The Vintage Shout: Maintaining Praise in the Pressing

Pastor Shelley explores the “vintage shout” - the celebratory cry during grape treading in ancient Israel - as a spiritual metaphor for believers who must learn to praise God while experiencing crushing processes that produce maturity. Drawing from Deuteronomy 20:6 and Leviticus 19:23-25, he warns against the danger of losing authentic worship, illustrated by the Ichabod narrative. The message calls for spiritual sobriety in recognizing this critical prophetic hour.