We all need to realize that the Church's judgment has begun, we need to examine a few parables to understand just what is happening in all of our lives at that judgment is a continuous process, hopefully we are not in the place as Belshazzar was with its finality. He died that very night Daniel pronounced it, his kingdom came to an end. We have to realize the Judge is standing at the door

God's word has been expounded starting with Adam telling Eve what God had said, though man has been disobeying the Word preached starting with Adam. We are responsible for the word we have heard, and to search after and seek it as God allows us to. During the time we lacked hearing or proper interpretations of it, God winked at this ignorance. But we are still sinners never-the-less. we are held to obedience to the word.

We today are responsible for accepting or rejecting the Word of God, that's being proclaimed to us. We are commanded to seek God, (the Truth), after receiving the hearing of the word, you are to grow in the Grace and knowledge of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to continue in His word.

We in this world who are unbelievers or false professors, are walking in Belshazzar's' shoes, as the devil we believe and tremble but are not doer's of God's word. So it's not a holy fear we have, as the Pharisees we reject or fight against the unknown, that we don't understand we reject instead of submitting ., some as Peter said of those hearing Paul wrestle with the scriptures to their own destruction.

We've been looking at wine from two different perspectives, and we see here where it exceeds the warnings given by God as to it's deception as a mocker when used in excess. The King and his princes at a drunken festival commits sacrilege and dishonor God treating the vessels of God with contemptibility.

We are to enjoy wine in a festive way, or as a pleasure or blessing of life according to God's word. There are admonitions as to access drinking of it to drunkenness. But it is part of lot's of sacraments that God gives us. It is also meant metaphorically, or symbolic of such things as doctrine.

Some of the Churches I know of, especially those seeking to be more religious, erroneously preached that the Bible prohibited wine and all alcoholic beverages. This in turn may have prevented lot's of well meaning people to avoid religion or the Church, also is why I understand why God is so upset with false teachers and preachers "that cause His name to be Blasphemed among the Gentiles".

In studying the word of God on a subject like wine and the Church, we have to be careful about our views and opinions. There are different camps trying to strain out a gnat swallowing a camel on someone consuming alcohol, determine whether if non-alcoholic or not, or totally prohibited, when the Bible is very clear on the subject.

Praise properly terminates in God, on account of His natural excellencies and perfections, and is that act of devotion by which we confess and admire His attributes. We praise God for all His glorious acts of every kind, that regard either us or other men… but we thank Him, properly speaking, for the instances of His goodness alone, and for such only of these as we ourselves are some way concerned to.

The only thing we can give to God is the fruit of our lip giving Him praise, everything else already belongs to Him, we have nothing He doesn't have that we can give to Him. It is a obligation or duty to offer up praise as a reasonable sacrifice.