# the Bride Believers are spoken of as if they were a bride about to be married to her groom, Jesus. # Come! "Please come!" # Whoever is thirsty ... the water of life A person's desire for eternal life is spoken of as if it were thirst and of that person receiving eternal life as if he were drinking life-giving water. # the water of life Eternal life is spoken of as if it were provided by life-giving water.