Sunday, November 22, 2020

STRONG WINE PRODUCES WOES AND TRAGEDIES


My Dear Precious Child,
    My instructions to My children about the temptations to engage in dangerous activities relating to drinking strong wine are repeated many times in both the old covenant and the new covenant. Solomon wrote My wisdom as given to him explaining the result of imbibing in strong drink.  In fact, he wrote to his son to guide his own heart in the right way, one being not to emulate sinners in any way and he said that if his son listened and obeyed his wisdom that he would certainly have a good future.  The sinners to which he was referring are drunkards and gluttons.  He said that they will come to poverty.  (Proverbs 23:15-21)  
     Solomon described in detail the actions and fate of drunkards, asking, "Who has woes?  Who has sorrow?  Who has contentions?  Who has anxiety?  Who has wounds for nothing?  Who has redness of eyes?"
     Then he answered his own questions, saying that that person is the man or woman who lingers long over wine, drinking to excess, and those who blend fine wines together. (Proverbs23:29-30)
     He cautioned not to look on wine that's red when it sparkles in the glass, saying that it goes down smoothly but in the end it bites like a serpent or a poisonous snake.  As a result of drinking too much wine he said that the drunkard sees strange sights and his heart utters strange thoughts which are not real.  He said that a drunken person is like someone who is lying in the depths of a sea, sprawled at the top of a mast of dizziness.  He will be struck but feel no pain, beaten but not feel it. (Proverbs 23:31-35)
    When the drunkard wakes from his or her drunkenness, he or she will seek for strong drink once again, repeating the cycle of hell into which the devil led the person with his temptations.(Proverbs 23:35)
     Remember that Solomon in his wisdom said that the end result of the woeful life of a drunkard is always poverty in every area of the person's life, being deprived of healthy relationships, deprived of possessions, deprived of money, poor in spirit and foolish in the eyes of sober people. (Proverbs 23:21)  
    The woes of people who drink strong wine to excess take a person who is a person of respect and good reputation and makes the person into a pitiful sight in the eyes of the wise and prudent.
    My loving instructions are full of wisdom and knowledge relating to having a happy, prosperous life in the earth.  One of My most important instructions is to refrain from drinking strong alcoholic drinks or you will find yourself in the gutter instead of in prosperous surroundings.
    Your Father Who Reveals Dangers and Woes 

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