New Wine

Mark 2:22 (NIV)
²² And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."

Jesus comes with the new wine of the gospel. The revelation previously given to Israel is likened to old wine in wineskins that have become brittle. Israel has become rigid in thinking of what it means to be people of God. The true meaning and intent of that revelation has been diluted and changed in the hands of the people over time. They have made it something else.

Jesus pours out His life so that we may partake in the love and forgiveness which comes from God. Each of us receives the Spirit and love of the Father. Eternal life is placed before us all. Our cup runs over with the living water that never ends: the new wine. We have only to drink.