I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east. (Ezekiel 47:1)Ezekiel sees water coming out from under the temple and continuing east to the Dead Sea. At first this river is only ankle deep, but soon it is over Ezekiel's head and more than a mile wide. Water represents life. The presence of God restored to the temple brings life to Judah and eventually to the entire world. The river flows into the Dead Sea and even makes its salt water fresh, bringing life where there was only lifelessness.
Surely this life-giving river was in John's mind when he wrote: Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and from the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations (Revelation 22:1).
Just as water brings life to the driest desert, the presence of God brings life to the most desolate heart.
Are you thirsty?
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