Drinking

Wine as a gift of God

A sign of his blessing

Deuteronomy 7:13 See also Genesis 27:28; Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 3:9–10; Joel 2:18–19, Joel 2:22–24, Joel 3:18; Amos 9:13–14

He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land— your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks— in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

Drinking wine has God's approval

Deuteronomy 14:26 See also John 2:1–10; 1 Timothy 5:23 approval implicit in the advice given

Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

Withdrawal of wine is evidence of divine judgment

Isaiah 24:6–7 See also Jeremiah 48:32–33

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Drinking used extensively as a metaphor

Of suffering God's judgment

Job 21:20; Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 29:9; Jeremiah 25:15–17; Ezekiel 23:31–34; Habakkuk 2:16; Revelation 18:3

Of love

Proverbs 7:18

Of Jesus Christ's destiny of suffering

Matthew 26:42 See also Matthew 26:39 parallels Mark 14:36, Luke 22:42; Matthew 20:22–23 parallel Mark 10:38–39; John 18:11

A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

Of spiritual satisfaction

John 4:13–14

Of the Christian experience of the Holy Spirit

John 7:37

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Jesus Christ's symbolic use of wine

Matthew 26:27–29 parallels Mark 14:23–25, Luke 22:17–18, Luke 22:20 See also John 6:53–56 the believer's participation in Jesus Christ

Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”