Unfermented Wines

• The unfermented wine, or the pure juice of the grape, was used as a beverage from earliest time.BHB 164.10

• Genesis 40:11. The king of Egypt drank the sweet juice of grapes.BHB 164.11

• Deuteronomy 32:14. The pure blood of the grape was regarded as a choice drink.BHB 164.12

• Judges 9:13. It cheers God and man.BHB 164.13

• Psalm 104:15. Gladdens the heart.BHB 164.14

• 1 Timothy 5:23. It has medicinal qualities.BHB 164.15

• Mark 2:22. If put in old bottles it ferments, thus becoming unfit for use.BHB 164.16

• Exodus 12:15. Leaven causes fermentation; at the time of the Passover, all leaven or fermented things were taken away from the homes.BHB 164.17

• Matthew 26:17, 26, 28. The Lord’s supper was instituted at the Passover supper, and the wine used was unfermented, because nothing fermented was allowed in their houses.BHB 165.1

The use of fermented wine excludes the drinker from heaven (1 Corinthians 6:10); but of the unfermented, it is not only stated that those who use it may enter heaven, but that the Saviour and the redeemed will drink of it in the kingdom of God. Matthew 26:29.BHB 165.2