32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
So, a summer feast could be in the making...THE WEDDING FEAST!
This, too, would bear out Isaiah 43:18-19, which says:
18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. (NIV)
Ok, bear with me, please. This is soooo exciting to me, a commoner!!!! :)
Next, God brought to mind John, Chapter 2, the FIRST PUBLIC MIRACLE Jesus performed. I've always wondered, until last night, why Jesus would use a wedding for His first public display of His power. Why not just raise someone from the dead or something really, really big to get His point across?
Well, because it is at a WEDDING FEAST! When I read the details of this account, I first learn
that it is a wedding. I learn it is on the 3rd day. This could have the meaning of when Jesus arose on the third day, or the third day of this account of Jesus' life, or.... how about the 3rd day of the month?
Next, I see six (6) stone water jars, the kind used for ceremonial washing, each holding between 20 and 30 gallons. Well, this could be a reference to baptism. Washing before participating in a ceremony. Or it could be a reference to the 6th month.
I realize all this seems like pure speculation. I am not a prophet, nor do I purport to be. These are just observations and revelations I feel the Lord gave to me, but whether it's this year or not, certainly I pray that it is, but...
We are all watching and praying and hoping for a specific day, but I've finally seen that God will have HIS own
way, and He will not leave us or forsake us. He is longing to take us Home to be with Him, just as we are longing to be Home with Him!
Hoping and praying we'll meet in the air soon, and very soon!!!