For those of us who savor the freedom of a cold beer, this one’s for you.

April 7 (4/7)—National Beer Day—marks the moment history cracked open a cold one. On this day in 1933, the Cullen–Harrison Act took effect, signaling the beginning of the end of Prohibition. Officially, it was about beer. Unofficially, it was about something far deeper: the return of choice, the clink of raised glasses, and the resurgence of freedoms long suppressed.

Prohibition was more than a ban on alcohol, it was a symbolic attempt to control chaos, to impose order on the ungovernable. But order cracks, and in those cracks, 47 appears—on dates, in decisions, in the margins of power.

Jesus’ first miracle wasn’t walking on water—it was turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana. Not a display of power, but a gift of joy. The message was unmistakable: celebration is sacred, and fermentation is divine.

The recurring presence of the number 47 across time and culture reveals a deeper, often hidden architecture behind events we think we understand. Having National Beer Day on 4/7 wasn’t just a legal shift—it was a cultural resurrection.

Many scholars identify April 7, 30 A.D. as the most compelling date for Jesus’ Crucifixion—a moment of ultimate sacrifice that forever altered the course of history. From His first miracle to His final breath, Jesus’ story is one of transformation—of turning the ordinary into the eternal. And April 7 ties it all together—a day that reminds us that even in sorrow, there is redemption… and reason to raise a glass of cold beer in thanks.