This is why Jesus used the parable of trying to put on a new patch onto an old garment. He was interacting with the scribes and the Pharisees who were still living in and under the Old Covenant and thought “The old is good” and this new is undesirable. It shouldn’t surprise us that people don’t understand it because naturally people will believe that after tasting the old wine, the new is not better for they will say “ The old is good” (Luke 5:39). Yes, we are under the influence…of the Holy Spirit and that is the new wine of the new age of grace that Jesus paid for with His own blood. Today, non-believers are still insulting believers by accusing them of being under some influence. The New Wineĭuring the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came over the believers, they began to speak in other languages and those who heard them speak in other people’s language they accused the believers being drunk, saying “ These men are full of new wine” (Acts 2:13). Does the Old Covenant represent the old wine and Jesus’ new and better covenant represent the new wine? The Old Covenant will not fit into the mold of the New Covenant because they are not the same and like putting new wine in old wineskins, it’s going to keep expanding (by fermentation) and burst the old wineskins. The old could have been the ministry of John the Baptist, the last of the Old Testament prophets. Jesus point was that “ no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good’” (Luke 5:39). But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins” (Luke 5:37-38). If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. Then He says “ And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old” (Luke 5:36). What was Jesus trying to tell them? He gives them a parable right after this, probably to clarify what He had just told them, saying “ No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. The Pharisees and scribes were grumbling about the fact that John the Baptist’s disciples fasted but Jesus’ disciples ate and drank (Luke 5:33) and so Jesus tells them “ Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days” (Luke 5:34-35). When the Bible speaks about old wine, it may be referring to the Old Covenant teachings and the new wine, the New Covenant.
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