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Wine in general in the scriptures is symbolic of spiritual blessings, fruitfulness, goodness, prosperity, abundance, safety and health.

This symbolism is woven throughout the Old Testament.

We are not made better by what we eat or drink or what we don’t eat or drink.

It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that defiles him; it’s what comes out.

Drinking alcohol is not the sin; drunkenness is the sin - NYOBS 03.21 Beer, Booze & Bubbly

Ps 80:8-11 – Symbolic of Prosperity

8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.

11 It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the River. NIV

Ps 128:3 – Symbolic of Fruitfulness

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. NIV

Gen 49:11-12 – Symbolic of Abundance and Health

11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.   NIV

1 Kings 4:25 – Symbolic of Safety

25 During Solomon's lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree. NIV

Judges 9:13 – Symbolic of Happiness

13 "But the vine answered, `Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and men, to hold sway over the trees?' NIV

Ps 104:15 – Symbol of Gladness

15 Wine that gladdens the heart of man, NIV

Eccl 10:19 - Symbol of laughter and merriment

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, NIV

Isa 55:1-2 – Symbolic of Spiritual Blessings

"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. NIV

1 Cor 8:8-9 – We are not Better nor Worse

8 But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. NIV

Gal 5:19-21 – Don’t be a Drunkard

19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. NIV

Matt 15:11 – It’s what comes out of a man that defiles him

11 What goes into a man's mouth does not make him `unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth that is what makes him `unclean.'" NIV