Good morning!
Text: Ezekiel 46-48; Psalm 135.
As Ezekiel comes to a close we see imagery not unlike the descriptions of the new heaven and the new earth in the closing chapters of Revelation. He sees a vision of a river that begins flowing from the temple, swelling in depth and flow as it moves out to water the land. There are trees bearing fruit and abundant fish for food.
Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. (Ezekiel 47:5)
The temple is the seat of worship, the place where God touches down on earth. Here it is also portrayed as the source of a fountain of blessing.
This picture applies to our lives. The believer who lives a life of worship is also a place where God touches down on earth and also to be a fountain of blessing to others. When we are all plugged in to the Lord in
in Him, Mike