Eze 47:1
47:1 Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house;
     and, behold, {a} waters issued out from under the threshold
     of the house eastward: for the front of the house [stood
     toward] the east, and the waters came down from under from
     the right side of the house, at the south [side] of the
     altar.

     (a) By which are meant the spiritual graces that would be
         given to the Church under the kingdom of Christ.

Eze 47:5
47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that
     I could not pass over: for the waters had risen, waters to
     swim in, a {b} river that could not be passed over.

     (b) Signifying that the graces of God would never decrease,
         but ever abound in his Church.

Eze 47:7
47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river
     [were] very many {c} trees on the one side and on the
     other.

     (c) Meaning, the multitude of them that would be refreshed
         by the spiritual waters.

Eze 47:8
47:8 Then said he to me, These waters issue out toward the east
     country, and go down into the desert, and go into the {d}
     sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters
     shall be healed.

     (d) Showing that the abundance of these graces would be so
         great, that all the world would be full of it, which is
         here meant by the Persian sea, or Genezareth, and the
         sea called Mediterranean, @Zec 14:8.

Eze 47:9
47:9 And it shall come to pass, [that] every thing that liveth,
     which moveth, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live:
     and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because
     these waters shall come there: for they shall be {e}
     healed; and every thing shall live where the river cometh.

     (e) The waters which by nature are salt and unwholesome will
         be made sweet and comfortable.

Eze 47:10
47:10 And it shall come to pass, [that] the {f} fishermen shall
      stand upon it from Engedi even to {g} Eneglaim; they shall
      be a [place] to spread forth nets; their fish shall be
      according to their kinds, as the fish of {h} the great
      sea, very many.

      (f) Signifying that when God bestows his mercies in such
          abundance the ministers will by their preaching win
          many.
      (g) Which were cities at the corners of the salt or dead
          sea.
      (h) They will be here of all sorts and in as great
          abundance as in the great ocean where they are bred.

Eze 47:11
47:11 But {i} its miry places and its marshes shall not be
      healed; they shall be given to salt.

      (i) That is, the wicked and reprobate.

Eze 47:15
47:15 And this [shall be] the border {k} of the land toward the
      north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men
      go to Zedad;

      (k) By the land of promise he signifies the spiritual land
          of which this was a figure.

Eze 47:22
47:22 And it shall come to pass, [that] ye shall divide it by
      lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that
      sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you:
      and they shall be to you as born in the country among the
      children of Israel; {l} they shall have inheritance with
      you among the tribes of Israel.

      (l) Meaning that in this spiritual kingdom there would be
          no difference between Jew nor Gentile but that all
          would be partakers of this inheritance in their head
          Christ.



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