Section 6
The whole world is a Cana, full of weak and fragile people to whom the Lord came. The Lord's coming to Cana signifies His coming into a world full of weak and fragile people. Although the peo ple of this earth, like reeds, are weak and fragile, the Lord came to them in resurrection.
The wedding that Jesus attended in John 2 was in Cana of Galilee. Galilee was a place despised by people (7:52). As a despised place, Galilee sig nifies the low and mean condition of the world.
THE CONTINUATION AND ENJOYMENT
OF HUMAN LIFE
We must allegorize the wedding and the wed ding feast. Marriage is very significant and essential to human life, for without it human life is hin dered. If you eliminate marriage, you terminate human life. Marriage signifies the continuation of human life. What does the wedding feast signify? It signifies the enjoyment and pleasure of human life. Nothing on earth is a more joyful occasion than a wedding. Have you ever seen people weep mournfully at a wedding? If you were to weep in such a way at a wedding, it would mean that you are impolite or uncultured. When attending a fun eral, on the contrary, you are not permitted to be joyful. When attending a wedding, however, you