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2009 The Flaming Torch, All rights reserved.
By HERB EVANS, Ltt.D
157 PATTIES PLACE
PORTERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 16051
E-Mail: herbevans@juno.com
1Alcoholic Wine Does Not Belong In God’s Temple
Do not drink WINE nor STRONG DRINK, when ye go into the TABERNACLE . . . that you may put a DIFFERENCE between HOLY and UNHOLY, and be- tween . . . UNCLEAN and CLEAN . . . --Lev. 10:9
Alcoholic Wine Does Not
Belong in God’s Holy Vessels
Then they brought the golden VESSELS that were taken out of the temple . . . and the king (Belshazzer) . . . drank IN THEM. They drank WINE . . . In that night was Belshazzer . . . slain. --Dan. 5:3, 30
Alcoholic Wine Doesn’t Belong In God’s Kings, Prophets, Priests, Mighty
. . . It is not for KINGS to drink WINE nor for PRINCES STRONG DRINK: Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert judgment . . . -- Pro. 31:4
. . . WOE unto them that are MIGHTY to drink WINE, and men of strength to MINGLE STRONG DRINK . . . --Isa. 5:22
. . . the PRIEST and the PROPHET have ERRED through STRONG DRINK . . . they are out of the way through STRONG DRINK; they ERR in vision, they stumble in judgment. --Isa. 28:7
Alcoholic Wine Does Not Belong in Our Presence, Employment, Sight
Be not AMONG WINE- BIBBERS . . . --Pro. 23:20
. . . WOE unto him that GIVETH his neighbor DRINK, that puttest the bottle to him, and maketh him DRUNKEN . . . -- Hab. 2:15
. . . LOOK NOT thou upon the WINE when it MOVETH (bubbles, fermentation) . . . at the last it stingeth like an ADDER . . . --Pro. 23:31
. . . For he (John) . . . shall drink neither WINE nor STRONG DRINK . . . --Lk. 1:15
. . . Daniel . . . would not DEFILE himself . . . with the WINE which he drank . . . --Dan. 1:8
. . . he commanded his sons NOT TO DRINK WINE . . . for unto this day they drank NONE . . . --Jer. 35:14
. . . I have led you forty years in the wilderness . . . neither have ye DRUNK WINE or STRONG DRINK: that ye might know that I am the LORD your GOD . . . thou didst drink the PURE BLOOD of the GRAPE . . . --Deut. 29:5, 6 (with 32:14)
Examples Of
Nonalcoholic Wine
(Connects With Joy, Cheer, Blessing)
. . . I took the GRAPES, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup . . . --Gen. 40:11
. . . thou mayest GATHER in thy CORN, and thy WINE, and thine OIL [grain, grapes, olives]. --Deut. 11:14
. . . thy PRESSES shall burst out with NEW WINE. --Pro. 3:10
As the NEW WINE is found in the CLUSTER . . . a BLESSING is in it . . . --Isa. 65:8
And WINE that maketh GLAD the HEART of man . . . --Ps. 104:15
. . . CORN shall make the young men CHEERFUL, and NEW WINE the maids CHEERFUL . . . --Zech. 9:17
. . . the VINE said unto them, Should I leave my WINE, which CHEERETH GOD and man . . . --Judges 9:13
Alcoholic Wine Is The Wrong Symbol For Jesus’ Blood (Connected With SIN, Wrath,
Violence, And Evil)
. . . WINE is a MOCKER [surely not this kind], STRONG DRINK is raging . . . --Pro. 20:1
. . . they . . . drink the WINE of VIOLENCE . . . -- Pro. 4:17
. . . LOOK NOT thou upon the WINE when . . . it MOVETH . . . [nor this kind] --Pro. 23:31
. . . Lest they DRINK . . . and PERVERT the judgment . . . --Pro. 31:4, 5
. . . they also have ERRED through WINE, and through STRONG DRINK are out of the way . . . they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment, for all the tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. --Isa. 28:7, 8
. . . have made him SICK with bottles of WINE . . . --Hosea 7:5
. . . because he transgresseth BY WINE . . . --Hab. 2:5
. . . give unto her the cup of WINE of the fierceness of his WRATH . . . --Rev. 16:19
Who hath WOE? who hath SORROW? who hath CONTENTIONS? who hath BABBLING? who hath WOUNDS without cause? who hath REDNESS of EYES? They that tarry long at the WINE. They that go to seek MIXED WINE. LOOK NOT upon the WINE when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it MOVETH ITSELF aright. At the last it BITETH like a SERPENT, and STINGETH like an ADDER. Thine eyes shall BEHOLD STRANGE WOMEN, and thine HEART shall UTTER PERVERSE things . . . --Pro. 23:29-35
The Fruit of the Vine, Pure Blood of Grape is the Right Symbol of Jesus’ Blood
. . . thou didst drink the PURE BLOOD of the grape. - Deut 32:14
. . . the CUP of BLESSING which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? [alcoholic wine is anything but a blessing] --1 Cor. 10:16
. . . I will not drink henceforth of this FRUIT of the VINE [no alcohol/chemicals here] . . . --Matt. 26:29
. . . for the FRUIT of the Spirit* is in all goodness and righteousness . . . -- Eph. 5:9*
. . . he will bless the FRUIT of the womb, and the FRUIT of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine . . . --Deut. 7:13*
*NOTE:
1. The fruit of the LAND - that which the LAND produces
2. The fruit of the WOMB - that which the WOMB produces
3. The fruit of the SPIRIT - that which the SPIRIT produces
4. The fruit of the VINE - that which the VINE produces (by GOD)
5. The fruit of fermentation - that which the merry wine maker produces (by MAN)
Wine, as used in the Bible, is a generic word. It is used of both alcoholic and nonalcoholic wine, good wine and bad wine, old wine and new wine. Just as we use the word cider today, the context determines which kind.
(By a convict in Joliet prison)
The name of each saloon’s a bar; The
fittest of its names by far;
A bar to heaven, a door to hell; Whoever
named it named it well
A Bar to manliness and wealth; A door to
want and broken heath;
A Bar to hope, A Bar to prayer; A door to
darkness and despair;
A Bar to honored useful life, A door to
brawling senseless strife;
A Bar to all that’s true and brave; A door to
every drunkard’s grave;
A Bar to joys that home imparts; A door to
tears and aching hearts;
A Bar to heaven, a door to hell; Whoever
named it named it well. - Copied
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