Section 8
the Lord has become the living water which quenches our thirst.
In the case of the sinful woman, the Lord set her free from the bondage and slavery of sin. The Lord died to be the living, great I Am to sinners. The Lord strengthens and energizes us with His life in resurrection, which frees us from the bondage of sin. Without His life in resurrec tion, we could never be freed from the slavery of sin.
The case of the man born blind also reveals the principle of life in resurrection. How was it pos sible for the Lord to give him sight and the light of life? Chapter ten, which continues the case in chapter nine, says that the Lord, as the good shepherd, had to die in order to give His divine life to His sheep. The Lord had to die and be come the resurrection life in the Spirit. Now He comes to us on the basis of life in resurrection.
Of course, it is clearly evident that the last case, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, is based upon Christ as life in the realm of resur rection. The first sign, the second sign, and now the last case reveal the intention and principle of the Gospel of John: that of life through the resurrection of the dead.
Why was it that the Lord waited for two days