Christ as Unfulled (New) Cloth VS New Garment VS New Wine VS New Wineskins

 

Christ as Unfulled (New) Cloth VS New Garment VS New Wine VS New Wineskins

 

Luke 5:36 "He also told them a parable: 'No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.'"

Matthew 9:17 "Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

 

Aspect	Unfulled (New) Cloth	New Garment	New Wine	New Wineskins
Symbolism	Christ from incarnation to before crucifixion	Christ after the process of crucifixion	Christ as the invigorating new life	The church life of local churches
Description	Uncombed, unsteamed, unfinished, unprocessed	Processed, made into a new garment	New in time, recent, newly possessed; has invigorating power	New in nature, quality, and form; unused, unfamiliar
Example	Christ's living  on earth	Crucified and resurrected Christ	Personal Christ, the inner invigorating life	Corporate Christ, the outer container  for the new wine
Application	Should not merely imitate Christ's earthly life	Accept Christ as our new garment, covering us, making us justified before God	Should not put Christ into any kind of religion	Contain And  express Christ  in the church life
Relevant Detailed Scriptures	Matthew 9:16  "No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made."	Luke 15:22  "But the father said to his servants,  'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.'" Galatians 3:27  "For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ."	Galatians 1:14-16a "And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me,"	1 Corinthians 12:12 "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ." 1 Corinthians 1:10, 13a "I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. ... Is Christ divided?"

 

This table summarizes the symbolic meanings of Christ as the unfulled cloth, new garment, new wine, and new wineskins. It provides related descriptions, examples, applications, and scriptures for each aspect. The table illustrates Christ's process from incarnation to crucifixion and resurrection, and how He becomes our righteousness and new life, to be contained and expressed in the church life.

 

*Please refer to the 2024 Summer Live Training - Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1) Message One: Christ as the Great Light, the One with Authority, the Physician, the Bridegroom, the Unfulled Cloth, and the New Wine