Aged Wine

The Parable:

Connoisseurs of wine prefer what is very old, very aged, very fermented—not to mention a certain selection of grapes.  God is a connoisseur.  His wine has been fermenting for 6,000 years…

The Discussion:

There are bowls of fermented wine in heaven from the winepress of the wrath of God.

Revelation 15:7: “And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.”

Revelation 19:11-16: “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.”

After this meditation, I immediately thought of Jesus’ words, "No one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good" (Luke 5:37-39). So what is the wine that has been fermenting in the New Covenant of new wineskins? Jesus himself defined the wine at the Last Supper: "And likewise [he took] the cup after they had eaten, saying, 'This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.'" The blood that saves and cleanses those who put their hope in Jesus Christ is the same blood that has been fermenting in the wrath that is stored up against all wickedness for the day of wrath. How much stronger and more potent is that wrath now that it has fermented for so long! And how much stronger and more powerful is that blood as we drink it at the marriage supper, that we might be drunk and fully satisfied in the goodness of the wine of Jesus Christ!  For Ephesians 5:18 says, "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit." At the end of the age, the perfectly fermented wine will be ready to be poured out upon the Earth in wrath and poured into His elect Bride in power and consummation of our marriage with the Lamb!  Praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord!

Mark 14:25: “Truly I say to you that never will I drink of the fruit of the vine again, until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”