Ezekiel 47:1, 6b-12 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple; there, water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar.… ^6bThen he led me back along the bank of the river.⁷As I came back, I saw on the bank of the river a great many trees on the one side and on the other.⁸He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah; and when it enters the sea, the sea of stagnant waters, the water will become fresh.⁹Wherever the river goes,every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish, once these waters reach there. It will become fresh; and everything will live where the river goes.¹⁰People will stand fishing beside the sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim; it will be a place for the spreading of nets; its fish will be of a great many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.¹¹But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.¹²On the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”
The River of God
Last in a Series, “These Bones Shall Live!”

1) Restoring Eden

2) What is our part?
· Connect to the Source
· Lead people to the river
· Show the world the fruit
· Touch the wounds with leaves
Key Verse for the Week
Wherever the river goes,every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish, once these waters reach there. It will become fresh; and everything will live where the river goes. – Ezekiel 47:9
Questions for Conversation and Reflection
Why do you come to church? Where have you seen the river bring life, or transformation, or healing?