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The Holy Spirit Like Rivers of Living Water
(Psalms 42:1-2, John 7:37-39)

God is the Lord of life (Ac3:15).
The word, the Son, the Holy Spirit are life (Jn6:63, 11:25; Rm8:2), and
He supplies life to those who long for Him.

Faith is longing for the God of life (Ps42:1-2) and
The life of this faith is sharing the life that springs up within me.

Human civilization originates in the four major river valleys for
Water is an absolute necessity for human survival and reproduction.
In spite of it, however, the human body dies when there is too little or too much water.

The Bible is a book about a spring of water welling up to eternal life (Jn4:14).
God placed Adam the living being (Ge2:7) in the Garden of Eden with headwaters (Ge2:10)
Since his flesh must drink water to live while
His spirit must eat the word that comes from the mouth of God to live eternally (Ge2:17; Mt4:4).

While the world in Noah’s time was deluged and destroyed (2Pe3:6),
Until Abram’s descendants entered the land that God promised him (Ge17:3),
A land where milk and honey flowed (Ex13:5),
They were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years (Ge15:13) and
Wandered in the wilderness for 40 years (Nu32:13) for
It was the result of their ancestor Adam who sinned deceived by the devil (Ge3:4-6).

The sanctuary where Aaron’s budded staff was (Nu17:2-8)
Reminded them of Jehovah the God who gives breath to all living things (Nu16:22).
Furthermore, those who kept the commandments were promised to
Drink water from their own cisterns (Pr5:15; 2Ki18:31).
However, because they forsook God the spring of living water (Jer17:13) who
Turns the desert into pools of water (Ps107:35), and
Because they dug their own cisterns, they could not escape curse (Jer2:11-13).

Nevertheless, the prophets said that living water will flow out from Jerusalem (Zec14:8) and
Also He who has compassion on them will lead them beside springs of water (Is49:10).

Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would let not only Abraham’s children (flesh) but souls of all nations
Drink living water that He would give to never thirst again and
It will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life (Jn4:6-15, 6:53-55, 63).
As such, He raised Lazarus back to life who had been dead and decaying (Jn11:39-44).

As He poured out all His blood and water (Jn19:34) and died, He said,
“I am thirsty” and “It is finished” (Jn19:28, 30) for:
1) He obeyed the Father’s command, and entrusted His dried-up self to the Father the fount of life (Ps22:15, 42:1-2; Jn10:18);
2) He judged the origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3) His body the spiritual rock was struck to let out the spiritual drink (Jn1:1-4; 1Co10:4), to let all men drink His
blood and water (Mt26:27-28).

He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lord of life (Ac3:15) and
Sent the Spirit of life (Rm8:2) who goes out from the Father (Jn15:26),
From Yeshua’s pierced hands and speared side, the marks of opening the river, and
Continuously flow out, like the river of the living water (Eze47:1-12; Rev22:1-2).

He gathers the souls made alive by the blood of Yeshua
Into His body the Church, God’s temple (1Co3:16; Eph2:21) and
Lets them drink the living water, that is, the word of Yeshua (Jn19:34; 1Jn5:6),
The spring of water welling up to eternal life in them.

The man of the Spirit has
The river of living water flowing from within him so
Limitless to where or when, unstoppable to any hindrance, and tirelessly
He runs out to save whomever for
Where the river flows everything will live (Eze47:9).

O Lord,
Let the spring of living water burst out of us and
Revive all thirsty souls You have given me, the sick flesh and families! Amen.