Ezekiel 47:6-9 -- On the Healing Waters of Christ

"And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh."
Ezekiel 47:6-9


The river it is talking about here is one of the signs of the Second Coming, and it flows directly from the temple to heal the Dead Sea, and perhaps more than that, since one of the scriptural predictions for the last days is that as a result of the second and third "vials of the wrath of God" being poured out, "every living soul died in the sea" and the rivers and fountains "became blood" (Revelation 16:1-4). In a context like that, these waters are not just a symbol of Christ as the living waters, but a very literal manifestation of life and hope after calamitous change and tragedy. It is Christ spiritually *and* physically healing the land and the people, just as he did during his mortal ministry, but this time he gets to stay. :)

Today, let's remember that Christ heals us, spiritually and physically, and delivers us from despair and from physical need. Baptism is a healing water which brings us to him, but the waters continue as we encounter other struggles and need repentance and healing. Let us look to Christ for that life and healing (and multitudes of fish as needed). As we trust in God and exercise our faith to act on that trust, to ask for what we need and work for God's purposes, we will be surrounded by the healing waters, and he will lead us beside the still waters, and restore our souls (Psalms 23:2-3). :)