Written 9/10/21
Yesterday the Lord showed me the meaning of trees. Today I will see how rivers run through the scripture. The scripture says, “A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters (or branches).” Genesis 2:10 Scripture tells us the names of the branches, but it does not name where the water flows from - the main source of life. But it does say, "the river that waters the garden." "the river that flows from Eden." The Word of God is everywhere throughout creation! Listen to this - “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb” Revelation 22:1 This is the river that always gives hope! This is the river that quenches all that is dried up. Jesus said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” John 7:37-38 Moses tells us the names of the headwaters. “The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah (Southwest Arabia) where there is gold. The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush, from Egypt to Ethiopia. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur, also known as Northern Iraq. And the fourth river is the Euphrates - but no location is given to it. Why is there no location assigned to the Euphrates? Everyone knows it’s the longest river in Western Asia. It starts in Turkey, part of Javan, that also contained Greece, and runs through the great city of Babylon in Iraq, and then empties into the Persian Gulf. The Euphrates River is not a place I want to be when the Day of the Lord finally comes. Much is foretold about this river in the revelation of Jesus’s return according to John: “Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Revelation 9:14 And from the Euphrates, “the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury. The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.” Revelation 9:15-21 “The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs." For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of Almighty God. “Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!” Revelation 16:12-15 Now, I know that all of this can sound really scary, and many of you might be afraid - but this is part of understanding what is heavenly. To understand scripture and have a healthy perspective of God we must understand who He is and who we are. The physical world that we see all around, will one day shrivel up and die. Just like the barren fig tree! But in its place will be a new earth and a new Heaven for us live eternally. Imagine how beautiful it will be when Eden is restored. “On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 22:2-5
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