I believe we can find the answer to your good question in Matthew 26:26-29 which says, “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

This is, of course, the time when the Lord Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, asking all those who believe on Him to remember Him by partaking of the loaf and the cup.  The loaf represents the body of Christ, while the cup represents His blood.  The expression “fruit of the vine” is also used in the accounts of this institution of the Lord’s Supper in Mark 14:23-24 and Luke 22:17. This fruit of the vine is surely referring to wine, which is the fruit of the grape vine. 

The loaf that was used in this remembrance feast represents the body of Christ.  We read in 1 Peter 2:24 that Christ, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” 

It is fitting that the Lord Jesus would use wine to represent His blood, which was “shed for the remission of sins.”  To make wine, grapes were picked and then crushed so that its juice could be received.  We can see how the Lord Jesus was crushed under the weight of our sins so that His blood might flow.  1 Peter 1:18-19 tells us, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”  It took the shedding of the blood of the Holy Son of God to satisfy God’s righteous demands as payment of our sin debt so that we might be saved. 

Wine is also used in the Bible to represent joy.  Psalm 104:15 says, “And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.”  We have this blessed thought in Hebrews 12:2, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”  It rejoiced the heart of the Lord to give Himself for us.  Without the sacrifice of the Lord, there would be no hope for this lost and sinful world.  Christ rejoiced in His own death, knowing that many would believe on Him and receive eternal life.

My friend, do you know this One, who “loved us and gave Himself for us”? (Galatians 2:20).  Do you know the joy of having your sins removed and finding your rest in Christ? (Matthew 11:28).  If today, you have never put your faith in the Lord Jesus, I urge you to do so now…before it is eternally too late.  2 Corinthians 6:2 tells us, “…behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”  Please do not harden your heart towards the Lord. (Hebrews 3:15).  Put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ today and receive all the blessings the Lord has for those who believe in Him.  (CC)  (637.2)