The River of Life - Part 2

This is a continuation of yesterday's post. Please read it first, the conclusion will be tomorrow, Lord willing.

The Lord gave Ezekiel many marvelous and wonderful visions. He had the mysterious vision of the wheel within the wheel with eyes around the rim. He had a vision about the Temple and those that worship there. One of his best known visions was the vision of the valley of dry bones. Finally the Lord gave him a marvelous vision of the river. The Lord had taken him in a vision to the Temple and there he saw water flowing out from under the door. It began as a small stream but after they had traveled a thousand cubits the water was ankle deep. He measured another thousand cubits and now the water was knee deep. After a third thousand the water was up to his waist and when he measured still another thousand it was a mighty river, too deep to cross, deep enough that he would have to swim.

The angel then led him to the bank on the river and there he saw all kinds of trees growing along the banks of the river. In the river there were many kinds of fish and the river flowed into the Dead Sea and made it fresh. The Dead Sea came to life with all kinds of fish.

This is a beautiful picture of the chain of grace. As we minister grace in a small way it begins to grow and with the growth comes new life. Grace is life giving even making the dead to live again as the river brought life to the Dead Sea. It should have remained salty even though there was fresh water flowing into it, but the water from the Temple brought life.

I will conclude this snapshot of grace from the Old Testament tomorrow - LW.