Covenant Talk
Title: Drinking Wine: What Does The Bible Say? Part 5
by Michael Isaacks
" Wine " at the Last Supper
"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it,
and gave it to the disciples,
and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
saying, Drink ye all of it;
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day
when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
( Matthew 26:26 - 29 )
There are 3 Greek words for the English word " wine " that you need to know.
The first word is gennema, which means " the pure, fresh squeezed juice
of the grape which has no age and no fermentation."
The second word is gleukos, which means old juice of the grape which has
become very, very sweet in time.
The third word is oinos, which, yes, means " that which man has added to
grape juice for the purpose of fermenting the juice to produce an intoxicating
drink." But oinos also means " very old juice of the grape which through
time has added unto itself a natural fermentation, but the amount of fermentation
is so small that it is virtually undectable.
In other words, you could drink gallons of this kind of wine and never feel
any effect! In this passage, Jesus's words " the fruit of the vine " was
translated into one Greek word, the Greek word gennema.
According to the original Greek translation, the " wine " used at the
Last Supper was pure, fresh squeezed grape juice with no alcohol!
So, the next time somebody declares; " What do you think they drank at the
Last Supper , boy?! " You can reply; " Fresh squeezed grape juice! " Why
do you think Word churches use Welch's Grape Juice for Communion, not Boone's
Farm?
Well, that's it for our look at Drinking Wine: What Does The Bible
Say? I pray that you will take what we have presented, get alone with God
and the two of you decide what His will is concerning this issue. I encourage
you to visit Kevin Taylor's webpage on wine so that you will have a look
at both sides of the issue. I know what God's will is for me concerning
wine. Do you? Until next time be blessed!
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