Wine...
…for rest
Wine is an evening drink, a drink for the end of the day. When the jobs are done, the children are in bed and the phone is switched off, the wine comes out. Wine is a drink for those who have completed their tasks – those who are at rest. We drink wine at the Lord’s Supper on the seventh day to show that we are at rest. At rest not only from work but from the worry that sin brings. We confess our sins and come and drink the drink of rest.
(HT: Steve Hayhow)
…for peace
‘Every man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken,’ Micah 4:4. Wine is a sign that a country is at peace. Vines take time to grow and require a lot of attention, they need someone to tend to them, to cultivate them. At a time of war, no one will have time to tend their vines. At a time of war, armies will come and destroy the vines. The vines (and the drink that comes from them) are a symbol of peace. When we drink the wine at the Lord’s Supper we are taking part in a banquet of peace. We remember that the battle is won and the Prince of Peace is sitting on the throne.
…for life
Wine is a drink of life. We come to the Lord’s Supper to drink the symbol of the blood of the immortal Jesus, the one who has the gift of eternal life. In the blood is the life – when we sip the ‘blood’ of Christ, we share in His life.
(HT: Brad Belschner)
Wine is an evening drink, a drink for the end of the day. When the jobs are done, the children are in bed and the phone is switched off, the wine comes out. Wine is a drink for those who have completed their tasks – those who are at rest. We drink wine at the Lord’s Supper on the seventh day to show that we are at rest. At rest not only from work but from the worry that sin brings. We confess our sins and come and drink the drink of rest.
(HT: Steve Hayhow)
…for peace
‘Every man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has spoken,’ Micah 4:4. Wine is a sign that a country is at peace. Vines take time to grow and require a lot of attention, they need someone to tend to them, to cultivate them. At a time of war, no one will have time to tend their vines. At a time of war, armies will come and destroy the vines. The vines (and the drink that comes from them) are a symbol of peace. When we drink the wine at the Lord’s Supper we are taking part in a banquet of peace. We remember that the battle is won and the Prince of Peace is sitting on the throne.
…for life
Wine is a drink of life. We come to the Lord’s Supper to drink the symbol of the blood of the immortal Jesus, the one who has the gift of eternal life. In the blood is the life – when we sip the ‘blood’ of Christ, we share in His life.
(HT: Brad Belschner)
