The Mother of the Son
The Wedding at Cana The prologue lays the groundwork for the Fourth Gospel’s presentation of Jesus as both the covenant Lord and the covenant sacrifice. As the divine Word of creation he is the covenant Lord, but his becoming ‘flesh’ sets the stage for his role as the covenant sacrifice. When Jesus becomes the covenant sacrifice, he most brilliantly displays the glory of the covenant Lord, the divine ‘I am.’ Therein lies the unique beauty of John’s Gospel. Stephen Voorwinde, Jesus’ Emotions in the Gospels (London; New York: T&T Clark, 2011), 211. He Has Come to Raise Us to Adoption John 8:12; 9:5; 14:6; Romans 8:29; Colossians 1:15; 3:16; Hebrews 2:11; James 1:21 "He who is the first principle and pattern of all things came to be the beginning and pattern of humankind, the firstborn of the whole creation. He, who is the everlasting Light became the Light of men. He, who is the Life from eternity, became the Life of a race dead in sin. He, who is the Word of God, came to be a