What Kind of Wine Was It?
By George E. Hollister
WHAT kind of wine did Christ make at the wedding in Cana? Is this matter susceptible of proof? Study carefully the following texts, then answer the question yourself. Let the Bible tell you the story in its own words. “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” John 4: 8. “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.” Ps. 103: 13. “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Prov. 20: 1. “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.” Prov. 23: 29, 30. “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth the bottle to him, and makest him drunken also.” Hab. 2: 15. “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup. . . . At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” Prov. 23: 31, 32. “O that thou hadst hearkened to My commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. . . . There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.” Isa. 48: 18, 22. CHRIST'S TESTIMONY OF HIMSELF
“If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.” John 15: 10. “For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.” John 6: 38. And what is the will of God?—“This is462the will of God, even your sanctification.” 1 Thess. 4: 3. THE CHARACTER OF ANOTHER WINE
This is the same that Joseph gave to Pharaoh. “And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.” Gen. 40: 11. “Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it.” Isa. 65: 8. Note that it is not a woe or a curse. All that God made was “very good.” “And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Gen. 1: 31. The ruler of the feast testified of the wine that Christ, the Son of God, made: “Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.” John 2: 10. And this is the wine that Christ will drink with His redeemed ones in the kingdom of heaven. “I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.” Matt. 26: 29. Now, reader, you can answer the question; for in view of the above, the matter is settled forever.