Friday, April 14, 2006

I Wanna Get Drunk....on Jesus

Eat, O friends!
Drink, yes, drink deeply,
O beloved ones! (Song of Solomon 5:1)
here the Beloved tells His friends (read: us!) to drink, and drink deeply.

"drink deeply" is the hebrew word shakar, (Strongs 7937):
1) to be or become drunk or drunken, be intoxicated
a) (Qal) to become drunken
b) (Piel) to make drunken, cause to be drunk
c) (Hiphil) to cause to be drunk
d) (Hithpael) to make oneself drunk
no matter which tense it is used in, the result is drunkenness.
[14] And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. [15] The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar. [16] And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. [17] For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall
make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. (Zec 9:14-17 KJV)
Lord, i wanna be drunk!
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