WHILE REVELATION IS USUALLY SEEN AS A BOOK THAT IS ALL ABOUT ENDINGS, IN FACT IT IS A BOOK ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT A NEW UNIVERSE AND EARTH WILL BE CREATED BY YAHUSHA, RIGHT AFTER THE OLD UNIVERSE AND EARTH IS FRACKLED UP BY THE SHEER COSMIC MAGNITUDE OF HIS PERFECT PRESENCE. AND LAST SESSION WE SAW THE NEW JERUSALEM (CITY OF PEACE) DESCENDING ONTO THIS NEW CREATION AS IT’S CAPITAL CITY, MARRIAGE HOME AND BRIDE. TODAY WE GO EVEN CLOSER INSIDE THIS MAGNIFICENT ROYAL CITY, BEHIND THE CURTAIN (SO TO SPEAK) AND REALLY SEE HOW THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THIS NEW DIVINE ETERNAL COMMONWEALTH WILL EXIST AND OPERATE.
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1Then the Angel showed me the River of Living Water, clear as crystal that flows from the throne of Alahim and the Lamb.
WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS RIVER FLOWING FROM YAHUSHA?
YAHUSHA'S RIVER IS THE ULTIMATE OF ALL RIVER SHADOWS:
1. The river in Eden that parted into four other rivers to water the entire earth.
2. The River flowing from the Altar of Yahuah in Ezekiel's vision.
3. The river flowing from Yahuah in David's Psalm :
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4There is a river whose streams bring happiness to Yahuah's city, to the set-apart city of Yahuah Most High. 5Yahuah is in that city, so it will never be moved or destroyed. He is there to help even before sunrise. 6Nations will shake with fear and kingdoms will fall when Yahuah's voice thunders forth and the earth melts away.
THE EARTH FRACKLES AWAY - MOUNTAINS DISAPPEAR INTO THE OCEANS - A RIVER FLOWS FROM THE CITY OF YAHUSHA WHERE HE LIVES - THE EARTH MELTS. YAHUSHA BRINGS AN END TO WARS, AND YAHUSHA-IS-WITH-US. SO WE CAN SEE (JUST FROM THIS PSALM) THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ETERNAL ERA WAS LONG EXPECTED IN HEBREW CULTURE, THEY WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING NEW - WHY CAN'T WE ??
4. In John 7 the River is a symbol of Yahusha's divine Spirit : “Whoever is thirsty may come to Me and drink.38If anyone believes in Me, rivers of living water will gush out from their heart. Yahusha was talking about His Spirit which had not yet been given to people, because He hadn't yet been raised to esteem. But later, those who believed in Yahusha would receive His divine Spirit within them".
5. In Zech 14 the redeemed eternally drink of the spiritual, eternal and life-giving waters of His Spirit.
6. The river in Ezekiel's Temple measured 4000 cubits, bringing Ezekiel to a river which could not be passed over, but a river to swim in. From the first Hebrew Abram to the coming of Yahusha there is around 4000 years of human history, where His river is working and increasing in flow, maturing the Bride for the ultimate River of Yahusha's Love.
7. In John 4 Yahusha tells Nicodemus that unless a person is born of this life-giving water and spiritual seed they will never see or understand the Kingdom of Alahim. Water is the symbol of life — It is living water, life-giving water, moving and ever-fresh. There is nothing stale or stagnant about the Spirit of Yahusha!
Note again that it is, like the city, "Crystal Clear". The city, the street, the gold, the river and the delivered redeemed Bride — are all crystal clear before Yahusha!
THE OLD COVENANT USAGE OF WATER MIKVAHS AND CEREMONIAL WASHINGS AS A CLEANSING AGENT WAS ONLY SYMBOLIC OF THE TRUE LIVING WATER: AN AMAZING WORK THAT YAHUSHA DOES SPIRITUALLY WITHIN A PERSON. THE WATER ITSELF HAD NO MAGICAL POWER TO REMOVE DEFILEMENT; RATHER IT WAS SINCERE REPENTANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO YAHUSHA'S WORDS REGARDING THE MEANS HE PROVIDED TO CLEANSE - THIS CASE - SPIRIT AND FIRE. THEREFORE THE WATER FLOWING FROM YAHUSHA'S THRONE REPRESENTS THE ETERNALLY CONTINUING FLOW OF PURIFICATION THAT EMITS FROM THE DIVINE THRONE THROUGH THE INCORRUPTIBLE SEED SOWN IN IS. WATER IS NO LONGER USED IN A RITUAL WAY TO PURIFY ANYONE OR ANYTHING, BECAUSE THE NEW COVENANT WASHING WILL BE IN AN ETERNALLY PURE STATE AND DEFILEMENT ONLY A THING OF THE PAST ... FOR A SMALL CHOSEN FEW.
