Cup
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 06:59PM
Cup
By; Dan Fraley
A cup of cool water when you are thirsty is pure joy. If it is luke-warm you would rather spit it out than drink it (read Rev. 3:14-22).
An overflowing cup in the Bible is a symbol of wrath or fate of the wicked. Those who reject God have a cup of bitter wine (ezk. 23:33). In the garden of Gethsemane, Yeshua/Jesus pleads, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me (Math. 26:39). Jesus ask for the cup of wrath to pass from Him, but He knew it was the only way for mankind to find and live with the righteous God. He drank our cup of sour wine for us. He accepted this fate, why can't we accept Him? (John 18:11)
Harvest time for grapes is a joyous time in Israel. It comes during the fall festivals or "High Holy Days" (see article on "The Appointed Feasts") and is a time of both repentance and celebrations. The wine is fresh and the cups are overflowing. When the Lord harvests the Earth, will you be overflowing with joy or full of bitterness for Him destroying your evil schemes? We will all hold a cup in the end, but what will it be filled with? The cup of wrath that Yeshua/Jesus drank for us became joy for Him when He endured the Cross, We become joyful at the acceptance of this same cup for after our salvation it gives us the keys to knowledge, His Kingdom, His love, a path past the grave, no judgment of wrath and on, and on, and on......read the Bible, it is full of the joys this cup brings us.
At the Last Supper/Passover Meal we also see a cup involved as a symbol of joy. For those that do not know the Lord it is a bitter thing to talk about and understand. But those who know the lord, it is a joyous thing to drink from this cup of blood. (1 Cor. 11:25 and 10:16)
We use cup shaped trophies as a symbol of triumph and joy.
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