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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Symptoms of "Tabernacles," continued
Down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:2—NIV)
It is our destiny as saints to press forward in the Spirit of God until we cannot touch bottom any longer. There is no more walking in the flesh. We are living in the fullness of God. We have been made a life-giving spirit.
We now are a tree of life growing from the roots of that Greatest of the trees of life, the Lord Jesus Christ.
And then what happens? God makes us available to meet the needs of mankind, to awaken the nations to eternal life in Christ.
When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Sea. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. (Ezekiel 47:7-9—NIV)
The above is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ returning with those whose life He is. They have gone through the water—water to the ankles, to the knees, to the hips, and finally a river that cannot be crossed.
Out from them flow rivers of living water. With joy they bring forth eternal life from the Throne of God now established in their personality.
Their fruit brings eternal life to the inhabitants of the earth.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. (Proverbs 11:30—NIV)
When we become righteous because of Christ being formed in us our personality becomes a tree of life for other people, now and especially at the return of the Lord. Our personality and behavior turn people to God. They see our good works and glorify God. When we convert a sinner from the error of his ways, particularly a sinning brother or sister in the Lord, we save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
God loves people who turn other people to righteous behavior. God regards them as wise. They will shine like the stars forever.
The sea of mankind is dead in sin. When the water of life flows from those in whom the Throne of God has been established, then the inhabitants of the sea come to life. This is true today. It will be true in the time to come.
There have been marvelous revivals throughout Church history. But the main purpose of the Church Age is to call out the elect and conform them to the image of Jesus Christ, building them up to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
To be continued.