The Bride of Christ and A Woman at The Well

[Mr. M]

Isaiah 12:

2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for Yah

The Lord is my strength and my song; He also is my salvation.

3 Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the well of Yahshua.

As a motif, the Bride is found at the Fountain of the Lord

John 7:

37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying,

If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow

rivers of living water.

39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would

receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Abraham sent his eldest servant to his homeland to find a bride for Isaac.

He prayed as he rested his camels at the village well

Genesis 24:

11 And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening

time, the time when women go out to draw water.

12 Then he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day,

and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13 Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city

are coming out to draw water.

14 Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, Please let down your pitcher

that I may drink, and she says, Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink, let her

be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that

You have shown kindness to my master.

15 And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was

born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with

her pitcher on her shoulder.

Note that it is the daughters of the village that are responsible for drawing water.

When Jacob Met Rachel

Genesis 29:

1 So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.

2 And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks

of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was

on the well’s mouth.

3 Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the

well’s mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the well’s mouth.

You might expect this to be a time when one of the sons would be at the well;

to water the flock.

9 Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep,

for she was a shepherdess.

10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s

brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near and

rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban

his mother’s brother.

11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept for joy.

When we come to the Lord joyfully to draw living water from the wells of salvation,

The Lord comes and kisses us on the mouth!

Song of Solomon 1:

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:

for your love is better than wine.

3 Because of the fragrance of your good ointments.

Your name is an ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you.

4 Draw me, we will run after you, the king has brought me into his chambers:

we will be glad and rejoice in you!

We will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you.

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy.

For I have betrothed you to one husband,

that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Jesus proclaims True Worship and the gift of Living Water

to a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well

John 4:

5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar,

near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey,

sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink.

8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew,

ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is

who says to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him,

and He would have given you Living Water.

He accepts us, even though many of us have been “married to many prior husbands”.

11 The woman said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.

How will You get this living water?

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank

from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?

13 Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,

14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.

But the water that I shall give him will become in him

a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst,

nor come here to draw.

16 Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come here.

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband.

Jesus said to her, you have well said, I have no husband,

18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not

your husband; in that you spoke truly.

19 The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

When we receive Living Water from the wellspring of Salvation,

we can now worship in Spirit and in Truth

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem

is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither

on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship,

for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship

the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.

Even the Samaritans knew of a coming Messiah.

Jesus boldly proclaims to her that He has come!

25 The woman said to Him, I know that the Messiah is coming

(who is called Christ). When He comes, He will tell us all things.

26 Jesus said to her, I Am He who is speaking to you.

Edited October 23, 2023 by Mr. M

[Michael37]

15 hours ago, Mr. M said:

As a motif, the Bride is found at the Fountain of the Lord

How about this: 

Proverbs 5:15-20  Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.  (16)  Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?  (17)  Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.  (18)  Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.  (19)  A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.  (20)  For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

And this . . .

Son 4:10-15  How fair is your love, My sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, And the scent of your perfumes Than all spices!  (11)  Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.  (12)  A garden enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed.  (13)  Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates With pleasant fruits, Fragrant henna with spikenard,  (14)  Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices—  (15)  A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
 

[Mr. M]

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”

And let him who hears say, Come!

And let him who thirsts come.

Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.