39第二段包括末了八章，说到主在死里去，又在复活里回来，将人带进神里面，并为著神的建造住在人里面且与人同住。在第一段，祂将神带进人里面；在第二段，祂经过死和复活，要将人带进神里面。因此祂能进到人里面，为著神的建造住在人里面且与人同住。虽然约翰福音的话语简单扼要，但这卷书是深奥难懂的。话语是很浅显，甚至小学一年级的学生都能念出大部分。『太初有话，』『我就是光，』『我就是生命，』－这些陈述很简单，意义却十分深奥。『话』是甚么意思?你试试看给牠下个定义。『生命在祂里面，』究竟是何意义？谁能说生命是甚么?生命很深奥，远超我们的领会。因此，这卷福音书在牠扼要简单的体裁里用了许多寓意和图像。约翰一章有话，我们知道这话就是基督。然而，不要以为基督是话很简单。话在这里是寓意，图像，描述基督之于神的意义。一章十四节有帐幕，那也是基督。此外，在一章二十九节基督称为神的羔羊，然而祂并不是真的有四只脚的羊。我们看过，基督称彼得为石头，（约一42，）但这『石头』有属灵的意义。所以我们不该想要单凭字句了解约翰福音；我们需要根据整本圣经的启示，正确的将其寓意化。约翰福音几乎每一章都包含一些图像。一章有话、光、帐幕、羔羊、石头和天梯；二章有六口石缸、酒、殿和父的家；三章有杆子上的蛇；四章有雅各井和活水；六章有活粮；七章有活水的江河；九章有唾沫和泥；十章有门、羊圈、羊群、草场和牧人；十二章有一粒麦子；十三章有洗脚；十五章有葡萄树和枝子；十六章有妇人和孩子；十九章有骨头、血和水；二十章有气；二十一章有羊和小羊。若不把所有的图像寓意化，我们就无法正确的了解这卷福音书。因为生命的事是抽象、深奥且难懂的，要用人平常的语言来描述、表达极其困难。因此，这卷福音书用各种不同的图像表征属灵的事物，就是生命和建造这些极其深奥的事。因此，我们需要仔细的读约翰福音，期盼能真正了解所有的寓意。为了在这件事上帮助你们，我建议你们读约翰福音恢复本，仔细留意所有注解。你若去读经文并注解，就会得著帮助。
39The second section, composed of the last eight chapters, is on the Lord’s going in death and coming back in resurrection to bring man into God and to abide in and with man for God’s building. In the first section He brought God into man; in the second section He passed through death and resurrection to bring man into God. Thus, He is able to enter into man and to abide in and with man for God’s building. Although the language of the Gospel of John is simple and brief, this book is deep and profound. The language is so elementary that even a first grader can read most of it. “In the beginning was the Word”; “I am the light”; “I am the life” — such statements are simple, but their meaning is profound. What does “the Word” mean? Try to define it. What does it mean to say that “in Him was life”? Who can say what life is? It is profound, far beyond our understanding. Hence, this gospel, in its brief and simple style, uses many allegories and figures. In John 1 we have the Word. We know that this Word was Christ. However, do not think that Christ was a word with four letters; the Word here is an allegory, a figure, depicting what Christ means for God. In 1:14 we have the tabernacle, which also was Christ. Furthermore, in 1:29 Christ is called the Lamb of God, although He was not actually a lamb with four feet. We have seen that Christ called Peter a stone (1:42), but “stone” has a spiritual significance. Therefore, we should not try to understand the Gospel of John merely according to letters; we need to allegorize it in a proper way according to the revelation of the entire Bible. Nearly every chapter of John’s gospel contains some figures. In chapter one we have the Word, the light, the tabernacle, the lamb, the stone, and the heavenly ladder; in chapter two the six waterpots, the wine, the temple, and the Father’sho use; in chapter three the serpent on a pole; in chapter four Jacob’swell and the living water; in chapter six the living bread; in chapter seven the rivers of living water; in chapter nine the spittle and the clay; in chapter ten the door, the fold, the flock, the pasture, and the shepherd; in chapter twelve the grain of wheat; in chapter thirteen the foot-washing; in chapter fifteen the vine and the branches; in chapter sixteen the woman and the child; in chapter nineteen the bone, the blood, and the water; in chapter twenty the breath; and in chapter twenty-one the sheep and the lambs. We cannot understand this gospel properly without allegorizing all of its figures. Because the matters of life are abstract, deep, and profound, it is extremely difficult to describe and express them with ordinary human language. Hence, this gospel uses various figures to signify spiritual things, the exceedingly profound matters of life and building. Thus, we need to read the Gospel of John carefully, praying to receive a genuine understanding of the allegories. To help you in this, we suggest that you read the Recovery Version of John, paying close attention to all the notes. If you read the text and the notes, you will be helped.