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 A Bible Teaching Ministry of Galyn Wiemers
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August 27 - Evening
"The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east
(for the temple faced east).
The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and
the water was trickling from the south side.
As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off 1,700 feet and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.
He measured off another 1,700 feet and led me through water that was knee-deep.
He measured off another 1,700 feet and led me through water that was up to the waist.
He measured off another 1,700 feet, 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.
He asked me, ‘Son of man, do you see this?’
Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.
He said to me,
‘This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah (Jordan Valley), where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be
large numbers of fish, because this water flows
there and makes the salt water fresh;
so where the river flows everything will live.’ ”
- Ezekiel 47:1-9 |
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| The Temple River |
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Ezekiel’s angelic guide leads him to the eastern side of the temple where Ezekiel sees water flowing eastward out of the temple from under the threshold of the temple entrance. The water was flowing like a spring of water down the south side of the eastern steps of the temple and out the eastern gate of the city after passing by the altar in the inner court on the south side and then through the outer courts of the temple mount.
As the water flowed towards the east the flowing stream became a river that progressively became deeper and deeper as it flowed through the valleys and wadis towards the Dead Sea.
Four times Ezekiel is told to measure the distance of 1,700 feet, which is about a third of a mile (or, 1,000 cubits). Ezekiel finds the river getting deeper and deeper at each of the four points going from ankle-deep to knee-deep to waist deep until it was over Ezekiel’s head and impossible to wade across.
Further investigation by Ezekiel reveals that one of the main features of this spring of water was that it formed a life giving river. Ezekiel notices a large number of trees flourishing on both sides of the river and that the Dead Sea (or, Salt Sea) became fresh with a large number of fish and swarms of living creatures living in what was now the Living Sea!
Ezekiel is told in summary, “Where the river flows everything will live.”
(Click map for a larger image)
(Note of interest: A letter from 100 BC called the Letter of Aristias refers to a spring of water on the temple mount that naturally exists inside the temple courts. See details HERE and HERE.)
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"Never let success hide its emptiness from you.”
– Dag Hammarskjold |
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The seven signs recorded by John and the seven lessons Jesus intendend to communicate with them:
• Turning Water into Wine at Cana (2:1-11) – Jesus is the source of God’s future blessings.
• Healing of the Nobleman’s Son (4:43-54) – Jesus is the Giver of Life Today.
• Healing the Man at the Pool of Bethesda (5:1-15) – Jesus is the co-worker with God the Father.
• Feeding of the Five Thousand (6:1-15, 22-69)– Jesus is the Source of Life.
• Storm on the Lake and Jesus Walking on the Sea (6:16-21) – Jesus is Divine.
• The Healing of the Blind Man (9:1-41) – Jesus is the giver of Physical and Spiritual of Sight.
• Raising of Lazarus from Death (11:1-44) – The Person Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. The Resurrection is not a “time” or “day”. It is a person.
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Exagorazo (Gr) – redeem (Eng) – the Greek word exagorazo means “to buy.” Agorazo is built on the Greek word agora, the Greek word for “market-place.” So, agorazo means “to be in the market-place” or “to buy or sell in the market-place.” By adding the prefix ex-, which means “out”, to the word agorazo the meaning is “to buy out of the market-place.” Thus exagorazo means “to redeem” or “to buy out of.” |
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Part One: The Lachish Letters (or, Lachish Ostraca) are a collection of eighteen Hebrew correspondence written on potsherds from the days of Jeremiah during Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion of the land. The letters were found in the 587 BC destruction level and are clearly records of communication of Judah’s military in its final stand against Babylon written most likely in 589-588 BC.
The city of Lachish was under attack in Jeremiah 34:6-7: “Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem, while the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah that were still holding out – Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.” Letter IV says, “…for the fire-signals of Lachish we are watching, according to all the signs which my lord has given, for we cannot see Azekah.”
(Details HERE, HERE
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Photo HERE. Map HERE.) |
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Do I follow God or do I merely follow my own heart and desires?
Do I follow the Spirit and the Word or am I following the ways of man and cultural standards?
I will follow the truth of the Word of God and allow the Spirit to lead me
to think, reason and act like Jesus. |
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"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
- Proverbs 27:17 |
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| Reps & Sets is a daily Bible devotional for Christians from Generation Word Bible Teaching used each morning and evening. |
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