Why was Christ’s first miracle turning water into wine at a wedding?

John 2:1-10 For many years I wondered why this miracle might be especially important to be recorded. Then, I read God’s judgmental prophecy against a wayward Israel found in Jeremiah 13:9-14. Jeremiah tells of how God would take away Judah’s pride by filling all bottles with wine so much so, that all the inhabitants would be drunk and would destroy each other. Now things made more sense! What if God were announcing the beginning of Jesus’s ministry by saying He was about to fulfill Jeremiah’s prophecy? The plentiful wine showed how the people would be confused and not understand or accept the magnitude of what Jesus was telling them. The new revelations of a changed covenant that was better than the old testament commandments became unacceptable in the minds of the priests and people. Recall, that the wedding wine Jesus created was better than the first wine served. The new covenant was also better. Just as new wine could not be kept in an old unyielding container, the new moving of God divided the people due to the inflexibility of their traditions. Jesus and the Holy Spirit as the new wine were unaccepted. The rulers and priests found they could not fight against a risen savior they had rejected. All people were divided as to what should have been done with the man of miracles claiming to be God’s son. They have been destroyed and put upon by much of the world ever since. When the people come to their senses and realize they killed God’s son, their shame and guilt will totally destroy their pride and they will be totally open to a God of love and grace. This comparison was Israel’s wake up call. The nation has yet to comprehend what really happened! When they do, their remorse will indeed cause them to even kill sons and daughters that prophesy.