Chapter 3 of 17

Section 2

Section 2

the one in chapter six. The scene in chapter five is in the holy city, but the scene in chapter six is in the wilderness. A pool is in the scene of the previous case, and a sea is in this case. The peo­ ple in the former case are associated with the pool, and the people in the latter case are involved with the sea. The pool is related to religion's healing, while the sea is related to the people's living. The person in the case of chapter five was very weak, needing healing and enlivening, but the people in the case of chapter six are hungry, needing food and satisfaction. The pool is sacred, being of the Jewish religion; the sea is secular, being of the human society. The person by the pool was impotent, needed life's enliven­ ing, and was waiting for healing. The people in this case are hungry, need life's feeding, and are seeking for nourishment.

THE SATAN-CORRUPTED WORLD

In typology, the land signifies the earth cre­ ated by God for man to live upon, and the sea signifies the world corrupted by Satan in which fallen mankind lives. The sea represents Satan's organized and systematized world where hu­ manity is occupied and enveloped. In this world mankind is hungry and has no satisfaction. In

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