Wine is of the coming Celebration, in the Bible. When the Creation is redeemed. When we sit under the vine and fig trees. When the mountains shall drip sweet wine, as Amos says.
Salvation is eaten and drunk, in Christianity. It isn’t just a matter of belief. It isn’t abstract. Bread is the body. And wine is the blood – his Blood. His life, poured out.
Jesus drinks wine. He’s not teetotal, like John the Baptist. He meets people at the table, right. He’s part of ordinary life.
Jesus promises to drink wine again in the Kingdom. Which meant the resurrection must involve real bodies – bodies who can drink. It’s not just about the spirit.
Physical, joyful resurrection, right. It’s not about Gnosticism. It’s not about escaping material life, just experiencing it more joyfully.
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