Reading – Ezekiel 46-48

Highlight Verse:

“There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭47‬:‭9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Despite what I said two weeks ago, this chapter seems to point us toward a figurative or allegorical vision of the temple described here.

Such a river did not exist in Post-exile Israel.

Or did it?

Obviously, it was not physically there.

But this river could be the illustration of the life that came forth from God.

Keep in mind that, in the Middle East culture of that time (and probably today) fresh water was a symbol of life itself.

We get hints of it in Old Testament times.

Water signifies life in several Old Testament passages. (See Psalm 1:3, etc.)

But once Jesus died and rose again, the river of life from God became deep enough for us to be fully immersed.

This river illustrates that the source of life is from God and wherever God touches, there is life.

If you feel like the Christian life is dry and lifeless, are you really connected to the source of life?

If that’s you, now would be a really good time to ask God to show you that life.

There’s nothing better.

Did you witness a dramatic step into life when you found Jesus?
Is that life in you renewed each day? Why or why not?