Reading for May 18th

Read Ezekiel 47.1-12
Once the Temple is reestablished, water streams up from below the threshold of the
temple to the east to water the land of Israel.
This indicates the role of the Temple as the center of creation
(the Garden of Eden, Gen 2.10-14; Ps 46.4).
The course of the water reflects that of the Gihon spring (compare the Edenic river,
Gen 2.10, 13), and emerges east of the city of David where its waters flow south into the
Siloam pool (see 1 Kings 1.32-40; Isa 7.3; 2 Chr 32.4).
The water flows into the Jordan Valley and eventually into the Arabah (the Jordan rift where the Dead Sea is located) to transform the waters of the Dead Sea into fresh water that supports fish and fruit trees (see Gen 2.1-14).
Comments or Questions...