Posted on 03/16/2010 9:28:00 AM PDT by Patriot1259
Ezekiel 47: 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.
The account of the river flowing from the temple in the book Ezekiel gives us an illustration of just how important we are to the plan of the Lord. To paraphrase the account, Ezekiel is shown the Temple, and there is a small stream of water leaving form the temple, and running under the Temple wall out to the east. The person showing him this measures off a thousand cubits, and has Ezekiel measure as he crosses the stream, at this point it is up to his ankles, at another thousand it is to his knee, then at another thousand it is impassable by foot, he would have to swim, that stream, had become a river, giving life to all the surrounding area of the river. I find it of no coincidence that the further away form the temple they go the deeper and the wider the river….
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
One might want to make some "applications" from some Biblical passage, but do make sure that everyone understands that Ezekiel is talking about a real Millennial Temple and a real river during this time (and all his other descriptions).
This all takes place during the Millennial Reign of the Messiah of Israel, over all the nations of the world, with Israel being the head nation over all nations, at this time, and Jesus ruling from the Throne of David in Jerusalem.
That's coming soon, within the lifetime of many reading this post.
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thx . . . will check it out, probably after I get to the univ.
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