Ezekiel 47:1
“Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.”
King James Version
Waters issuing from under the threshold, deepening as they run until they heal the sea — taken up in Revelation's river of life.
Fulfillment References
Revelation 22:1-2 Zechariah 14:8 John 7:37-39
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishThe Millennial temple from which life-giving water flows — still future.
CatholicTypologically fulfilled in the Spirit flowing from Christ; fully in Revelation 22.
ProtestantRevelation 22:1-2 draws directly on this imagery for the New Jerusalem.
DispensationalLiteral river from the Millennial temple in Jerusalem healing the Dead Sea.
AcademicPart of Ezekiel's utopian temple vision (chapters 40-48).
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