The Wedding Feast of Cana is the first sign or miracle of Jesus. The fact that it takes place at a wedding is significant. Marriage is the icon of God’s approach to man. As the prophet says “your builder wishes to marry you” (Isiah 62:5). And through Hosea the Lords says:
“I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy; I will espouse you in fidelity, and you shall know the Lord”(Hosea 2:19)
If Jesus came to reveal the Father’s love for us, and His great desire is to be fully united with us, then it is fitting and prophetic that His ministry begins at a wedding.
Wine is a symbol of joy, and the highest joy is the nuptial union because it points us to the union of Christ and His spouse-which is us.
Marriage is an icon of God’s love for His creation, and wine is a symbol of the intoxicating joy that such a covenant love provides.
Jesus initiates this New Covenant with us by turning the water of the old covenant used for ritual cleansing into the New Wine of the Holy Spirit so that we might enter into the joy of the Lord. That we might have intimacy with God.
The best wine is reserved for last, to point us to the wedding feast of God and man which is eternal life.