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I agree about 95% with your symbols. I teach that water is words. Jesus is the Word and we have words and Satan has words. When we have the Spirit, He gives us a fountain of the Words of God. Also, God told Moses to speak to the rock the 2nd time. God wants us to pray in the name of Jesus because He won't be struck again. I teach that a cloud represents the Spirit. Another "type" for the Spirit is when an unnamed servant is mentioned. The most famous one would be Gen 24 when a servant that remained unnamed the whole chapter went to get a Bride for Isaac. Most people of course say it was Elieser because he was mentioned back in Gen 15. But in truth, Abraham was old and Elieser may have died. Whoever it was, even if it was Elieser, is not mentioned the whole chapter. What is painted in Gen 24 is the picture of salvation for the Bride of Christ being retrieved by the Holy Spirit and brought to Jesus in the air because Jesus will not come back to earth until He is crowned King and married to the church. The servant gave her gifts and we know the Holy Spirit gives gifts. When you read about a servant that has no name, substitute the Holy Spirit and see if it doesn't tell a story. How could a servant rule over all his master has unless he was equal to his master. The Holy Spirit is God also.

When we read about Abraham binding Isaac for sacrifice in Gen 22, we know Isaac didn't die but God provided a sacrifice on Mt Moriah, but then read carefully that Issac is NOT mentioned coming down off the mountain with Abraham. The next time we even hear of Isaac is when the servant delivers his bride to him in the field 2 chapters later. This is Jesus missing for 2000 years until His Bride is delivered to Him in the Rapture. If you want to get some revelation about the Rapture, look up "The King Is in the Field". It is observed in the month of Elul right before Tisheri 1 and Trumpets. The King gets off his throne to come mingle with the peasants in the Kingdom to listen to their petitions. The whole month of Elul is fasting and repenting (Teshuva)getting ready for the Feast of Trumpets and the day no one knows the day or the hour, wink wink, hint hint.

I wrote a whole course written on Spiritual symbolism in Scripture to make the Bible easier to read and understand. Most Christians get very little teaching on certain things they need to know. When you read Scripture with this knowledge you realize a tree planted by water produces much fruit is a man reading the Word of God produces what God intended from His people. Trees are almost always people. Types of trees represent types of people. Olive trees are anointed men, and so on.

Thanks for your lengthy essay. We share a keen appreciation for the symbolic treats with which our Lord has laden Scripture, although you've developed yours more fully.

I very much enjoyed your treatment of unnamed servant=Spirit, a congruence I had not previously considered or seen elsewhere, but which is a thoroughly satisfying, not to mention quite inspiring, understanding of the stories of "Eliezer" and Mt. Moriah's aftermath. (By the way, while telling of Eliezer's journey in Episode #15 of this series I was well aware that the servant was unnamed, but all the artist's titles named him, so I went along to minimize confusion.)