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River of the Water of Life
The river of the water of life is the clear river in Revelation 22 that flows from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the New Jerusalem. Drawing on the river of Eden and the river of Ezekiel's temple vision, it serves as an image of the life that God gives.
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- River of the Water of LifeBible
The river of the water of life is the river described in Revelation 22 as flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb and watering the New Jerusalem. Together with Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 47 of a river flowing from the temple, it is read as a symbol of the life that God gives.
- Water of LifeBible
The water of life is a biblical expression that likens the life God gives to water. In the book of Revelation it is depicted as a river flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb in the New Jerusalem.
- Revelation 22Bible
Revelation 22 is the final chapter of the Book of Revelation and of the entire Bible. It opens with a vision of the river of the water of life and the tree of life in the New Jerusalem, and it closes the book with the promise "Surely I come quickly" and the response "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
- Ezekiel 47Bible
A chapter in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple in which water flowing from beneath the temple threshold grows into an ever-deepening river that brings life to the land and the sea. The chapter then sets the boundaries of the land to be divided among the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Living WaterBible
Living water is a biblical expression for "water that is alive," that is, water that springs up and flows from a source. It represents the life and salvation God bestows, as well as the eternal life and the Holy Spirit that Jesus gives.
- Psalm 1:3–6Bible Verses
The second half of Psalm 1 contrasts the ends of two ways. It likens the righteous person who delights in the law to a tree planted by the rivers of water, and the wicked to chaff driven away by the wind. Psalms 1 and 2 are widely regarded as the introduction to the whole Psalter, and this passage is frequently quoted and discussed, particularly regarding the meaning of "prosper."
- Gihon RiverBible
The Gihon River is the second of the four rivers described in Genesis 2 as flowing out of Eden and parting into four heads. Scripture records that it "compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia" (Cush). Interpreters hold several views on which present-day river it corresponds to.
- The Floating Axe HeadBible
The floating axe head is a miracle recorded in 2 Kings 6:1-7, in which Elisha caused a borrowed iron axe head that had fallen into the Jordan River to float to the surface after he threw a stick into the water.
- PishonBible
The Pishon is the first of the four rivers formed when the river that watered the Garden of Eden divided, as described in Genesis 2. Scripture records that it flows around the land of Havilah, where gold, bdellium, and onyx are found.
- Joshua 3Bible
Joshua 3 records the Israelites crossing the Jordan River behind the priests who bore the Ark of the Covenant. When the priests' feet were dipped in the water, the flowing river stopped, and the people crossed over on dry ground.
- King's HighwayBible
The King's Highway is the road the Israelites under Moses named when they asked Edom and Sihon king of the Amorites for permission to pass through their lands. It is known as an ancient trade route running north and south across the plateau east of the Jordan River.
- John the BaptistPeople
John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who came before Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.
- King's HighwayBible
The King's Highway was an ancient trade route running north and south across the plateau east of the Jordan River. In the Book of Numbers, it is the road Moses named when he asked Edom and Sihon king of the Amorites for permission to pass through, promising to travel only along that way.
- ArmageddonBible
Armageddon is a place name that appears only once in Scripture, in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the place where the kings opposed to God gather in the last days for "the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
- WadiBible
A wadi is a valley watercourse that flows only during the rainy season and lies dry during the dry season. The term, of Arabic origin, is used in biblical commentary to describe the landform the Hebrew Bible calls a nahal.
- Joshua 4Bible
Joshua 4 records how, after Israel crossed the Jordan River, twelve men, one chosen from each tribe, carried twelve stones from the middle of the river and set them up at Gilgal as a memorial.
- Mount AbarimBible
Mount Abarim is a mountain range in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, where Moses went up before his death to view the land of Canaan. Mount Nebo is described as one of the peaks of this range.
- Jezreel ValleyBible
The Jezreel Valley is a broad plain in northern Israel between the hill country of Galilee and the hill country of Samaria. It is the setting for the stories of Gideon, Saul, Ahab, and Jehu, and in the Book of Hosea it becomes a symbol of both judgment and restoration.
- Exodus 7Bible
Exodus 7 is the chapter in which Moses and Aaron perform the sign of turning a rod into a serpent before Pharaoh and in which the first plague occurs, as the waters of the Nile ("the river") are turned to blood.