The words, emptied from vessel to vessel, are so suggestive! The Holy Spirit in making use of such an expression means more than we may think from a surface or careless reading. The figure has to do with wine-making. It tells one of the methods used in producing a clear, rich, well-refined wine. It is poured into a vessel and allowed to stand for a certain length of time under respective circumstances perhaps of heat, cold, light of darkness. Then it is poured again into another.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a...
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has...
''My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace...
