Trees surrounding the river bore fruit for food and leaves for healing. Healing is associated with the River of Life.Įzekiel also had a vision of a River with life-giving properties flowing out from the temple, after God’s glorious Presence had returned there. It is the final page of Scripture, and we again see God’s heart for nations and peoples. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” (Rev 22:2) In the last chapter of the Bible, we read of the river of life flowing from the throne of God: “ On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. The Bible begins with an earthly Eden and an earthly river and ends with a Heavenly Eden and a Heavenly river.

(Gen 2:10-14) In this way, our Father prepared a means of sustenance and life to nations and peoples before they were even in existence. This river separated into four headwaters, sending out life-giving waters through the land. A river flowed out of the Garden of Eden, the place where God communed with Adam and Eve. To this day, when my husband Malcolm and I are driving through the countryside on our way to minister in a church, we have an urge to call out “River!” when we pass by a river (and sometimes do!) 6 Biblical Insights About the River of Life 1. Our theme for that particular trip was “River to the Nations” and for fun, whenever we passed by or crossed over a river during the long hours of traveling, we would all shout “River!” We were traveling with our two children, then aged 8 and 5 years old.

I have fond memories of a ministry trip that we did as a family through the South Island of New Zealand in 1998.

If you are feeling dry today, or long to see fruitfulness in your life again, the River of God-the Holy Spirit-can flow once more through your life.

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