“Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, ‘Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.’ So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him”
(John 2:7-11)
As the first ray of the morning sun is the harbinger of the sunshine of the day, so this first miracle was the forerunner of the many wondrous deeds that Christ was about to perform.
There are many rays in the sun of Christ’s glory:
1. The moral glory of His life proclaims the spotlessness of His holiness.
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
2. The majestic glory of His person speaks forth the excellence of His worth.
“For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased'” (2 Peter 1:17).
3. The mysterious glory of His Deity tells out the wonder of His Godhead.
“Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. … Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah” (Psalms 24:7, 10)
“He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Hebrews 1:3)
4. The munificent glory of His grace reminds us of the greatness of His mercy.
“to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.” (Ephesians 1:6)
5. The many-sided glory of His truth declares the immutability of its infallibility.
“For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!” (Psalms 108:5)
6. The marvelous glory of His Gospel tells out the sufficiency of His atonement.
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6)
7. The mighty glory of His miracles speaks of the strength of His power.
“that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, … and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:16, 19).