To Christians wine holds a special place among all drinks. It is the drink that is central to Christian worship, sacramental life, and one of the key mystical connections between the Church and Christ. This all stems from the fact that on the night Jesus was betrayed, He took wine in a cup and gave it to His disciples saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” Ever since then Christians have struggled to follow this command in a context sometimes very different from the one in which Jesus instituted the sacrament of communion, which is sometimes called the Lord’s Supper, or the Eucharist (which means thanksgiving). The key to bringing this sacred meal into new cultures and settings requires that a examination of the many nuances that this drink has within the Biblical framework.
Wine in the Bible is a microcosm of the whole of human life and our relationship to God. Wine paradoxically communicates blessing and judgment, pleasure and pain, covenant and adultery, self-sacrifice and self-indulgence. From a biblical perspective wine is a powerful motif; there is no other drink which communicates so fully the depth of the ways God meets us, and initiates his mission on earth.
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