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Blood and Wine Day 74
Saint Augustine writes in his "Confessions," "We take for granted the slow miracles as year by year water irrigating a vineyard becomes wine. We stand amazed when the same process takes place in quick motion in Cana of Galilee." The miracle at Cana shows that Jesus has power like his Father to create and recreate. Tip toeing across the laws of nature, he bends them for his glory and for our greater good.
Jesus does not play with his powers like a child in a sand pile. He uses his miracles to induce belief in his disciples, reinforcing their faith by what he does and says. Water, a tasteless clear fluid, is turned into a most delicious and aromatic red wine. Jesus took a cup of wine again at the institution of the Lord's Supper. Paul records, "In the same way after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me."1 The mere thought of drinking "my blood," as is suggested by this verse, would have been repugnant to Jews because of its cannibalistic overtones. The Levitican commandment strictly prohibited such action saying, "You must not eat any fat or any blood."2 Jews to this day will eat no meat other than that specially prepared with the blood drained from it, because they believe, "for the life of a creature is in the blood."3 The puzzle of this blood saying is unlocked by the special sacrificial nature of Jesus' death.
11 Corinthians 11.25. 2Leviticus 3.17. 3Leviticus 17.11
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