"Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat." Isaiah 63:2 [in context read 63:1-6] "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat," Mark 12:1b and c.
While listening to a recent TV minister I observed what I thought at the time a miss-spelling in the text of the Bible I currently use, in which I have found several. It's a King James Version "Authorized", and have often wondered what's the difference between the given as "authorized" and the other not. After some research and consideration, I saw this. Thinking it was a textural error I checked several other KJV authorized and non-authorized finding they all used the word winevat. But the authorized used both "vat" and "fat". So why the disparity in the spelling and only used in those two places in scripture? To me, it was getting interesting. I have learned that every word, every "jot' and "tittle" [Matthew 5:18] has a place and purpose. Being intrigued I set off to find out why.
Sidebar: Just using the word "winepress" not being aware of the words used in the [Authorized] "winevat" and "winefat" gave a deeper look at the parts consisting of the press. So what were the parts and their use given in Isaiah and Mark? What was to be understood of the use of those two different words in scripture.
The orator of the program was speaking/teaching of the return of Christ [second advent] when He would put down all rebellion in the end times given in Revelation 19 but prophesied in Isaiah 63 and elsewhere. The KJV gives "winefat" while other publishers used "winevat" but still being KJV. Most of the other newer translations use neither "vat" nor "fat" but only "winepress". So what was the difference between a winepress, winevat, and a winefat ? The person on the program stated that the final battle between satan and God would be at Megiddo in the Plain of Esdraelon where God would destroy satan and his hosts with hailstones {Revelations 16:21] also "cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God" Revelation 14:19-20. Continuing that the blood would be to the horse's bridles running from Megiddo, the Plain of Esdraelon to the Mediterranean Sea. I found this also interesting that " a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent:" Revelation 16:21. The weight of a gold talent and of silver differed in that a talent of silver weighed 100 lbs and a gold talent weighs 200 pounds [Strongs #5006 and 5007]. Where in scripture is reference made of hailstone? Once in Joshua, once in Isaiah, and three in Ezekiel. Brimstone on the other hand is mentioned seven times in both Old and New Testaments. The words "great hail" then to me was of ice and not the brimstone of Sodom. That the hail [water] would mix with the blood and then run to the horse's bridles. In scripture we are directed to "meditate" but what does one meditate on is the question. "I will meditate in thy precepts [Isa 28:10-13] and will respect unto thy ways [Isa 55:8]." Psalms 119:15.
But now to the issue of the winefat, winevat, or winepress and what is the significance of those words in how they are used. The winepress and the winevat are of the same meaning but the winefat is not the same. The vat or press is where the grapes are dumped to be smashed and release their juice. The winefat was a trough under the vat to carry the wine away to be placed in appropriate containers. How this applies to the "Scripture of the Week"? Then I understood the significance of "vat" and "fat". The place of Mediggo is the winevat or press. The Plain of Esdraelon is the valley or winefat that the blood will flow from to the Mediterranean Sea [Revelation 14:20]. In that verse 20 of Revelation 14 the blood "by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs" or in our terms one hundred eighty miles. Does one see the correlation of the passages? The dissimilarities of the used words or the one-word use give a deeper meaning to other passages where different words are used. That then to me is monumental when reading other passages of the same or different context.
In conclusion, if I hadn't been open to the Spirit of God I would have missed the meanings and the difference. By believing God and what He has placed in His "word" and those "words" to be given believed, and by believing the [His] gospel: "Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto unless ye have believed n vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day according to the scripture." First Corinthians 15:1-4. I grow and learn, "rightly dividing" [2 Timothy 15:14-16] I get to believe what God has given me in His word by faith and by that same faith knowing I haven't "believed in vain" believing in the right "Word" delivered by the Holy Spirt. To be in Christ, being part of the body [His body Ephesians 4:15-16] by believing the gospel [1 Corinthians 15:3-4] am now a new creation in Him.
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