WATER FLOWING FROM THE SANCTUARY
The amazing vision of Ezekiel included food and
water as part of the Prophet’s message to the people; used to illustrate
spiritual truth. "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river
of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God."
Ezekiel 1:1
“And by the river upon
the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat,
whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it
shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they
issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the
leaf thereof for medicine.” Ezekiel 47:12.
Then go to the last Book
of the Bible.
"In the midst of the street of it, and on
either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner
of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations." Revelation 22:2
Go to this source first. It is for physical and
spiritual health and life: our hope, our comfort. We will not understand
everything from the mind of God in the Bible, after all… "For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9.
It grows on your spirit and soul... it grows you!
After a lifetime reading the Bible, it is coming!
The continuity of the message of God to us, His people, is coming clearer, more
vital, more fascinating. It is to me, about me, for me…and for you!
Since food is included in the Holy Word of God, then
it is your option and my option to take it or ignore it. The food is highlighted!
And what did Jesus mean? "...Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:
he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall
never thirst." John 6:35 is one place. John 6:51 is another. It is
definitely a figurative example of the Spiritual nourishment. Is it also
physical? As I research the value of whole grain bread, the value of water for
hydration just as examples, it is spiritual and physical truth.
My personal experiment is to take the food in
Scripture as a Spiritual truth and a physical recommendation.
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