This page of explanations of Metaphors is part of Web site
biblesecrets.org which is a site devoted to the new view of
Jesus Christ's second coming. It is based on the interpretation
of The Book of Job which is an allegory for Jesus while he was
on the cross trying to figure out why God had forsaken
him..Copyright © 2000 DSOTO-- Many of the deeper meanings of the
Old Testament are missed because metaphors are used so
extensively. Examples of this are "eating" and "drinking," which
refer to learning spiritual truths or the Word; and vines,
trees, briers and thorns, cattle, and even fish when they refer
to people. Jesus used these metaphors many times in the New
Testament, even referring to himself as the "bread and water"
from heaven. We should easily recognize the metaphor of eating
because it's so common in our speech. Surely, you have heard
such expressions: "I swallowed his story, hook, line and
sinker;" or, "I swallowed my pride;" or, "I really liked his
ideas; I ate them up." If you watch for them, metap