False sons

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 5:43

Pilate offers to release Christ, "The King of the Jews," but the Jews call out, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Barabbas is Aramaic for "son of a father." Rival sons stand on the judgment seat and the Jews side with and attach their identity to the false son revealing themselves as the seed of the serpent, as Jesus pointed out in John 8 - "You are of your father the devil."

Wedding wine

The miracle at the wedding in Cana in John 2 fits into the creation/exodus pattern quite nicely. This is the pattern of the whole scripture (and thus, all of creation) and shows up in little patterns all over the place.

Creation - Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim.

Division - And he said to them, "Now draw some out

Ascension - and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it.

Testing - 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,

Maturity - "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."

Conquest - This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee,

Glorification - and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

On a side note, this is a whole bunch of wine - 120-180 gallons!

John 6 chiasm

John 6:53-57
A. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
B. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
C. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
B'. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
A'. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.

Does it make sense if it is restructured helically?
A. Eating the flesh and blood of Jesus is the only source of life
A' What is more, He lives in the Father and those that eat His body live in Him
B. Whoever eats from Him has eternal life and resurrection
B' What is more, it is a shared communion
C. His flesh and blood are true food and drink

Again?
A/A' Life proceeds from the Father, through the Son, to those in communion
B/B' What is more, this communion is an intimate sharing of the very life of God
C What is more, His life is our only sustenance