New Wineskins vs Old Wineskins
Posted 23rd December 2011 at 06:00 PM by SpiritPsalmist
Luke 5: 37-39.
37 Also, no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and be spilled, and the skins too will be ruined. 38 On the contrary, new wine must be put into freshly prepared wineskins. 39 Besides that, after drinking old wine, people don't want new; because they say, `The old is good enough.'"
Upon looking closely at this scripture it can be seen that it is set right smack in the middle of Yeshua calling his disciples. After Yeshua calls Levi, Levi has him over for a banquet in Yeshuas honor. There is a number of tax collectors and others also in attendance. Now where the Pharisees and their scribes came from I'm not sure. It does not say they were attending the banquet, however, from somewhere they showed up and began to criticize Yeshua for eating and drinking with "tax collectors" and "others sinful people". His reply was that He came for the sick not those who are well. There seems to be implication that the Pharisees are "healthy".
Anyway, in verse 33 they now begin to criticize His disciples. They criticize how the disciples do not fast and pray as they should. Yeshuas response was that there is no fasting while the bridegroom is present but when the bridegroom leaves then they will fast.
I'd like to focus on His parable of the new cloth on an old garment and new wine in an old wineskin. This is not just an off the wall proverb. I believe the Pharisees were criticizing Yeshuas choice in disciples. According to the Pharisees, they were unlearned men, they did not deserve to be disciples. Why did Yeshua not choose one of them to be a disciple. After all, they knew the right times to fast and how to pray and they obeyed the law much better than the rugged, dirty, unlearned men that Yeshua had chosen so far.
I believe the representation of the parable is this:
New garment = previously uneducated students
Old garment = previously educated students
Patch = teaching
New wineskins = previously uneducated students
Old wineskins = previously educated students
New wine = new teaching
Old wine = previous teaching
New teaching would not be received by those who were highly educated in matters of Torah. New teachings were for new/fresh students. The student already well versed would reject the new and then they would be lost in the process.
Then verse 39. The "old" is good. However, students of the Pharisaic school, who have learned to interpret according to it's traditions would not be interested in a new approach. Yeshua chose His disciples according to their lack of training. Due to their lack (not "no" training, every Jewish boy was trained to some point) of training they could receive the "fresh" interpretation that Yeshua brought forth. Yeshua poured forth into them Himself and His intent of Torah (as Author).
I believe it was also a precursor to the first recorded miracle of Yeshua....turning the water to wine. More on that later
37 Also, no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and be spilled, and the skins too will be ruined. 38 On the contrary, new wine must be put into freshly prepared wineskins. 39 Besides that, after drinking old wine, people don't want new; because they say, `The old is good enough.'"
Upon looking closely at this scripture it can be seen that it is set right smack in the middle of Yeshua calling his disciples. After Yeshua calls Levi, Levi has him over for a banquet in Yeshuas honor. There is a number of tax collectors and others also in attendance. Now where the Pharisees and their scribes came from I'm not sure. It does not say they were attending the banquet, however, from somewhere they showed up and began to criticize Yeshua for eating and drinking with "tax collectors" and "others sinful people". His reply was that He came for the sick not those who are well. There seems to be implication that the Pharisees are "healthy".
Anyway, in verse 33 they now begin to criticize His disciples. They criticize how the disciples do not fast and pray as they should. Yeshuas response was that there is no fasting while the bridegroom is present but when the bridegroom leaves then they will fast.
I'd like to focus on His parable of the new cloth on an old garment and new wine in an old wineskin. This is not just an off the wall proverb. I believe the Pharisees were criticizing Yeshuas choice in disciples. According to the Pharisees, they were unlearned men, they did not deserve to be disciples. Why did Yeshua not choose one of them to be a disciple. After all, they knew the right times to fast and how to pray and they obeyed the law much better than the rugged, dirty, unlearned men that Yeshua had chosen so far.
I believe the representation of the parable is this:
New garment = previously uneducated students
Old garment = previously educated students
Patch = teaching
New wineskins = previously uneducated students
Old wineskins = previously educated students
New wine = new teaching
Old wine = previous teaching
New teaching would not be received by those who were highly educated in matters of Torah. New teachings were for new/fresh students. The student already well versed would reject the new and then they would be lost in the process.
Then verse 39. The "old" is good. However, students of the Pharisaic school, who have learned to interpret according to it's traditions would not be interested in a new approach. Yeshua chose His disciples according to their lack of training. Due to their lack (not "no" training, every Jewish boy was trained to some point) of training they could receive the "fresh" interpretation that Yeshua brought forth. Yeshua poured forth into them Himself and His intent of Torah (as Author).
I believe it was also a precursor to the first recorded miracle of Yeshua....turning the water to wine. More on that later
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