Zechariah 14:8

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and winter shall it be."

Here we are on safe ground. Christ only is the source of "living water" as he himself stated in John 7:37-39, where the Holy Spirit which the Father would send was firmly identified as "the living water." That Spirit came on Pentecost, making "that day" here to be nothing other than the times of the Christ, our present era, the Christian dispensation.

"Eastern sea ... western sea ..." These are symbolical references to the universal, worldwide sweep of the Christian religion.

"In summer and winter ..." There shall never be any cessation of the preaching of Christ and the benefits of serving him. As Paul said to Timothy, "Be urgent in season and out of season" (2 Timothy 4:2).

Robert C. Dentan's comment that, "The provision of an adequate supply of water in a land in which the water supply was a chief problem,"[21] is connected with what is mentioned here is amazing. The physical water supply of any country cannot be indicated by an expression such as "living water." Jesus' conversation with the woman at the well (John 4) made that eternally clear.