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THE BAPTISM REQUIRED IS NO LONGER H2O WATER FOR THAT WAS MERELY A CEREMONIAL SHADOW OF THE TRUE SPIRITUAL BAPTISM THAT YAHUSHA POURS OUT ON HIS GENUINE CANDIDATES FOR ETERNAL LIFE - THE SEED OF HIS KINGDOM WITHIN - IN ORDER TO LITERALLY TRANSFORM US INTO A DIFFERENT NEW CREATION WITH CLEAN, RIGHTEOUS BEHAVIOUR THRU SPIRIT AND FIRE BAPTISM !
1Then the Angel showed me the River of Living Water, clear as crystal that flows from the throne of Alahim and the Lamb. 2This River flows down the middle of the street of the city and the Tree of Life is on each side of the River, producing fruit every month (12 times a year). And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
HEALING IN HEBREW: REMEDY, ALLEVIATION, DELIVERANCE, SERVICE, UPKEEP, YIELDING !
THE TREE OF LIFE THAT FIRST MADE ITS APPEARANCE IN THE GENESIS CREATION STORY IS BACK. THE TREE OF LIFE HAD THE PROPERTY OF GIVING ANYONE WHO ATE ITS FRUIT ETERNAL LIFE. BECAUSE ADAM AND EVE SINNED BY BELIEVING THE SERPENT OVER ALAHIM, AND THEN EATING FROM THE TREE OF UNDERSTANDING GOOD AND EVIL, ALAHIM BANNED THEM FROM EATING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE. SO THE POTENTIAL FOR NEVER DYING GAVE WAY TO THE CERTAINTY THAT ADAM AND EVE WOULD PERISH. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE CONDITION OF MANKIND EVER SINCE.
BUT UPON THE NEW EARTH, THE TREE OF LIFE WILL RETURN, BE MADE ACCESSIBLE, AND ALL MAY EAT FREELY FROM IT BECAUSE ETERNAL LIFE IS THEIRS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER QUALIFICATION.
LOOK HOW THE NUMBER 12 AGAIN MAKES ITS APPEARANCE, FOR THIS SAME TREE WILL PRODUCE 12 DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUIT, EACH AVAILABLE FOR 1 MONTH, AND SO REPEATING IN A PERPETUAL YEARLY CYCLE FOREVER. SO THIS TREE OF LIFE AND THE 12 FRUITS SYMBOLISE YAHUSHA AND HIS BRIDE. 12 USUALLY REPRESENTS YAHUSHA'S PERFECT GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. BUT WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT USE OF THE NUMBER 12 IN THE SCRIPTURE HAS TO DO WITH THE 12 TRIBES, WHO WERE ONCE LITERALLY, BUT NOW MERELY A BEHAVIOURAL SHADOW OF YAHUSHA’S BRIDE. AND ALL THROUGHOUT REVELATION WE FIND SCATTERED USES OF THE NUMBER 12 AND THEY INVARIABLY HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THESE 12 TRIBES.
This tree of life proves that there's a completely NEW re-creation (CREATING ANEW) of all that was lost in Eden's Paradise through Adam and Eve.
The Tree of Life in Eden's Garden was forfeited by sin, but the Tree of Life in the city of Yahusha is for the overcomer. The Tree of Life is always connected with the River of living water. Our Master Yahusha >>THE WORD<< is the TREE OF LIFE and the healing power of His loving Spirit in the RIVER OF LIFE. Feeding on Him, by His Spirit, WALKING ON HIS WORD and His precious fruit provides that Eternal Life. He invites all to eat and drink of Him and find Eternal Life. He Himself (physically & spiritually) is the Tree of Life and the River of Life. In this New Creation there is no flaming sword or cherubim to guard the way to the Tree of Life or the River of Life.
THE NARROW VEIN IS THE TREE OF LIFE
AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE AND NOW TO THOSE WHO WILL PICK UP THEIR STAKES AND FOLLOW YAHUSHA TO THEIR DEATH THRU HIS SPIRIT & FIRE!
So Paradise was both experienced and lost in Genesis, then Paradise was Promised to the thief on the torture stake next to Yahusha, then Paradise was envisioned by Paul (IN 2Cor 12), and now we finally see Paradise created anew.
