June 28, 2026 - A Vision for God's People

Scripture Passage: Ezekiel 47:1-12

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A Vision for God's People
The Bible is a vision and is full of visions

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In case you haven't read through Ezekiel lately.
40-48 detailed temple vision
43 Glory of God enters

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The all important entrance
The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple,

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If water is running under your door....
  and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east

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Growing Water
2... the water was trickling ....
3 ... water that was ankle-deep. 4 ... water that was knee-deep ...water that was up to the waist. 5...the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.

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How you know it is a vision
 6 He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?”

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The Dead Sea is really dead
8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,[b] where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh.

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Where else is this language?
  9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. ... so where the river flows everything will live. 10... The fish will be of many kinds—... 12 Fruit trees of all kinds

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Does this sound familiar?
12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, .... Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”

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So... a cool image of unusual water
that connects the Bible from head to toe.
Is there more to this?

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The heart of the story
12 ...because the water from the sanctuary flows to them

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Jesus had the vision
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit,

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You are the temple.
The Spirit flows from you.
A growing gift of life.
See it.