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Dear George, On Kosher wine to be used at …
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Dear George,
On Kosher wine to be used at the Qurbana or the Eucharist/Blessing…….
Well we may use Kosher (meaning ‘Halal’ or ‘allowed’; opposite is ‘Haram’ or ‘non-Kosher’ or ‘forbidden’). But before that tell us (or me) one thing whether we use Kosher or non-kosher wine, isn’t it spiritually irrelevant ? How ?
The wine after the blessing turns into the very sanctifying Blood of Yeshua, the Paschal Lamb. So it’s the greatest miracle happening on the altar and in our lives. So after it is made the blood of Christ by the Holy Spirit (Ruah ha’Kodesh), does it still matter whether it is Kosher Blood or non-Kosher Blood of Christ ? Is there anything like this then ? And that Blood which sanctifies and purifies even the most darkest crimson sin of any believing man, does that blood still need to be of Kosher origin wine ! Again I’m speaking on the spiritual part which is greater than the ritualistic part of any tradition be it Jewish or Gentile in origin.
I don’t feel the Kosher laws hold true here because Christ himself is the sanctifier and the origin here, who is beyond Kosher and non-Kosher and all such human traditions !
(Other food aspects are another thing)
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