I AM

I AM : M. M. Ninan
vine does. Vine takes water from the earth and converts it into juice
in the fruit of the wine. In the marriage of Canaa this is what
happened.
John 2:7-11 to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them
to the brim. Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the
master of the banquet." They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted
the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had
come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he
called the bridegroom aside and said, "Everyone brings out the choice
wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to
drink; but you have saved the best till now." This, the first of his
miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed
his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.
Jesus declared his glory by converting water into the best wine
because he is the true vine.
So when Jesus said, "I am the true vine", he was proclaiming that
true Manhood is found in him and in him alone. When all of God’s
effort to redeem mankind to its Manhood failed, Jesus became man
that he may redeem it to what it should be. Christianization is in
this sense nothing but humanization. Making man as he is expected
by God to be. Adam was Son of God, now the Son of God became
Son of Man - the Messiah, the Redeemer. He is the redeemer of
mankind not of a particular group.
One of the major errors of the elect was that each group believed
that they were the only elect of God. So Israel believed that they
were the children of God and missed their responsibilities. God did
select a vine so that he could redeem all mankind. That led to
Zionism. Aryans thought they were the gods. That led to Nazism.
Communists thought they were the people who would usher in the
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