Hi Nicole,
re..
'Alcohol
is a fermented drink and is forbidden, it is a
poison. When Jesus turned water into wine, it
was a fruit drink that was not fermented as He
fulfilled this miracle during the Feast of
Unleavened Bread and yeast and fermentation was
forbidden. A wine press is to turn grapes into
juice and be used right away, not stored until
it is fermented.'
I have spent a lot of
time researching this and you are right. And
the simple answer is today's alcohol and
yesterdays strong drink produce an Altered
State of Consciousness.
Something I believe
no Christian should desire.
For even in grief it
is tears which are / contain natural sedative.
Our joy is the filling of the Holy Spirit..a
new creature (bottle) with new wine (Holy
Spirit). The opposite is a poor imitation at
best and /or counterfeit experience.
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Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on thee: because he trusteth in
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Timothy was under a
Nazarite vow so that is why Pauls said to take
a little wine.i.e grape juice. Grape juice is
the only drink you can have with meals without
affecting food absorption. When at the last
supper they drank wine it certainly was
alcoholic. because yeast is leaven. At the
first passover they had to leave in a hurry
and eat standing so can you imagine then how
ready they would have been if that had drunk
from alcoholic wine.
'Whoredom
and wine and new wine take away the heart.'
Hsa 4:11
I heard Christians
quoting the TV as too the latest finding of
how a little alcohol is good for the heart. As
the enemy is always planting a seed. The
following is a quote ..
Alcohol
Gets More Dangerous as You Get Older
July 10) -- A new UCLA
study has supported scientists' concerns that
alcohol abuse by the elderly has become a major
national health problem.
Many older drinkers are
unaware they even have a problem until it's too
late -- after they lose their balance and break
a hip or pick a fight with a friend or cause a
fatal car crash. What they don't understand is
that the same amount they drank with no ill
effects at age 50 can have double the impact at
age 70, drastically
altering their state of mind and
behavior.
'I noticed one day that
the two martinis I used to enjoy some years ago
were now giving me something much beyond a
pleasant buzz. I mentioned the fact to my
doctor, who explained that the levels of the
enzyme that breaks down alcohol in the body
fall as you age. As a result, higher
concentrations of alcohol reach your brain.
“And he
(Noah) drank of the wine, and was drunken; and
he was uncovered within his tent' Gen 9
Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
When either man or
woman shall separate themselves to vow
a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto
the LORD:
He shall
separate himself from wine
and strong drink,
and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar
of strong drink, neither shall he drink any
liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or
dried.
All
the days of his separation shall he eat nothing
that is made of the vine tree,
from the
kernels even to the husk.
All
the days of the vow of his separation there
shall no razor come upon his head:
until the days be
fulfilled, in the which he separateth
himself unto the LORD,
he shall
be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of
his head grow.
All the
days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he
shall come at no dead body.
He
shall not make himself unclean for his father,
or for his mother, for his brother,
or for his
sister, when they die: because the consecration
of his God is upon his head.
All the days of his separation he is
holy unto the LORD
The Nazarite Vow of
Jesus
Mark
14 :25
Verily I say unto
you, I
will drink no more of the fruit
of the vine, (A vow to
abstain from drinking grape juice ) until that
day that I drink it new in the kingdom
of God.
Hebrews12:2
Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith; who for
the joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(
he bore our shame = nakedness and long hair )
Cor.11:15
Doth not even nature itself teach
you, that, if a man have long hair, it
is a shame unto him?
Famous Nazarites
from conception.
Samson
But he said unto me, Behold,
thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now
drink no wine
nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean
thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to
God from the womb to the day of his death. Jdg
13:7
John The Baptist
'For he shall be great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine
nor strong drink; and he shall be
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his
mother's womb'. Luke 1:15
For
John the Baptist came neither eating
bread nor drinking wine; and ye say,
He hath a devil' Luke
7:33
'The
Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold
a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend
of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of
her children' Matt 11:19....
God forbid: yea, let
God be true, but every man a liar; as it
is written, That thou mightest be justified in
thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art
judged' Rom 3:4
'Others mocking said, These men are full of new
wine' Act 2:13
I am
sorry I have somewhere a link for Middle east
wine making and the keeping of it. Very
different to today. I believe with us being of
a priesthood we while in service to the Lord
can do no better than to set a good example to
our weaker brethren by foregoing any alcoholic
beverage. I have known many outstanding
Christians who on conversion gave up /lost the
desire for alcohol,smoking and swearing. There
is a lot of backsliding this I believe is
exasperated by the leavened new Bibles.
God Bless you..soon we
will all be out of here. God Bless Patsy