Section 9
into a situation where human enjoyment existed but was not lasting. He came into a situation where the death of human life terminates all human en joyment. The changing of water into wine is a sign that must be understood figuratively. When our wine is about to run out, we know that our mar riage feast will soon be over. But, praise the Lord, it is at such a time that the Lord comes into our situation. In our marriage feast we have the Lord! We need not be afraid, for He can change the water into wine.
MANKIND FILLED WITH DEATH
Before doing the miracle, the Lord told the peo ple to fill the waterpots with water (John 2:6-7). These water containers, made of stone, were six in number. The number six represents created man, because it was on the sixth day that man was cre ated (Gen. 1:27, 31). Therefore, the six stone water pots signify the natural man, who was created on the sixth day. Naturally speaking, we are noth ing but "waterpots," vessels to contain something. We, the "waterpots," were located in Cana, the land of reeds, full of weak and fragile people. We were the waterpots in Cana, weak and fragile.
The waterpots were used in the Jewish rites of purification (John 2:6), a practice of the Jewish