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| 1 Then he brought me back unto the entrance of the house, and lo! waters, coming forth from under the threshold of the house, eastward, because, the front of the house, was to the east,–and, the waters, were coming down from beneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. |
Afterward – During the Millennial day. D655
After the closing of the door to the High Calling shown in Ezek. 44:1. R3625:1
Not until the glory of the Lord shall have entered the Temple, not until the Church will be glorified, not until the door will be forever shut, will the water of life issue forth. R3625:2
Of the house – The Temple of God, the Church glorified. R3625:1, R4882:3
Waters issued out – Truth; blessings of refreshment and restitution. R5846:2, R4882:3, R2508:3
Not the Gospel, flowing at the present time, but Millennial age blessings. R3625:1, R2507:5
"There is a river, the rivulets of which shall spring from the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High." (Psa. 46:4) R2508:5
"Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem." (Zech. 14:8) D650
"Water of life, clear as crystal" (Rev. 22:1)--Restitution blessings. D665
"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." (John 7:38) R2508:4
Under the threshold – There was a fountain connected with the Temple hill but it never was of any considerable size and never will be without a miracle. R2507:3
From the right side – The Temple, the Church, is not yet completed; so there is no river yet. R2508:2
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| 2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and took me round by an outer way, unto an outer gate, that which looketh eastward–and lo! waters, trickling forth out of the right side. |
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| 3 When the man went forth with a measuring line in his hand, then measured he a thousand, by the cubit, and caused me to pass through the waters–waters reaching to the ankles. |
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| 4 Then measured he a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters–waters reaching to the knees,–and again measured he a thousand, and caused me to pass through–waters reaching to the loins. |
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| 5 Then measured he a thousand–a river, which I could not pass through–for the waters had risen–waters to swim in, a river, that could not be forded. |
Waters were risen – Rapidly increasing; the rapid increase of the blessings of the Lord as soon as his time shall have come. R3625:2
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| 6 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man? Then he took me along and caused me to return to the bank of the river. |
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| 7 When I returned, then lo! by the hank of the river, trees very many,–on this, side, and on that, side. |
Very many trees – The description of the river and trees is so similar to the Millennial age blessings of Rev. 21 and 22 as to leave no doubt that the same thing is referred to. R3625:1
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| 8 And he said unto me, These waters, are going forth unto the region toward the east, and shall go down unto the waste plain, and shall enter the sea, unto the sea, being led forth, then shall the waters, be healed; |
Toward the east – Open to the Sun of Righteousness. D653
Go into the sea – The restless, turbulent masses of mankind. A318
Dead Sea, representing a class submerged in ignorance, superstition and degradation. R4882:6, 3
The vast multitude of mankind which has gone into the tomb. R3625:4, R2508:2
Shall be healed – Revived, recovered from its deadness. The water of life, flowing from the church, shall reach even those in the tomb, awakening them to opportunities of restitution. R4882:3, R3625:4, R2508:1, 2
A possible literal fulfilment of this may be the opening of a channel from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea. R3625:4, R2507:2,3,5
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| 9 And it shall come to pass, that, every living soul that swarmeth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live, and the fish shall become, a very great multitude; for these waters, have come thither, that they may be healed, so shall everything live, whithersoever the river cometh. |
That every thing – Nephesh, soul, sentient being. E335
Multitude of fish – Men-those reached by the Gospel. R3625:4
Whither the river cometh – The wilderness east of Jerusalem, representing the condition of all the families of the earth. R2508:2
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| 10 And it shall come to pass that there shall stand by it fishers, from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim, places for spreading out nets, shall they be,–after their kind, shall be their fish, like the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. |
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| 11 The swamps thereof and the pools thereof, shall not be healed, to salt, have they been given up. |
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| 12 And, by the river, shall grow up on the bank thereof, on this, side and on that, side, every tree for food, the leaf whereof, shall not fade,–neither shall fail, the fruit thereof, by its months, shall it break forth, for, as for the waters thereof, out of the sanctuary, are they, coming forth,–and, the fruit, thereof shall be, for food, and, the leaf thereof, for healing. |
Grow all trees – Seems to demand a literal interpretation as well as a symbolic one--a return to Paradisaic conditions. R2507:5
Refers to the Millennial age. R2508:4
Also see comments on Ezek. 47:7
Whose leaf – Representing restitution. R3625:4
The fruit – Representing the abundance of instruction and encouragement--mental, moral and physical. R3625:4
For meat – For the sustenance of everlasting life. R4882:6
For medicine – Healing the repentant peoples of earth of all imperfections. D656
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| 13 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, This, shall be the boundary whereby ye shall take your inheritances in the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel,–Joseph, shall have portions. |
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| 14 So shall ye inherit it, each man like his brother, as to which I lifted my hand to give it to your fathers,–so shall this land fall, to you, as an inheritance. |
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| 15 This, then shall be the boundary of the land,–on the north side, from the great sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entering in of Zedad; |
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| 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the boundary of Damascus, and the boundary of Hamath,–Hazer-hatticon, which is by the boundary of Hauran. |
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| 17 Thus shall there be a boundary, from the sea, Hazar-enin the boundary of Damascus, even the north northward, and the boundary of Hamath,–even the north, side. |
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| 18 And, for the east side, from between Hauran and Damascus and from between Gilead and the land of Israel, the Jordan, from the boundary by the sea eastward, shall ye measure–even the east side. |
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| 19 And, for the south side southward, from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, towards the torrent-bed, unto the great sea,–even the south side southward. |
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| 20 And, for the west side, the great sea, from the boundary as far as over against the entering in of Hamath–this, is the west side. |
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| 21 So then ye shall apportion this land to you by the tribes of Israel. |
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| 22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot as an inheritance, to yourselves and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten children in your midst,–so shall they be to you as a native among the sons of Israel, with you, shall they cast lots for an inheritance, in the midst of the tribes of Israel. |
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| 23 And it shall be, that, with whatsoever tribe the sojourner hath become a sojourner, there, shall ye give his inheritance, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. |
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