Can something referencing Jesus actually be a metaphor?!?

Question

"To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Til I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home.
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
They've come to take me home."

I LOVE this song! Oh, that 7/4 beat!. And Gabriel's not even a Christian, this was a song about the break-up of Genesis that included met-a-phors, which are not supposed to be taken lit-er-ally, much like some ancient texts I know. 'Turning water into wine' may not be literal in the Bible either! Whoa! :-)

Tim, thank you for your answer. I honestly appreciate it. I must ask you, though, if only the bad things that happen in the Bible are metaphors and only the good things literal, who exactly chose which was metaphor? Or was that just man's interpretation? Why is blood turning into sweat real but being drowned? Why is Jesus admitting that "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple" a metaphor, yet Thomas putting a finger into Jesus' side proof of his existence? Thanks.

Answer 1

I like the way you think ;)

Answer 2

All the details of Jesus' first miracle are pretty context specific, and there is not much there to indicate it was a metaphore.

On the other hand, Jesus did use hyerbole for some things:
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple."
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."
Matthew 18:6
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Things like that are metophore.
Things like this are not
Luke 22:44
And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.
John 20:27
Then He said* to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

Answer 3

Jesus talked in parables full of wisdom and message was emphatically conveyed and understood by those who were close to him, not big scholars but poor folks; some were merely fishermen and some were peasents and labourers except Joseph Armitia.However thousand joined him when he travelling to Jerusalium but did not have the courage to stand by him at time of adeversary.

Answer 4

Almost everything in the Bible is a metaphor, or allegory so the answer to your question is YES, absolutely!