Consider the word itself in ancient use, and modern use, and then we can look at Bible use, and see it shows the same standard:
Let us also ask, at the outset, "Is there a dual use for the word "wine" in common language and is there such a use in the scriptures?"Let us look, and see that the answer is "Yes."
Well, in demonstrating the accuracy in saying
"Yes"to the first half of the question:
"Wine – noun
Another:
"Wine - noun
And for additional purposes:
See that word,
"intoxicate"? What does the word
"intoxicate" mean?
Word Definition:
"Intoxicate- transitive verb
1 poison
2 a : to excite or
stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished b : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy"[Intoxicate, definition] -
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intoxicate
Let us also ask a very basic question pertaining to these,
"Can a person who is “intoxicated” [“poisons”] by any amount of such 'kind' of “wine” which is “alcoholic”bring “glory to God” in their drinking?"
What does the alcohol do to a persons health?
It impairs brain activity, slows down reactionary time, attacks kidneys, liver, bloodstream, causing cancer, disease, dizziness, loose morality, causing one to forget, relaxes and/or reduces self-control [thus giving up of the will], etc and is one of the major leading causes of death, abuse and misery in the world. Even the smallest amount begins to break down the immune system of the human body [multiple medical research reports can be cited for these facts if needed, though it should be plainly obvious [but for a brief,
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/yourlif....s_N.htm ], also ask those of SADD and MADD].
However, let us also consider further history of the word "wine":
Aristotle ["...(384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great."[Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle]]
said,"...
Sweet wine does give off fumes, for it contains fat and behaves like oil. It does not solidify under the influence of cold and it is apt to burn.
Really it is not wine at all in spite of its name: for it does not taste like wine and consequently does not inebriate as ordinary wine does. ...
...( Wine is a liquid which raises a difficulty: for it is both liable to evaporation and it also thickens; for instance new wine does.
The reason is that the word 'wine' is ambiguous and different 'wines' behave in different ways."- Meteorlogica Book IV [English] -
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/meteorology.4.iv.html
Merriam-Websters 1828 Dictionary:"MUST, n. [L. mustum; Heb. to ferment.];
New wine; wine pressed from the grapebut notfermented."-
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resour....1828=on
And for many more, consider reading [or checking the references page of
I can also recommend -
Bible Wines, Laws of Fermentation; by William Patton -
https://books.google.com/books?id=7AEAAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
We should seriously ask ourselves, "Does the alcohol bring
life or
death?"
Alcohol is merely a legalized [group morality]
"intoxicant", another name for 'drug'. For those who advocate that a little or even 'moderate' [who defines that? and for whom?]use is ok, should also perhaps consider the "health benefits" and results of other such "intoxicants"/"drugs":
caffeine [
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012....55.html],
nicotine/tobacco[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine_poisoning],
cannabis [
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health....ar.html], etc - all destructive.
This should be sufficient in demonstrating the first half of the
"Yes.", but now let us consider in greater detail the second half of the
"Yes."answer.
"...The English word "wine" comes from the Proto-Germanic *winam, an early borrowing from the Latin vinum, "wine" or "(grape) vine", itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *win-o- (cf. Hittite: wiyana; Lycian: oino; Ancient Greek: οἶνος oinos; Aeolic Greek: ϝοῖνος woinos).[5][6]..."[Wikipedia, Wine], and therefore, simply means anything 'of the vine', without reference to anything of alcoholic or fermentation content, although it may include such in one of its definitions.
Interesting facts:
Some information for you, if you desire, since you disagree with me, I pray you do not disagree with the hard science, for in so doing, you will shorten your precious life by your choice in refusing it:
"... Alcohol is estimated to be associated with approximately 40,000 deaths per year in the UK and deaths from alcohol related causes are increasing at an alarming rate, having increased at least 8-fold since the 1970s [
1]. ...
... It was first described in 1926 that there is an association between fatty changes within the liver due to alcohol and sudden (presumed) arrhythmic death [
4,
5]. ...
“Alcohol inhibits vitamin absorbency,” he says. “Particularly the absorption of B vitamins which can lead to dementia. It also changes the amount of fat in your blood, which increases your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, becoming diabetic and creates problems with your pancreas so you don’t produce the enzymes that help you digest food.” These are all slow build conditions that, like liver scarring, you wouldn’t show any outward symptoms until much later on." -
"I quit drinking for a month and this is how it affected my liver"
Only if you love yourself, will this paragraph make any rational sense.
Alcohol brings death. It is the antithesis to food, which is meant for life. Alcohol kills 'germs' (bio/life), and is used as an antiseptic on the outside. Imagine what it does to the inside of the delicate machinery. The very moment it hits the gut, liver, brain, bloodstream, kidneys, all begins to rot, decay, die. Just like smoking for the lungs, etc. Persons would also say that smoking cigars or cigarettes are also for socializing, and even advertise it this way, especially through 'sex' (male/female, and these days all else), the ultimate socializing.