When I inquired about those seeming draconian prohibitions, it was explained to me, for example, that the Bible strictly forbade the consumption of alcohol. Considering the copious amounts of wine Jesus produced for the nuptial festivities in John 2, I was puzzled by this notion, and, being the dedicated iconoclast, I voiced my confusion. There is wine with a sparkle, which means it is alcoholic, and wine without a sparkle, which is not. When Jesus changed water into wine, the wine he made was wine without a sparkle. Then I discovered that it was all stuff and nonsense.
Wine is wine.
As it turns out, wine has always been part of the church's celebrations since long before Cana, and it wasn't until the temperance movement of the last century that it was replaced by grape juice, thanks in considerable degree to the puritan impulse of a certain entrepreneur named Welch. The wedding feast at Cana was a celebration. Jacob's wedding feast at Ephrata was a celebration. It was a celebration filled with joy, and everyone who was invited was able to taste the joy and be filled with exuberance. And not only did Jesus take part in the festivities, he was instrumental in prolonging them.