#14 - Ezek. 47:1-12: The Miraculous Stream Already Fulfilled
Ezekiel's Miraculous Stream For those that have studied their Bibles, Ezekiel's mention of a miraculous stream is famous among ancient prophetic utterances and it is found in Ezekiel 47:1-12. Students have come to identify two major miracles to be taking place in Ezekiel's vision here: (1) that what began as only a trickle from the temple in verse 2 uncommonly becomes a "river that could not be forded" in verse 5, and (2) that this river from the temple flows into the Dead Sea, the saltiest body of water on earth, and turns it into fresh water. Those who hold to a future view of Ezekiel's temple vision find these two miracles to be proof that the temple in Ezekiel is yet future due to the belief that these two miracles have yet to take place in past temple scenarios. They imply that these two miracles would have been mentioned in history if they had indeed taken place, to this I would agree if this is what Ezekiel is stating. Still, is this what Ezekiel is ac...