What Are "Living Waters" In The Bible?

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What Are "Living Waters" In The Bible?

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What Are "Living Waters" In The Bible?

In short, "Living Waters" in the bible represents Divine Truth for us today, as well in the past, even during Jesus' day. To be sure the encounter that Jesus had with the Samaritan woman at the well revealed this truth. At John 4:10 we read:

"In answer Jesus said to her: If you had known the free gift of God and who it is that says to you, Give me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you LIVING WATER."

Yes, the message that Jesus taught, his teachings of Divine Truth, did indeed represent "Living Water" from Jehovah God, as its source. Jesus further said about this "Living Water" itself that it was "free" for the asking. This reminds us of the Theme Text of this website itself, that of Revelation 22:17 which says:

"And the spirit and the bride keep on saying: "Come!" And let anyone hearing say: "Come!" And let anyone thirsting come; let anyone that wishes take life's water free."

As mentioned above, even in our day, God's "Living Waters" are again, going to be offered to obedient mankind as a source of spiritual refreshment. But this time, on a even GRANDER SCALE. Yes, this will occur when "many nations" and "many peoples" from all around the world, are once again allowed an opportunity to "stream to the Mountain of Jehovah," and partake of this special "Living Water" that heals ones spiritually. Of course, this will occur only after modern day Israel have been "disciplined" by God's Own Hand, and later "restored" from apostasy against God . (Jeremiah 23:19, 20; Micah 4:6, 7; Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 2:2-4; Micah 4:1-4) Ezekiel 20:38 shows that Israel, namely Jehovah's Witnesses as a people and nation worldwide, are filthy and full of "revolters" and "transgressors" against Jehovah. Therefore this people, Jehovah's Witnesses and the entire organization thereof, some 6 million strong, must be "cleaned out" from before Jehovah's face, before "Living Waters" are offered to all obedient humanity in fulfillment of God's Promise to Abraham. -- Genesis 22:18

Therefore, this grand offer will, like in Jesus' day, once again be offered as a "free" gesture and made openly available to all obedient mankind, from God Himself, using his "Servant." This happened in Jesus day, and it will happen again in our day. (See Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6.) We remember, the inspired account says the "Spirit" and the "Bride" will take the lead in offering "Living Waters" freely at Revelation 22:17. Also, this thought is backed up by the prophetic words of Ezekiel 47th chapter, verses 1-12, where it is shown that a temple of God in the 'last days," would become the point of origin where these "Living Waters" would flow. This Temple Arrangement, has been blessed eternally, with the very Presence of God Almighty, everlastingly, as shown at Ezekiel 48:35. -- See also Ezekiel 43:1-7; Revelation 22:1-5.

Back in the first century we remember, Jesus made one fine point about these "Living Waters" to the Samaritan woman at the well, by saying:

"In answer Jesus said to her: Everyone drinking from this water will get thirsty again. Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty at all, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water bubbling up to impart everlasting life." -- John 4:13, 14

Clearly these Divine Truths or "Living Waters" that Jesus taught, would satisfy a person on a permanent basis, and quench their thirst for everlasting "Truth" from God himself. Therefore after receiving Divine Truth, this person would receive "everlasting life" as one who fully demonstrated to God's full satisfaction, that he truly appreciated sacred things, and that he highly valued them above all other things. Such a genuine "truth-seeker" then becomes one who puts Divine Truth, first in his life, and receives the Divine, healing "water" that can give one "life," everlasting life from the hand of Jehovah God, our Life-Giver.

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"All GREAT TRUTHS begin as blasphemies."
-- George Bernard Shaw
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