WINE (2)

1. Bible Topic

a) To learn what the Bible has to say on a variety of topics affecting our everyday lives, we may find what we are looking for here.

2. Wine

a) What is the effect of drinking alcoholic beverages? "Who has woe, who has sorrow, who has contentions, who has babbling, who has wounds without cause, who has redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine" "At last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder" (Proverbs 23:29,30).

b) Why were kings prohibited the use of strong drink? "It is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted" (Proverbs 31:4,5)

c) Why were priests not allowed to use intoxicating drink? "And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine or strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, … that ye may put a difference between holy and unholy, and between clean and unclean" (Leviticus 10:8-10, cf. Ezekiel 44:21).

d) What two titles does God give to His redeemed people? "Kings and priests." See 1 Peter 2:6,9; Revelation 1:5,6. True Christians are spiritual kings and priests, washed in the blood of Christ and enlisted in His service as royal ambassadors. They have perpetual access by His Spirit to the heavenly sanctuary. 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Hebrews 10: 19-23.