It is because Yahusha travelled/transitioned through "the cherubim and sword" that He has made the way back to Eden's Paradise, and made possible the Tree of Eternal Life for all who trust Him to follow Him through the vein. YAHUSHA IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE, FOR ALL ACCESS AND LIFE THAT WAS LOST IN ADAM. Mankind lost "the way" to the Tree of Life, they lost "the truth" and believed the lie, and they lost "the life" when they lost access to the Tree and Water of Life. Yahusha came to be ALL that we lost in Adam. We also notice in the book of Acts that Yahusha's people were called the `Followers of the way.' There's only one way to become spiritual!
WHY WOULD THE LEAVES OF THE TREES BE FOR HEALING THE NATIONS, IF THERE IS NO MORE SIN OR DEATH OR DISEASE (OR UNBELIEVING NATIONS)? AS WE SAW, THE WORD 'HEALING' ALSO MEANS REMEDY, ALLEVIATION, DELIVERANCE, SERVICE, UPKEEP, YIELDING ! SO THE LEAVES OF THE TREE OF LIFE SYMBOLISE COMPLETE DEPENDANCE ON YAHUSHA ALAHIM THE LAMB FOR ETERNAL LIFE. FOR ADAM AND HIS WIFE IT MEANT EATING OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH MAINTAINED THEIR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND LIFE. THIS IS THE TRUTH HERE ALSO. YAHUSHA ATE AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, YET HE HAD A FIRSTFRUIT, ESTEEMED AND RESURRECTED BODY. HE WAS LIVING IN THE POWER OF AN ENDLESS LIFE AS A NEW CREATURE AND SO IT WILL BE WITH HIS BRIDE ... FOREVER !
When Does This Endless Life Begin
As a New Creature?
REMEMBER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NOT JUST A PLACE, BUT A SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF DELIVERANCE MANIFESTED THROUGH HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. WHEN ONE REPENTS OF SINNING AND TRUSTS IN YAHUSHA ALAHIM, THEN THEY ENTER THE NARROW GATE AND RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF HIS SPIRIT. AND AS A RESULT THE INCORRUPTIBLE SEED OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN NOW LIVES WITHIN THEM AND AS THEY OVERCOME THE SPIRIT IN THEIR FLESH THEY PARTAKE MORE AND MORE OF THE TREE AND WATER OF LIFE.
THROUGH REPENTANCE WE COME TO YAHUSHA ALAHIM AND ARE BORN ANEW, GIVEN A NEW HEART AND SPIRIT AND THE INCORRUPTIBLE SEED OF ETERNAL LIFE IS SOWN INTO US, OPENING A PORTAL OF DIRECT ACCESS TO THE THRONEROOM OF YAHUSHA HIMSELF. AT THIS POINT (WHETHER WE REALISED IT FULLY OR NOT) OUR PROCESS OF DELIVERANCE AND TRANSFORMATION BEGINS - PLACING US ONTO A NARROW VEIN PATHWAY FOR ETERNAL LIFE ... AND YAHUSHA PROMISES TO FINISH THE WORK HE STARTED, BUT WE MUST BE CO-OPERATIVE TO WILLINGLY, ZEALOUSLY BE TRANSFORMED AND CHANGE ALL ASPECTS OF OUR OLD-LIFE HABITS AND BEHAVIOURS WHEN PROMPTED BY YAHUSHA, FOR THIS REVEALS THE SPIRIT THAT STILL LIVES IN AND INFLUENCES OUR FLESH. YAHUSHA'S BAPTISM OF FIRE DELIVERS US FROM THIS CORRUPTION, ALLOWING US TO FULLY TASTE AND SEE HIM CLEARLY AND DRINK.
ARE YOU LIVING AND BEHAVING LIKE A NEW CREATURE WITH ETERNAL LIFE SOWN INSIDE ? WAITING WITH ALL EXPECTATION AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE ROYAL NEW CITY THAT'S COMING?
ARE YOU CHECKING EVERY THOUGHT AT THE GATES IF OUR MIND AND HUNGERING/THIRSTING FOR YAHUSHA'S RIGHTEOUSNESS IN EVERY THOUGHT & BEHAVIOUR? IF YOU DO, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A PEACE, A HEALING AND YAHUSHA'S ROYAL LAWS OF LOVE WLL FLOW THROUGH YOU. WE WILL TASTE THE `CUP OVERFLOWING' OF YAHUSHA'S REAL, ACTUAL, LITERAL (YET SPIRITUAL), INTOXICATING
LOVE... WILL YOU DIVE IN?
