This song is the jewel in the crown of Dylan's Slow Train Coming album! I've heard fellow Christians mock Dylan, pointing out that he is really a Jew named Robert Zimmerman, etc., and that his so-called conversion wasn't real. Shame on them! Nobody should mock anyone else's beliefs, no matter what faith, and Dylan's relationship with Jesus Christ is between him and Him. I personally think Dylan is a MASTER poet, and, because I am a Christian, I think this song is one of his very best! I like the part where he sings about the woman drawing water for her husband. This is obviously a direct reference to Jesus' talk with the Woman at the Well in the gospel. In this case, I think the woman represents Dylan's subconscious mind, because he had, prior to this album, experimented with other religions such as Buddhism. I also love the line "On the Way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the Judgement Hall of Christ". Out of the material-based world, through the wilderness of ideas, and finally into the Truth! It's a beautiful song, and the sweet guitar licks and backing vocals make it shine!
This song is the jewel in the crown of Dylan's Slow Train Coming album! I've heard fellow Christians mock Dylan, pointing out that he is really a Jew named Robert Zimmerman, etc., and that his so-called conversion wasn't real. Shame on them! Nobody should mock anyone else's beliefs, no matter what faith, and Dylan's relationship with Jesus Christ is between him and Him. I personally think Dylan is a MASTER poet, and, because I am a Christian, I think this song is one of his very best! I like the part where he sings about the woman drawing water for her husband. This is obviously a direct reference to Jesus' talk with the Woman at the Well in the gospel. In this case, I think the woman represents Dylan's subconscious mind, because he had, prior to this album, experimented with other religions such as Buddhism. I also love the line "On the Way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the Judgement Hall of Christ". Out of the material-based world, through the wilderness of ideas, and finally into the Truth! It's a beautiful song, and the sweet guitar licks and backing vocals make it shine!