To the River of the Water of Life
(Rev 22:1-5)
God is the Lord of life (Ac 3:15).
Life comes from within Him (Jn 1:4), and
With life He reigns (Rev 22:1).
Faith is believing Him and longing for Him, and
The life of this faith is knowing life as one's priority and bearing its fruit.
While water is an absolute element for life,
It is not an absolute guarantee, as
Water once overflowed during the time of Noah and all living creatures died (2Pe 3:6).
From the Garden of Eden where Adam lived
A river flowed into four separate headwaters.
As such, the Garden was an abundant place (Ge 2:10).
However, because Adam ate the fruit God had forbidden
He was banished from it and the tree of life (Ge 3:24) for
The sinner and life are irrelevant.
When God brought the people of Israel out of Egypt
He led them through a vast and dreadful wilderness, a thirsty and waterless land (Dt 8:15),
Displaying the curse sinner's descendants receive.
Nevertheless, when they followed the instruction of God, the spring of living water (Jer 2:13),
All the people and their animals drank from the water that sprang out of the rock (Ex 17:6).
Yet most of those who complained fell in the desert and died (Nu 21:5),
While only a few of them crossed the Jordan and entered the land of Canaan (1Co 10:5).
The Temple of Jerusalem built on Zion was where
The name of the Lord God reminded them of
The prophecy that said a fountain will flow out of it (Joel 3:18; Zec 13:1) and that
They would be satisfied (Ps 1:3; Is 58:11).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn 2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would give the water of life, the true drink for the soul (Jn 6:53-55, Jn 7:37-39) for
He is the true fountain, the river of the water of life prophesied to come,
The incarnate Word who came with the life in Him (Jn 1:1, Jn 1:4, Jn 1:14).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
1. Laid down His life and revealed that the Father alone is the Lord of life and fulfilled His will of giving life to the souls of all men;
2. Condemned the ruler of death (He 2:14-15); and
3. Tore His flesh and tore the wall of the flaming sword blocking the way to the tree of life (Ge 1:2, Ge 3:24; He 10:20), and poured out water and blood for all men to drink from the river of living water (Jn 19:34; 1Co 10:3-5).
The Father raised Him up and sat Him on the heavenly throne,
Making Him the Lord of life (Ac 3:15).
The Holy Spirit who comes from there in the name of Yeshua
Comes inside believers and
Lets the river of the water of life flow from within them (Jn 7:38-39).
The man of the Spirit is
He whose eyes are set on the King's highway of Zion (Ps 84:5-6).
For he longs to go before the river of the water of life where the throne is and
His tears never run dry.
Through him, from the narrow road, from the valley
Many fountains are open and reach to bring life to others (Mt 7:14; Eze 47:1-12).
O Lord,
My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the Lord, for Your life!
Even if I have to pass through the Valley of Tears,
Let me never lose strength for my heart is set on the King's highway.
Let me bear the fruit of life!
Amen.
