mojoala said:
the Psalmist writes that "wine gladdens the heart of a man." God gave us the fruit of the vine to enjoy.
Psalm 104:15 –And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
H3196 yayin yah'-yin
From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication intoxication: - banqueting, wine, wine [-bibber].
'Look not upon the wine when it is red...'
7200. ra'ah (Look)
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har ra'ah raw-aw'
a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):--advise self, appear,
approve, behold, X certainly,
consider, discern, (make to)
enjoy,
have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X
be near, perceive, present,
provide,
regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions. (Strongs)
Too many arguments in one verse to overlook the fact that God does not want His children drinking alcoholic beverages.
Do not provide - That friend of HP's provided alcohol for his son... no righteousness in that.
The wine that gladdens the heart cannot be the same wine that brings sorrow, such as the alcoholic beverage that Solomon speaks of in the twenty-third chapter of Proverbs.
The wine that gladdens the heart does not bite like a serpent and sting like an adder. It does not cause redness of eyes, it does not bring woe.