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Wine or Grape Juice in the Communion Cup

Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Zenas, Jun 9, 2011.

  1. Dr. Bob

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    Oh, my. Look around. Shake your head up and down.

    In the context of the parable (wheat growing nicely but Satan planted weeds to permeate the field) and then its interpretation, tucked right in the middle, is the story of leaven.

    The world has permeated the church. Frightening. Now eventually the Lord will sent the death angels to separate . . but man, try to get leaven out of the wheat once it gets mixed in.

    THAT is the progression of the kingdom, according to Jesus.

    Sower: Gospel of Kingdom seed sown but not many are truly fruit-bearing plants
    Wheat/Weeds: Among the Kingdom’s minority of good wheat are many false plants
    Mustard: Kingdom grows but abnormal, hosting all sorts of evil birds in its branches
    Leaven: Kingdom is permeated like yeast in dough with evil
    Hidden Treasure: Kingdom is discovered by some not even looking
    Pearl of Great Price: Kingdom is searched for by diligent and great blessing to find it
    Dragnet: Kingdom is ultimately cleansed of all wickedness in awful judgment
     
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    At the bris we give our baby boys a dropper of wine. They are 8 days old.

    At passover we give even young children the tiny amount of wine in each of the 4 cups.

    Take the average Baptist church communion cup. How much wine is there? 1/10 of an ounce. Not an issue.

    BTW, you may also buy unleavened real wine that has been de-alcoholized (less than 1% of alcohol of a normal table wine so virtually nothing). We have teens and we have alcoholics in our communion and are senstive to this issue.
     
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