Did Jesus drink wine at the Passover? Jesus used the symbolism of wine throughout his teachings, as the word wine is frequently used in old testment to refer to prosperity and wealth/richness/merrymaking. we read that he broke the sabbath rules, so its not neccessary he must have taken wine also. Wine was a part of food not a religious obligation.We must never forget that Christ’s teachings and practices were not necessarily conditioned by prevailing customs. Jesus often acted contrary to prevailing religious customs of fasting, hand-washing, and burdensome Sabbath keeping. In fact, His independent spirit is revealed in the very institution of the Lord’s Supper. He offered to His disciples the symbolic cup only once, instead of the customary four times, and He used only the bread as the symbol of His body, leaving out the roasted lamb and the bitter herbs as symbols of the ordinance. Thus, it would not have been surprising if Christ had acted contrary to prevailing custom by using unfermented grape juice, especially since He viewed leaven or fermentation as the symbol of moral corruption (Matt 16:6, 12). Using fermentated drinks at Passover was against Mosaic Law and this caution is practised till today at the feast of Passover.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 12:17:37 +0000