Explanation of Deuteronomy 33:17
Po Alexander Payne
Verse 17. The beauty of this good work of the Lord in the soul is made known from the good that results in the natural mind; and the mighty and powerful truths of which it then becomes possessed; by means of which falsities are dispersed, and the whole mind arranged in heavenly order; whereby the soul receives wisdom from genuine truths, and good desires and determinations from the Lord to live thereby. (See Apocalypse Explained 316.)
John 2:1-10
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The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there.
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Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
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When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
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Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come."
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His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
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Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
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Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim.
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He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
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When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
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and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
