V: Kingdom, Zion and Temple

Oil and Wine

the Spirit and true doctrine preserved

Root
Ps 104:15 · shemen (H8081)
Old Testament chain
  1. Deut 7:13
  2. Deut 11:14
  3. 1 Sam 16:13
  4. Ps 23:5
  5. Ps 104:15
  6. Hos 2:8, 22
  7. Joel 1:10
  8. Joel 2:19, 24
  9. Rev 6:6
New Testament
Rev 6:6; Matt 26:28-29

Oil and wine are covenant blessings in the Torah, given with the corn when Israel obeys (Deut 7:13; 11:14). Oil anoints the king, and "the Spirit of Yahuah came upon David from that day forward" (1 Sam 16:13); the shepherd psalm adds, "thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over" (Ps 23:5); and wine "maketh glad the heart of man" (Ps 104:15). The Prophets withdraw and restore both (Joel 1:10; 2:19). The book reads "hurt not the oil and the wine" (Rev 6:6) as the spiritual essentials preserved through the famine of truth: oil the Spirit and anointing, wine the joy of covenant truth. His Spirit and His true doctrine were preserved.

From The Courtroom of Heaven, pp. 88