Ezekiel 47:1-12

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+title = "Ezekiel 47:1–12"
+date = "2023-07-19"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel47.1-12)
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+With new law for the temple prescribed and written down, Ezekiel is shown
+something new. A fountain of water springs up inside the temple, trickling out
+of the southern half of the east threshold, which is the front entrance. It
+goes south of the altar, presumably through the courts, and out the eastern
+wall that has the gate sealed shut. Several other passages of Scripture mention
+a river flowing from Jerusalem, and this isn't even the first one. [Psalm
+46](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm46) speaks of a river that makes the city
+where God dwells glad. Jerusalem has never had a river, even in ancient times,
+but that psalm goes on to describe the end of war because God takes His throne
+on the earth. [Zechariah 14](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Zecharaiah14) and
+[Revelation 22](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Revelation22) also describe a
+river (or two) flowing from the city of God in the end times.
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+The angelic surveyor guides Ezekiel out of the city and every 500 yards they
+go, they see how deep the water is.It gets deeper the further east they go:
+first it is ankle-deep, then knee-deep, and then waist-deep, and finally it is
+too deep to cross, possibly because Ezekiel can't swim or it is just too
+dangerous for anyone to cross. As strange as it is for a trickle of water to
+become a torrent further from its source, it is not the most remarkable thing
+about this river. It flows into the Dead Sea, but its water will become fresh
+because of the river flowing from the temple. Fish will inhabit the
+no-longer-dead sea, as many as can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, and trees
+will grow on both banks of the river providing food all year round.
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+The Dead Sea is so salty because it has no outlet streams, so all the water
+that comes into it from the Jordan River and other sources simply evaporates.
+The surrounding land contains salt deposits which are dissolved in the river
+water and flow into the sea where they are deposited. It is feasible that
+simply pouring a bunch of water from Jerusalem into the sea bed so that it
+overflows could actually wash out the salty water and make it suitable for
+marine life. I don't know if that would take a supernatural amount of water to
+do that, but considering how it starts, this is not an ordinary river.
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+You will heal Your broken world when You establish Your kingdom.