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| 1 And he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house was eastward. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, 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 And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards the gate that looketh eastward; and behold, waters ran out on the right side. |
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| 3 When the man went forth eastward, a line was in his hand; and he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the ankles. |
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| 4 And he measured a thousand cubits, and caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the knees. And he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through: the waters were to the loins. |
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| 5 And he measured a thousand: it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. |
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 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? And he led me, and brought me back to the bank of the river. |
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| 7 When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. |
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 issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters thereof shall 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 thing which moveth, whithersoever the double river shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed; and everything shall live whither 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 fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. |
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| 11 But its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt. |
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| 12 And by the river, upon its bank, on the one side and on the other, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, nor their fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, for its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine. |
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 the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. |
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| 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another, the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance. |
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| 15 And this shall be the border of the land: toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Zedad, |
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| 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. |
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| 17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath: this is the north side. |
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| 18 --And on the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead and the land of Israel by the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea: this is the east side. |
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| 19 --And the south side southward, from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, by the torrent, unto the great sea: this is the south side southward. |
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| 20 --And the west side shall be the great sea from the border, as far as over against the entering into Hamath: this is the west side. |
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| 21 And ye shall divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. |
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| 22 And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel: with you shall they draw by lot inheritance among the tribes of Israel. |
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| 23 And it shall come to pass that in the tribe in which the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah. |
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