Title: The Meaning of Grapes and the Vineyard in the Bible

Topic: Word

Summary: A look at the unity of Scripture through the lens of imagery regarding grapes and the vineyard. The Old and New Testaments sing the same song throughout.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Mark 11:12, 20
Genesis 14:18; 49:8
Deuteronomy 34:14, Deuteronomy 34:28
2 Kings 25:11-12
Psalms 80:89
Isaiah 5; 37:30-31
Jeremiah 2:20-21; 12
Ezekiel 19:10
Hosea 9:10; 10:1-2
Amos 9:11-end
Matthew 21:28
Luke 6:43-45; 13:1-10
Deuteronomy 6:10-12
Isaiah 65:17, 19
Zephaniah 1:12-18
John 15:1
Galatians 4:24

9881. 'From pure gold' means through celestial good. This is clear from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510; and since the words 'pure gold' are used celestial good is what is meant. For there is celestial good and there is spiritual good, both of which may be internal or external, celestial good being the good of love to the Lord, and spiritual good the good of love towards the neighbour. In the Word all those kinds of good are called 'gold'. But they are distinguished from one another by being called gold 'from Uphaz', 'from Ophir', 'from Sheba' and 'Havillah', and also 'from Tarshish' - gold from Uphaz in Jeremiah 10:9; Daniel 10:5, by which celestial good is meant; gold from Ophir in Isaiah 13:12; Psalms 45:9; Job 22:24; 28:16, by which spiritual good is meant; gold from Sheba in Isaiah 60:6; Ezekiel 27:22; Psalms 72:15, by which good on the level of religious knowledge is meant, as it is by gold from Havillah in Genesis 2:11-12; and also silver and gold from Tarshish, in Isaiah 60:9, by which truth and good on the level of factual knowledge are meant.