IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GRAIN, NEW WINE AND OIL WERE ALMOST ALWAYS MENTIONED IN SUCCESSION AS THE PROMISED BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD GOD UPON THEIR FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE TO ALL OF HIS COMMANDMENTS
"So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul-- 14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil." (Deut. 11:13-14)
IT TYPIFIES THE SUFFERING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS FOR US UNDER THE NEW COVENANT.
GRAIN: GRAINS NEED TO BE CRUSHED INTO POWDER, KNEADED INTO DOUGH AND BAKED IN AN OVEN TO BECOME BREAD; JESUS WAS CRUSHED, KNEADED AND THRUST AT CALVARY’S OVEN! HE IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:51).
THE BREAD IN COMMUNION IS THE BODY OF JESUS THAT WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR HEALING AS WELL.
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed” (1 Pet. 2:24).
NEW WINE: GRAPES ARE CRUSHED TO GIVE OUT ITS JUICE, ALLOWED TO FERMENT TO PRODUCE NEW WINE; JESUS WAS CRUSHED IN THE WINEPRESS OF GOD’S JUDGMENT AT CALVARY’S CROSS AND HIS BLOOD REDEEMED US FROM ALL OUR SINS. THE NEW WINE IS THE NEW COVENANT SEALED WITH HIS BLOOD.
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me” (1Cor. 11:25b).
OIL: OLIVES ARE CRUSHED TO GIVE OUT ITS OIL; JESUS WAS CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES AND FOR OUR HEALING AS WELL!
“Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up” (James 5:14-15).
JESUS CAME TO BE CRUSHED SO THAT ALL THAT HE IS, HEALTH, LIFE, WHOLENESS, ABUNDANCE, PROSPERITY, GRACE, AND GOODNESS WILL ALL FLOW INTO YOUR LIFE, INTO YOUR CHILDREN, INTO YOUR FAMILY.
(Michelle Chee - ACCF-Philippines)