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Jun 12, 2022

John - Moses 2.0

Passage: John 6:16-21

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: John: Come and See

Category: Grace Brevard

Keywords: faith, power, fear, anxiety, water, miracle

Themes: Like the feeding of the 5000, our quick interpretation of Jesus walking on water is to see him as our magical and mystical superman, which misses the whole point. People in that culture viewed the sea as the place of danger and death. It is where the Sea Monster Leviathan lived and where people (remember Jonah) would be swallowed up into the abyss and die. Especially when storms came raging in. The Sea of Galilee sits nestled between mountains which makes storms violent, unpredictable, dangerous and fast-approaching. The disciples were in very real danger and understandably afraid because there was no logical hope for them…until Jesus came walking on top and essentially breaking the neck of what seemed to be their executioner. This is a beautiful foreshadowing of the crucifixion and the empty tomb. Jesus has stomped on the neck of our executioner (sin, fear and death) bringing peace in his wake.

Themes: Like the feeding of the 5000, our quick interpretation of Jesus walking on water is to see him as our magical and mystical superman, which misses the whole point. People in that culture viewed the sea as the place of danger and death. It is where the Sea Monster Leviathan lived and where people (remember Jonah) would be swallowed up into the abyss and die. Especially when storms came raging in. The Sea of Galilee sits nestled between mountains which makes storms violent, unpredictable, dangerous and fast-approaching. The disciples were in very real danger and understandably afraid because there was no logical hope for them…until Jesus came walking on top and essentially breaking the neck of what seemed to be their executioner. This is a beautiful foreshadowing of the crucifixion and the empty tomb. Jesus has stomped on the neck of our executioner (sin, fear and death) bringing peace in his wake.