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How Wine 'Cheers God'
Commentators explain that the phrase "wine, which cheereth God" refers to its prescribed use in drink offerings within Israel's worship (Numbers 15:7–10). The wine was a pleasing and acceptable part of the sacrificial system. This use of human-like language to describe God's pleasure, known as anthropomorphism, was common in ancient literature and highlights the sacred purpose of the vine's fruit.
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18th Century
Theologian
This fable and the one mentioned in the margin are the only two of their kind found in Scripture. The parables of the Old Testament are somewhat di…
19th Century
Bishop
(13) My wine. —The Hebrew word is tirôsh, which sometimes means merely “grape-cluster.”
Which…
17th Century
Pastor
And the vine said to them
By way of denial and refusal, as the other two:
shall I leave my wine, …
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17th Century
Minister
There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king; they are all the trees of the Lord that He has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel…