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Q. At the wedding in Cana of Galilee, why did the Lord save the best wine for the last?
A. The host of the wedding provided the wine that was drunk at the beginning, and the Lord provided what was miraculously changed from the six water-filled vessels. What the Lord gives is always better than what man can provide.
Also there is a prophetic character to the story of the marriage. Consider this Old Testament prophecy. “Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight” (Hosea 6:1-2). So we learn that “the third day” (see John 2:1) has to do with the restoration, and millennial joy of God’s earthly people, the nation of Israel. This will be based on their repentance and His provision for them through grace.
On a practical note, we learn that human joy, of which the wine is a type, quickly runs out, and that it is only “the joy of the Lord” (Nehemiah 8:10), that has real lasting quality and substance. As the Lord said to His disciples, “Your joy, no man taketh from you” (John 16:22).
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