"Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written,
'The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'"
— 1 Corinthians 10:7 (ESV)
[If you haven't read the earlier parts of this series, you can read them here for better understanding:]
(1) https://idea5936.tistory.com/entry/1He-came-to-find-the-Bride-at-the-time-of-noon-when-there-is-no-shadow
(2) https://idea5936.tistory.com/entry/The-Bride-at-Noon-2-Go-Call-Your-Husband-–-Jesus-and-the-Samaritan-Woman
"The Bride at Noon (2): Go, Call Your Husband – Jesus and the Samaritan Woman"
Let us continue exploring the profound conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, as described in John 4. When Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband,” He was not merely addressing her past, but revealing a deep spiritual typology
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1.He came to find the Bride at the time of noon, when there is no shadow.
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Today’s continuation focuses on the sixth “husband,” who is Moses (the Law). But rather than calling his “wife” Zipporah, I intentionally chose Oholah, based on a key detail in Jesus’ words to the Samaritan woman.
Jesus says,
"You have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband." (John 4:18)
So clearly, the five husbands were legitimate past relationships, but the current one is not.
That detail sparked the thought that while Moses is related, he is not truly “her husband” — at least, not anymore.
The Law that Moses received represents the former master, not a current spouse — much like what Paul says in Romans:
"For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband." (Romans 7:2)
"But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code." (Romans 7:6)
Moses is a servant in God’s house, whereas Christ is the Son over God’s house:
"Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,
but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son." (Hebrews 3:5–6)
So the Law (Moses) is part of God’s plan, but it functions to judge and prepare the bride who had defiled herself through spiritual adultery — namely Oholah (Samaria) and Oholibah (Jerusalem).
The Lord says in Ezekiel:
"There were two women, daughters of the same mother.
The elder was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah.
They became mine and bore sons and daughters.
Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem." (Ezekiel 23:2–4)
Let’s examine their names more closely:
- Oholah (אָהֳלָה): “A woman with a tent” – she built her own tent, worshiping God her own way.
- Oholibah (אָהֳלִיבָהּ): “My tent is in her” – indicating God’s true dwelling place, though the people defiled it.
These names weren't assigned by prophets or theologians, but by God Himself — and even in judgment, there is a mystery of restoration.
"They became mine and bore children..." (Ezek. 23:4)
"When Oholah was mine, she prostituted herself..." (Ezek. 23:5)
So even when they sinned, they belonged to God.
- Oholah = the woman who possessed a tent for God
- Oholibah = the woman within whom God placed His tent
This is in line with the promise of the New Covenant in Jeremiah:
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah...
I was their husband, declares the Lord.
But this is the covenant I will make... I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Jer. 31:31–33)
Just like Eve, who was given the name “mother of all the living” after her sin, Oholah and Oholibah receive names that contain God’s intention to redeem.
Paul speaks of them in Galatians as symbols of two covenants:
"These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants.
One is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar...
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother." (Gal. 4:24–26)
So then:
- Oholah = Samaria = Old covenant, Mount Sinai, law from Egypt, earthly tent
- Oholibah = Jerusalem = New covenant, heavenly city, God’s tent within her
Those under the old covenant saw God’s pillar of cloud and fire, but He remained distant — a fearful God.
This is like the five foolish virgins who remain tied to the world, even while claiming to wait for the Bridegroom.
But those of the new covenant are like the five wise virgins, whose oil (Spirit) keeps their hearts ready for the Bridegroom.
Jesus, as the true Husband, writes His covenant on their hearts and dwells within them.
And in the end — when God’s redemptive plan is fulfilled — both the old and the new will be brought into His eternal tabernacle:
"Therefore they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore...
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." (Revelation 7:15–17)
Shalom.
This is the Word of our eternal Bridegroom, calling His bride to return.
Let us be those who bear His name within our hearts.
