Good morning -
If they can find water then there is a basis for life. That's the premise of our space exploration to places such as Mars. Without water there is no possibility of life.
Ezekiel was shown the temple of God in great detail, and lastly was shown a river of water flowing out from it:
"Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar ... By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing." (Ezekiel 47:1,12)
A similar picture is found in Revelation 22:1-2:
"Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
Without water there is no possibility of life. I live in an arid desert climate where water is scarce. Were it not for irrigation there is little that could survive and grow. Generations ago settlers wisely developed a system of open canals to bring precious life-giving water to a region that could not otherwise support life.
The river of life flows out from the throne of God and from the Lamb. Jesus declared, "whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." (John 4:14)
Without water there is no possibility of life. Except that the living waters spring up in our lives, we have no life; we are as dead as the hot, dry desert.
The waters of baptism are a very real promise of the well of water within that springs up to eternal life. Our outer washing represents the inner transformation that is ever nourished and refreshed by living waters.
May you be continually refreshed today by the clear, cool water of life within that eventually springs up to life at its fullest in the coming Kingdom.
Pastor Steve
If they can find water then there is a basis for life. That's the premise of our space exploration to places such as Mars. Without water there is no possibility of life.
Ezekiel was shown the temple of God in great detail, and lastly was shown a river of water flowing out from it:
"Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar ... By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing." (Ezekiel 47:1,12)
A similar picture is found in Revelation 22:1-2:
"Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
Without water there is no possibility of life. I live in an arid desert climate where water is scarce. Were it not for irrigation there is little that could survive and grow. Generations ago settlers wisely developed a system of open canals to bring precious life-giving water to a region that could not otherwise support life.
The river of life flows out from the throne of God and from the Lamb. Jesus declared, "whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." (John 4:14)
Without water there is no possibility of life. Except that the living waters spring up in our lives, we have no life; we are as dead as the hot, dry desert.
The waters of baptism are a very real promise of the well of water within that springs up to eternal life. Our outer washing represents the inner transformation that is ever nourished and refreshed by living waters.
May you be continually refreshed today by the clear, cool water of life within that eventually springs up to life at its fullest in the coming Kingdom.
Pastor Steve
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