prayer, God speaking, Y'shua's ability to pass through walls of a locked room, interdimensional travel, such as Jacob's Ladder and so on.

The theory indicates that when people enter a phase known as ‘clinical death,’ the microtubules located in the brain lose their quantum state but maintain the information contained within them. In other words – as experts explain it after people die, their soul returns to the universe, and it does not die’.

In a Science Channel’s Through the Wormhole documentary, Dr. Hameroff said:

“Let’s say the heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing; the microtubules lose their quantum state. The quantum information within the microtubules is not destroyed, it can’t be killed, and it just distributes and dissipates to the universe at large. If the patient is resuscitated, revived, this quantum information can go back into the microtubules, and the patient says ‘I had a near-death experience.’ If they’re not revived, and the patient dies, it’s possible that this quantum information can exist outside the body, perhaps indefinitely, as a soul.”

According to this theory, human souls are more than just ‘interactions’ of neurons in our brain and could have been present since the beginning of time. Again, that's what the Bible says.

See you at the Ressurrection.