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Well, that's the picture you should have in your mind of what God is accomplishing. is restoring us back to Eden. And so when you read the Ezekiel 47 passage, think about the Dead Sea. It's like a great metaphor for what we're saying here, which is in the passage. The Dead Sea, the reason why it was called the Dead Sea was because it was the Dead Sea.
Well, that's the picture you should have in your mind of what God is accomplishing. is restoring us back to Eden. And so when you read the Ezekiel 47 passage, think about the Dead Sea. It's like a great metaphor for what we're saying here, which is in the passage. The Dead Sea, the reason why it was called the Dead Sea was because it was the Dead Sea.
Well, that's the picture you should have in your mind of what God is accomplishing. is restoring us back to Eden. And so when you read the Ezekiel 47 passage, think about the Dead Sea. It's like a great metaphor for what we're saying here, which is in the passage. The Dead Sea, the reason why it was called the Dead Sea was because it was the Dead Sea.
Like it was so salty that life couldn't live there. It's like, this is not like, it's a little on the nose, right? But the idea of it is that, is that, that living water is flowing into a dead sea and creating life in everything that touches. So if you think about it as Jesus, as the top of, of the diagram, Jesus, the true temple, um, and then flowing into like Jesus is the source.
Like it was so salty that life couldn't live there. It's like, this is not like, it's a little on the nose, right? But the idea of it is that, is that, that living water is flowing into a dead sea and creating life in everything that touches. So if you think about it as Jesus, as the top of, of the diagram, Jesus, the true temple, um, and then flowing into like Jesus is the source.
Like it was so salty that life couldn't live there. It's like, this is not like, it's a little on the nose, right? But the idea of it is that, is that, that living water is flowing into a dead sea and creating life in everything that touches. So if you think about it as Jesus, as the top of, of the diagram, Jesus, the true temple, um, and then flowing into like Jesus is the source.
And then the living water comes out of Jesus. So he's like the, the spring, the living water is coming out of Jesus. And Ezekiel's vision was that the river, uh, flowed from the temple. So in our eschatology, Jesus is the temple. Jesus is the cornerstone of the temple. That's the whole thing.
And then the living water comes out of Jesus. So he's like the, the spring, the living water is coming out of Jesus. And Ezekiel's vision was that the river, uh, flowed from the temple. So in our eschatology, Jesus is the temple. Jesus is the cornerstone of the temple. That's the whole thing.
And then the living water comes out of Jesus. So he's like the, the spring, the living water is coming out of Jesus. And Ezekiel's vision was that the river, uh, flowed from the temple. So in our eschatology, Jesus is the temple. Jesus is the cornerstone of the temple. That's the whole thing.
So when you read Ezekiel 47, the picture that we should be thinking about is not some physical temple in the brick and mortar, but it's Jesus himself as a cornerstone of the temple and then us too as living stones of that temple. So then John 7, 38, that out of his heart will flow Rivers of living water, then that goes into the Dead Sea, which is the symbolism for a desolation and death.
So when you read Ezekiel 47, the picture that we should be thinking about is not some physical temple in the brick and mortar, but it's Jesus himself as a cornerstone of the temple and then us too as living stones of that temple. So then John 7, 38, that out of his heart will flow Rivers of living water, then that goes into the Dead Sea, which is the symbolism for a desolation and death.
So when you read Ezekiel 47, the picture that we should be thinking about is not some physical temple in the brick and mortar, but it's Jesus himself as a cornerstone of the temple and then us too as living stones of that temple. So then John 7, 38, that out of his heart will flow Rivers of living water, then that goes into the Dead Sea, which is the symbolism for a desolation and death.
It's the transformation into a place of life. I mean, that's really what's being accomplished through the way that happens is the Holy Spirit. Well, how in the world am I going to be the source? of any life? Well, because you're connected with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
It's the transformation into a place of life. I mean, that's really what's being accomplished through the way that happens is the Holy Spirit. Well, how in the world am I going to be the source? of any life? Well, because you're connected with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
It's the transformation into a place of life. I mean, that's really what's being accomplished through the way that happens is the Holy Spirit. Well, how in the world am I going to be the source? of any life? Well, because you're connected with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
And when you were raised to live, when you were raised with Him, you were raised to live a new life, according to the Apostle Paul, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Acts chapter 2, and now the woman at the well, the spring will be in me, a well welling up to eternal life.
And when you were raised to live, when you were raised with Him, you were raised to live a new life, according to the Apostle Paul, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Acts chapter 2, and now the woman at the well, the spring will be in me, a well welling up to eternal life.
And when you were raised to live, when you were raised with Him, you were raised to live a new life, according to the Apostle Paul, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Acts chapter 2, and now the woman at the well, the spring will be in me, a well welling up to eternal life.
So the reason why life flows out of me as a living stone built on the cornerstone is because I have the spring in me, because Christ lives in me through the Holy Spirit. That's the picture, and that's a picture of life. Incredible power, by the way.
So the reason why life flows out of me as a living stone built on the cornerstone is because I have the spring in me, because Christ lives in me through the Holy Spirit. That's the picture, and that's a picture of life. Incredible power, by the way.