Water trickles out of the temple, but as it flows, it gets deeper. That water brings life and health to all it touches, salts the earth, produces many fish, and abundant fruit. Every image of this vision is used by New Testament authors to describe the destiny that awaits the righteous. The fact that the water comes from the temple implies that all of these new earth realities flow from the presence of God. The sea represents the nations, the target of the flow. Jesus said that that water will flow from the heart of believers (John 7:38). The life, abundance and healing begins today. Its full realization will be at the coming of Christ.
LORD, may your life, love and healing flow through us, to the nations.
Ezekiel 47:1-12