During Small Group this week, I had an insight into one of those old, thorny theological questions that have been buried in the back of my mind over the years.
Why didn't Jesus come and save humanity right after the Fall? Why wait so long? Why come so late?
I still don't have an answer to the question. But I saw something in Scripture that might help.
In John 2, Jesus turns some water into really great wine at a wedding feast in the town of Cana. And he waits to do this miracle until the middle of the feast, when the wine has already run out and stress levels are starting to rise.
Why didn't Jesus turn some water into wine at the beginning of the feast?
I mean, he is God, right? He must have known that they were going to run out of wine. I mean, he had to make another 180 gallons. That's a huge shortfall.
If he had turned the water into wine at the beginning of the feast, everyone could have enjoyed the good wine first (and broken out the cheap stuff later), as was the custom.
Why did he wait?
Maybe if we could answer that question in John 2, we could answer the same question when it comes up in Genesis 3.
What do you think?
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