Subject: Symbolic meaning of a "well" |
Bible Note: Well said my dear friend Azure. The most powerful example (of which I can think) of what Azure is saying in response to Anjaromanov's query is from Jesus Himself from John 4. In that story, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well. Notice even His disciples question their Lord's Wisdom in speaking with this woman. And Jesus shares one of the most powerful and profound facts of the future recorded in the Bible, in my humble opinion. Jn 4:19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 BUT THE HOUR IS COMING, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH; FOR THE FATHER IS SEEKING SUCH TO WORSHIP HIM. 24 GOD IS SPIRIT, AND THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH.” What are we to take away from this story? I'm thinking the most powerful point is: We should just trust our Lord, most especially when He says something bizarre in our thinking. We should look at whatever it is we're considering and re-think about it after discarding all the prejudices from our world of humanity and try to see the subject from God's perspective. But back to the business of the well as has been mentioned. To me, it just seems this is another case of people gathering at the "watering hole" as in the western movies or around the "water fountain" at our place of employment. It seems natural for us to pause for a moment, enjoy the bit of refreshment and talk with those others gathered at the same place, same time. I have to agree with Azure; nothing mysterious about it. We do need to take God's Word as straight forward as possible with the best Commentary coming from other scriptures between Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. The passages with figurative language do lend themselves to much controversy but the most important item to remember is to gather a message from these figurative passages in compliment to the rest of our Bible as reflected in... 1 Cor 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. Go with God in all things, Bill |