His resurrection life, the very divine life, could
His resurrection life, the very divine life, could not be hurt or damaged by anything. Jesus was hurt, damaged, and put to death in His psuche life, His soulish life, not in His divine life. Al though His human life was destroyed by death, His divine life could not be damaged. This is the life with which the church is produced and built.
HIS SIDE BEING PIERCED
After the incident regarding the Lord's bones, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and "immediately there came out blood and water" (19:34, 37). Although the Lord's resur rection life was not broken, He Himself was broken that His divine life might be released. Here, water signifies life. This is portrayed in the Old Testament by the smitten rock out of which the living waters flowed to quench the thirst of the children of Israel (Exo. 17:6). The Lord is the rock who was smitten on the cross. He was bro ken so that His divine life could flow out of Him as living water. Not only did water come out of Him but also blood, the symbol of redemption. Before we can take the Lord as the living water of life, we must firstly be cleansed. Thus, blood is mentioned as the first item and water as the second. After we have been cleansed by the blood,