Home Page › Christian Literature › A lot of people think that
the Bible condones drinking of alcohol because it talks about
wine. They say, “Didn’t Jesus make wine for a wedding?” What
many people don’t know is that the word “wine” in the Bible is a
generic term. The context (words before and after the word wine)
in each case indicates whether it was fermented or not. In,
Isaiah 16:10b, grape juice is called “wine” (yayin) when it is
still in the press, saying, "No treaders will tread out wine in
the presses" where it clearly cannot be fermented yet. Now, “Did
Jesus make alcohol for the wedding in Cana? We find the story
in, John 2:1-11, in the New Testament. The person in charge of
the wedding, after he had tasted the wine Jesus had just made,
commented…”you have kept the good wine until now.” Good wine was
fresh grape juice, the fermented grape juice was considered
inferior. Another way we know that this was not an alcoholic
drink is because Jesus always obeyed the Father. In, Proverbs
23:31 and 32 it comma