RTW 2023

In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.

Ezekiel 47:1

The river

• Life, healing, and salvation can only be found in God.
  The river comes from the Temple, not the government or the marketplace.

• The gospel gains momentum as it leaves the church.
  The river started as drip then got deeper, wider, and went further as it left the Temple.

• The dead is brought to life, the impure are made pure, and life flourishes with this water.
  The river flowed directly into the Dead Sea and the sea was purified and sea-life became bountiful.

“The water was flowing, it was moving not like that of a pond. The Holy Spirit-the living water is flowing and moving to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.  The living water is in us we receive it when we believe in him, trusting him as our savior.  The water wells up within us, reach others with the gospel of Christ.” – Matthew Henry

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About linen

The purpose of the linen was so they would not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat. God wanted His priests (ancient and modern, literal and spiritual) to serve Him in the peace and rest of the Spirit, not the sweat of human effort apart from God.
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“The linen not only depicted purity by its whiteness, but its coolness kept the priests from perspiring and thereby becoming unclean.” – Ralph Alexander

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Keep the river of life flowing in me.