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New Wine

 

Mat. 26:

26 ¶  While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."

27  And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you;

28  for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

29  "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom."

 

Notice the following definition for the Greek word kainov which is translated “new”.

2537 kainov kainos kahee-nos’

of uncertain affinity; TDNT-3:447,388; adj

AV-new 44; 44

1) new 
1a) as respects form 
1a1) recently made, fresh, recent, unused, unworn

1b) as respects substance 
1b1) of a new kind, unprecedented, novel, uncommon, unheard of

There is a partaking of the Lord on an unprecedented, uncommon, unheard of level. This prophecy pertains to the new day of the Kingdom. It is for us now. There is a knowing the Lord beyond what we have known. There is a relationship with Him that is “of a new kind”. That means it’s like a new species, a new breed, something that has not been in the earth before. Our hearts should hunger and yearn to know the Lord in this new realm. It’s in our Father’s kingdom that we partake of the new wine with Him. Listen to how Weymouth translates this passage:

“I tell you that I will never again take the produce of the vine till that day when I shall drink the new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom."

He shall drink new wine with us in the Father’s kingdom. The wine depicts a certain relationship with the Lord. Back in John 2 at the beginning of His ministry Jesus turned the water into wine. Let’s read how it turned out.

9  When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom,

10  and *said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now."

Everyone knows wine gets better as it ages. New wine is volatile and unpredictable, but in Cana Jesus reversed that principle. The new wine He created was the best. God is telling us He has saved the best for last. In the higher realm of His kingdom we will experience it.

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