BIRTH PANG NUMBER 28
June 6, 2010
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GOD WILL MAKE GREAT HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES DURING A
GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD OF GEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE HOLY LAND!
Isaiah 41:17-20 – When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake
them. [18] I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
[19] I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: [20] That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Chapter 30 – God Splits a River
December 21, 2001
Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Ezekiel 47:8,9 – Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. [9] And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Joel 3:18B – And all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
In order to determine the time of “in that day” given in Zechariah 14:8, it is necessary to examine 14:9. Verse nine clearly identifies “in that day” as the time when Jesus Christ will be king over all the earth, a period of time known as the millennial reign of
Christ. However, in order for Jerusalem and Israel to be as verse eight describes, it is obvious that fantastic geological changes must first occur in the existing topographical structure.
These drastic land mass shifts will occur during the last part of the Tribulation Period, as outlined in verses 4 and 10 of Zechariah 14 and in numerous other Scriptures exposited previously in the Birth Pang Updates.
What are “living waters?” They are simply waters that support organic aquatic life.
Zechariah advises us in verse eight that water, with the capacity to support aquatic life forms, will go out from Jerusalem.
This water is the water from Ezekiel’s spring (See Birth Pang Number 25). We are advised that half of the waters go toward the Dead Sea (Former Sea) and the rest flow toward the Mediterranean Sea (Hinder Sea). We also are informed that the water will be a continual stream that does not dry up between the two rainy seasons (most of the interior streams in Israel are dry creek beds a large part of the year). To an oriental mind, “in summer and in winter shall it be,” means a perpetual flow of life supporting water. The typical limestone spring, which is generated by permeable rock over impermeable rock in a lifted fault scarp, flows the year round.
The prophet Joel indicates a fountain (spring) will come from the Millennial Temple of the Lord, and will water the valley of Shittim. The valley of Shittim was located in the general area of Nebi Musa and Khirbat Qumran, the extreme northwestern tip of the Dead Sea.
The springs of Zechariah, Ezekiel, and Joel are all one and the same, and Figure 47 (See Birth Pang Figures Above) portrays their path from source to seas.
I really do not believe the new Dead Sea will look anything like what Figure 47 pictures, nor will the Sea of Galilee. However, I h ave left them
as they are today for a point of reference familiar to Bible students as old landmarks. The massive upheaval of the entire Jordan Valley, and the horrifying creation of a flood basalt plain will leave in its wake a river system almost totally unrecognizable from current geography.