The Prophesied Spring River of Ezekiel, Joel, and Zechariah
The water will spring up to surface on the Temple Mount
Between the first and final earthquakes in Revelation!
June 16, 2011
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Revelation 6:12 – And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 16:18,19 – And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. [19] And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
The great earthquake of Revelation 16 is the great shaking of Joel 3 at the final battle of Armageddon. The earthquake puts the final touches on the spring flowing east from where the Temple once stood.
It is the spring of Joel 3:18, Ezekiel 47, and Zechariah 14.
Joel 3:14-18 – Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. [15] The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. [16] The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. [17] So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. [18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mount ains
shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, 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.
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.
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.
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Chapter 27 – God Forms a Spring on a Temple Mount
November 30, 2001
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.
Birth Pang Number 24 ended with the creation of the fault scarp shown in Figure 42 (click on Figures above). God has been creating thousands of fault scarps, just like this one, all across the earth since the dawn of creation.
Figure 42, in the lower right hand corner, pictures an extract, from a standard geological text, that shows a normal fault scarp. Please note that God has been using fault scarps for countless centuries to produce springs of water. The text states: “A fault line is sometimes indicated on the surface by a succession of springs which emerge along the line of displacement.” It w as not by accident God made a b
asic limestone formation as the first one thousand feet of rock strata under Jerusalem. Limestone is the perfect rock for the generation of beautiful, clear springs, when uplifting of limestone layers occurs.
When rain falls upon limestone it forms a weak, carbonic acid, which slowly eats away at the basic composition of limestone, so that the water permeates downward through the limestone. It is this process which eventually forms vast underground water reserves and streams on top of impermeable rock layers below the limestone. The topography of Jerusalem and its environs is one of permeable limestone over impermeable rock layers.
This karst type of landscape has produced a system of underground water reserves and streams. This system slopes downward from the middle ridge of the Judean Mountains eastward under the city of Jerusalem. It is the watershed zone for the springs in and around Jerusalem. The royal cistern of Solomon’s Temple, which now underlies the courtyard immediately to the north of the Dome of the Rock, is supplied by permeation and limestone springs.
This system is only a part of a vast underground water supply stretching north, west, and south of Jerusalem. Sorek Cave is located just fifteen miles west of Jerusalem within the Avshalom Reserve. Permeation of water downward has created this great limestone cave, and upon the floor of
this great cavern are pools of clear water. These types of underground water reservoirs exist all across the earth’s surface. Figure 43, from a geological text by Tarr shows the immergence of springs at the surface from underground reservoirs. In his text, New Physical Geology, Tarr states: “Water percolating through soluble rock, like limestone, dissolves the rock along joint planes and bedding planes. This often results in the formation of long, irregular, underground valleys, or caverns, such as the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. In such places much of the drainage is underground. There are large surface streams and few tributaries, the chief water supply coming from the springs that bring the cavern water to the surface.” There are numerous springs to the immediate south, west, and north of Jerusalem, as well as one under it, and another under the old city of David.
Figure 42 shows the exposed scarp (or bluff) generated by the lifting along the line through the Tyropoeon Valley. This lifted zone consists of layer after layer of permeable limestone, and at its base is a thick layer of impermeable flint and hard dolomite. When this layer of permeable limestone is lifted, its water zone, flowing above the flint and dolomite, will suddenly burst forward as a limestone spring just to the north of the Dome of the Rock. This is the spring of Ezekiel 47:1. Figure 44 shows the geological formation that will exist after the lifting. There will be a continuous feeding of meteorologically stored water into the system throughout the millennial reign of Christ. As rain falls upon uplifted western Jerusalem, and its Judean watershed, it will seep slowly downward through the limestone to constantly re-supply a great invisible reservoir perched above an impermeable layer of rock.
This is quoted from a standard earth science text, concerning this type of spring: “However, one type of hillside spring is likely to flow continuously. This is a spring formed at the zone of contact between permeable and impermeable rocks. Water filters down through the permeable rock and comes to the surface on a hill side when it meets the impermeable rock layer.” The Bible indicates Ezekiel’s spring will flow continuously throughout the millennial reign of Christ, and this is exactly what happens when strata, like that under Jerusalem, is lifted.
There are some commentaries that identify the waters found in Ezekiel 47 as “spiritual” waters, not literal waters. But this is not the case, for we are told in this chapter that: (1) the waters empty into a river, (2) the river empties into a salty sea, (3) the fresh water eventually removes most of the salt, and (4) fish will live in the freshened water.
I have great difficulty in accepting “spiritual” water that has “physical” fish living in it.
Once the spring has been formed, the remnant of Israelites, which God brought through the Tribulation Period, will see the spring where Solomon’s Temple once stood. They will take the blueprint narrative instructions, contained after chapter 39 in Ezekiel, and will build the Millennial Temple such that the waters will issue out “from under the threshold of the house eastward,” and such that they come “down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.”
Begin Excerpt from Red Orbit via the Israel News Net
Researchers Explore Stream-filled Cavern At Entrance To Jerusalem
Posted on: Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 08:44 CDT
Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have conducted an initial survey of what appears to be an important, ancient water source in a cave that was been discovered during excavation work for a new train station being constructed at the entrance to Jerusalem.
The work was done by members of the Cave Research Unit
of the university, headed by Prof. Amos Frumkin of the Department of Geography.
The cave was exposed near the base of a deep service shaft that was dug for the train tunnel leading into the new station, located opposite the main bus station in Jerusalem. The full length of the cave is as yet unexplored.
The cave is narrow and a few dozen meters high, forming an underground canyon. It contains an underground stream, flowing in a southeasterly direction. It is a type of karstic cave, which refers to an area of limestone in which dissolution has produced sinkholes, underground streams and caverns. Karstic caves are common mainly where the climate is wetter, such as Slovenia.
The length of the cave is believed to extend for several hundred meters, at least, though its true length will only be known after subsequent explorations. At a distance of some 200 meters from the service shaft, the Hebrew University cave explorers found a series of small waterfalls. Test ing of the water
in the cave, it is believed, can yield valuable information about potential pollution of the underground water supply in the Jerusalem area.
“This cave is the largest and most impressive of its type that has yet been found in Israel,” said Frumkin. He pointed out that the cave is situated in an area about which there is uncertainty regarding the direction of the flow of water in the mountain aquifer, and this cave can assist in achieving a better understanding of that phenomenon.
Frumkin cited the law that requires preservation of the cave for future generations, but said that this should be feasible for the most part without harming the work on the construction of the new train station.
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