Yes, in that Millennial Temple (from it) flows a river!
“Afterward he (the Prophet’s angelic guide) brought me again unto the door of the house (the Temple); and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront (face) of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. And when the man (an angelic surveyor) that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ANKLES. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the KNEES. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the LOINS. Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters TO SWIM IN, a river that could not be passed over.” Ezekiel 47:1-5
Wow!
Let me first remind you that everywhere God lives … there will be a river flowing therefrom!
There was in Eden!
There will be in this Millennial Temple!
And … there will also be a River in New Jerusalem!
Plus … out of the heart of every Believer in Jesus there flows a (spiritual) River! “Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow RIVERS of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, the Holy Ghost ….” John 7:37-39
Wow!
But this Ezekiel 47 River is unique.
The further it flows (with absolutely no “hint” of a tributary feeding it, not a shred of evidence) … the deeper it becomes!
Ankles, knees, waists, then “waters to swim in!”
What is the implication here?
The River is flowing toward the desert!
Toward the Dead Sea!
Where the land is arid, the crops nonexistent, the wildlife struggling!
So … as the River gets further and further into that desolate environment … the more abundant becomes the supply of its life-giving power!
Wow!
And so is it with Jesus our Lord!
The longer I serve Him … the sweeter He grows!
Every day with Jesus IS sweeter than the day before!
And the longer I study my Bible … the deeper and deeper its truths become, truly over my head! Waters to (delightfully) swim in … from here to eternity!
And the more wicked this world becomes … the greater God’s ability to save! At least the deeper Holy Spirit conviction can become!
None ever worry about exhausting the Supply of Almighty God!
(Astronomers tell us the universe is expanding daily! More and more rapidly! Well, so is the River of Life Ezekiel has so gracefully depicted this morning.)
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
How “deep” are you today, my friend?
Knee deep?
Or in “over your head?”
By the way, the verb used in verse 2 of this River (where the waters first “ran out”), at its very source, is “pakah” in Hebrew. It means “to trickle!” But by the time we are waist deep (and more) the waters are “issuing” forth! Flowing abundantly!
Often with God … “trickles” become “floods!”
Hallelujah!