James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 47:1-11
THE RIVER OF LIFE Ezekiel 47:1-1 Kings : To Ezekiel the river meant the blessings of Messiah’s reign. The last page of the Apocalypse tells of the river of water of life that proceeds from the throne of God and of the Lamb. We have fuller knowledge of Ezekiel’s vision than he had. I. The first point to note is the source of the river.—It flowed out from beneath the Temple gate. It is from His presence that all blessings for a thirsty, sin-blasted humanity are to flow. We can take a further,... read more
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 47:1-23
Again Ezekiel was taken to the door of the house, and there beheld the wonderful symbolic river. Its source was the sanctuary. It proceeded under the threshold, and past the altar, and outward in an eastward course, a steadily growing stream. A thousand cubits beyond the place of its emergence it was ankle deep, a thousand farther it reached the knees, a thousand farther the loins were covered, and a thousand farther it became, in the stately language of the prophet, "a river that I could not... read more