The Feast of New Wine, Part 1

 

Hello John and Doves,

 

Can the Feast of New Wine replace the biblical feast of Pentecost? This is absolutely impossible from a Scriptural perspective, and we will have to think about this question in more detail.

 

The Feast of Pentecost is mentioned three times in the New Testament: Acts 2:1, Acts 20:16, and 1 Corinthians 16:8. The only place where new wine is mentioned in the Bible is in Acts 2:13. The word used here for new wine is “gleúkos,” which means new. However, this is not a feast, but the people’s derogatory reactions to the disciples speaking in foreign languages. They seemed to be drunk because new wine was already available in Jerusalem at the time of Pentecost, and the disciples were accused of being drunk. When someone understands on the basis of the presence of new wine that the Holy Spirit was poured out in the summer period, this new wine is emphasized and elevated to the feast of new wine This is truly a great audacity against the Word of God. That it is again contrary to the Bible and all normal logic, again hardly anyone cares. It is clear that Acts 2:1 speaks of Pentecost, yet many people dare to change the God-given feast of Pentecost into a pagan feast of new wine.

 

The feast of new wine does not exist according to the Bible. They are pagan feasts, which may have been celebrated by the Essenes. It is similar to the fact that today in December the birth of Christ is celebrated on the pagan solstice feasts, which were also introduced by one church. Apparently many did not want to bother with placing the biblical Feast of Pentecost where it belongs, to the summer, in order not to be labeled as heretics, they hid behind some kind of feast of new wine. Since this feast is not mentioned in the Bible, its promotion and confession is 100% blasphemy and by adding to Scripture. God will judge it, for He has clearly said that if anyone adds even a comma to His word, he will receive many stripes.

 

We know from the Bible that the early church knew the day of Pentecost. It seems that God wants the church at the other end of time to rediscover from the Bible the day of Pentecost . Now I will consider the actions of the apostle Paul, from which we can learn much about the Feast of Pentecost from the Scriptures. The book of Acts records that Paul was in extreme haste to arrive in Jerusalem on one particular day, the day of Pentecost. Acts 20:16: “For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.” The situation where Paul would hurry for an activity other than evangelism is revealed only once in Scripture. It is clear from Scripture that he had a great desire to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. Because of this, he did things that were unusual in his life and completely out of his normal behavior. We know that Paul had a strong heart for evangelism and church planting in the world of that time and subordinated everything in his life to this. Suddenly, something changed in his behavior and he began to behave differently. This was manifested in his refusal to stay anywhere in Asia, even though the disciples begged him to. He was firmly determined to get to Jerusalem and had a great desire to be there for Pentecost.

 

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