Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.” (vv. 13-14)

The words of a person’s mouth are deep waters; The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. (Proverbs 18:4)

For the fountain of life is with You; In Your light we see light. (Psalm 36:9)

In this passage, Christ told the Samaritan woman that she had five husbands and was living with her sixth man. Five symbolizes grace. Even though she sought grace by worshiping on the Mountain Gerizim, she did not receive it. Finally, she meets her true husband, Jesus Christ, because she symbolizes the church of the Gentiles. Jesus is her seventh husband who loves her eternally.

Earlier, I’ve explained that water symbolizes the Word and Truth. Christ, who is the only begotten Son of God, makes us know the Father truly. This knowledge of God (Truth and Word) is our foundation of the eternal life because there is no true faith without true knowledge of God.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14)

Many theologians and ministers teach that the law and obedience to the law are the foundations of the kingdom. They are confined in the old covenant. They still long for the life of Adam in the garden of Eden. They preach that disobedience caused our misery. They believe Adam was holy and righteous like the Son of God. Therefore, the original sin and our own sins are always before us. The difference between God and Adam is like the difference between a man and a dog. Can a dog become a man by obeying its owner? Can a dog become the co-heir with the owner’s son? Although they preach about Christ, their ultimate goal is the obedience to the law. They believe that the law is the source of the eternal life. Therefore, they nullify the good news that Christ preached.

Both Ezekiel and John described the water flowing from God (Temple) that gives life to all creatures.

Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. (Ezekiel 47:1)

And it will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. (Ezekiel 47:9)

And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:1-2)

The water flowing from God makes everything holy. Therefore, it is the law of the temple.

This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. (Ezekiel 43:12)

False teachers put emphasis on the fact that Adam was made in God’s image. That image is nothing without being united with the Son. Only those who receive the Holy Spirit truly reflect God. The rest (the reprobate) go to eternal damnation. Therefore, it is true to say that water, blood, and the Spirit are in agreement.

the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. (1 John 5:8)

Christians want to believe that everyone in the visible church is holy. Most of them do not know God, and therefore, do not have true faith in Him. They think they are born holy and hence, commit the sin of Korah and his followers in Numbers 16.

They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?” When Moses heard this, he fell on his face; and he spoke to Korah and all his group, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will make known who is His, and who is holy, and will bring that one near to Himself; indeed, the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself. (Numbers 16:3-5)

These people do not have desire to know God. They think they are righteous by their own right and are accepted by God as His children. They believe all mankind is saved because everyone is made in the image of God. Theologians and ministers who believe that Adam could have given all mankind the eternal life by his obedience are also Korah’s followers. They say that Adam was holy and righteous. Holiness and righteousness belong only to God. Adam was a mere dog who bit his own master. He trusted the devil.

I once saw a farmer who got bitten by his own dog multiple times. The wounds looked very bad. Someone asked him, “what did you do with the dog?” He said, “He had to be put to death.” The end of a disobedient dog who bit his own master is death. And that’s what Adam and Eve received. However, the Son is different. The Father never kills His own Son for disobedience. The Son never betrays the Father because He is one with Him. The Son has made His people just like Him. Obedience is the result of being one with God. Obedience of a man does not achieve anything. Adam could never become the living water for us. I can only conclude that many theologians have misinterpreted Romans 5:12-21. Paul was not comparing two men because the difference between Adam and the Son is like that between a dog and a man.

The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. (1 Corinthians 15:47)

Interestingly, Paul did not meet Jesus while He was living on the earth. And yet, Paul put emphasis on Jesus being a man. On the other hand, John saw and lived with Jesus during His public ministry. And yet, John testifies that Jesus is God. Both Paul and John teach us the two inseparable natures of Christ. Hence, it is important to understand all the books in the Bible.