River of Life
Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Ezekiel 47; it is about the river of Life that flows out of the Temple of the Lord. In a vision, the prophet tells of a small stream of water flowing out from the entrance of the Temple. It was ankle deep as first, but with every 1,750 feet the water got deeper and deeper until one had to swim across to the other side. Along its banks were fruit trees and many other trees, full and green all year, because of the life-giving water their roots tapped in to; every month fruit was produced for food and the leaves were for healing. So the prophet understood the vision--whatever received this life-giving water from the Temple of the Lord would turn fresh and support life--fish could live there, animals drink from it and all kinds of plant life flourish. The leaves from the trees gave healing and its fruit provide nourishing food. The river could even change the Dead Sea into fresh water, full of living things. "But the marshes