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dead person. In God's eyes, Nicodemus was dead. He also needed his death to be changed into life. Nicodemus did not even realize that he was sin ful, much less that he was dead. Nevertheless, in the eyes of God, he was sinful, serpentine, and dead. As such a person, he needed the changing of death into life.
The same is true with the Samaritan woman in chapter 4. The Samaritan woman was thirsty, and thirst is a sign of death. When you are thirsty, it means that you are going to die. The fact that you are thirsty indicates that you have death's element within you. Only the Lord Jesus can quench that thirst. To quench thirst means to change death into life. And so it is with every case recorded by John. Each incident illustrates the principle estab lished in the event of changing water into wine— the principle of changing death into life.
JESUS COMING IN RESURRECTION
Now we need to see that Jesus came in resur rection to weak and fragile people. Some may ask, "How could Jesus come in resurrection when He had not been crucified yet? To say this is to alle gorize." Yes, the whole story of changing water into wine is an allegory, and we need to allegorize every part of it.