Monday, August 26, 2019

Ezekiel 46-48

Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing. (Ezekiel 47:12)

The verse of scripture above reminds me of the verses below, taken from the Bible's book of Revelation.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of 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 22:1-2)

Maybe the author of the latter took his inspiration from the former. It's clear to me that a "river of water" is a metaphor for God's life, providence, and healing, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. 

So how and where do you see divine life, providence, and healing today, reader?



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