WINE MINGLED WITH MYRRH
AND THEY GAVE HIM TO DRINK WINE MINGLED WITH MYYRH
Indeed even throughout the toughest of all his earthly experiences the Man Of Sorrows refuses to kowtow to the demands of his great adversaries. So great was his predicament that wine and myrrh seem to be the only comfort to a weary and saddened soul. Yet even in the most discomforting of all situations, the Son of God refuses to accept the displeasing offer of his foes. For a man in pain, will myrrh not provide the requisite analgesic effect needed to feel numb? Will not the fermented taste of wine not cause not so much drowsiness that he can forget his immense grief? Is he not the man with a “shattered spirit”? Betrayed by close friends, dejected by men, forsaken of his Father he throws away the last treat offered by a dying world. Nay, h...