Arlene (24 Nov 2012)
"Answer for Gino...."


Hi Gino....Interesting questions!  I wish I had all the answers, but I do understand that Jesus took our sins upon Himself before He was crucified.  Then, just before He died, He drank what was offered Him of the "fruit of the vine" (vinegar) just before He stated "It is finished".(John 19:30).  He completed all that was necessary to restore what was lost in the Garden of Eden.  All of the Father's requirements for our redemption, He did.  What was remaining to do was completed after His resurrection during those eight days required.  When He returned to earth, he ate fish....but nothing is ever said about His drinking anything.  He stated at the Last Supper that He would not drink wine until He drank it with us in His Kingdom.

This may have been the link I sent in before, and it explains things a lot more fully than I ever could.


http://www.remnantbride.com/Nazirite/the_nazirite_vow.htm


I thought I had sent in a comment to you before Thanksgiving, but it must have gotten lost in "cyberspace".  I had also stated that it was important for Jesus to be known as being from Nazareth and being called a "Nazarine" as well.  The meaning of those words in Hebrew are "the branch."  Zechariah 6:12.....(in part) "Behold the man whose name is THE BRANCH.....".  This was a huge OT clue as the identity of the Messiah for whom the Jews were looking.  They missed the clue.  Other places in the OT are Isaiah 4:2, 11:1, 60:21; Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15; and Zechariah 3:8.

! Maybe someone else might have more answers for you if they have researched this.  There is not a whole lot of information out there, and many people have not heard this before.  In spite of that fact, I am completely positive that this was one of the things that needed to be done.  Otherwise, I can think of no explanation for His not drinking wine at the Last Supper.  That's originally why I researched it.

Arlene