Where does the waterway in Ezekiel 47 run to?
Ezekiel 47’s waterway issues from Jerusalem, flows toward the east country, goes down into the desert, and then into the Dead Sea. Scripture identifies it as the Dead Sea because its putrid, salt-filled waters are healed, and everything the river reaches will live.
Les teaches that in Ezekiel 47 the prophet receives a vision of a waterway running out from the throne room in Jerusalem all the way to the Dead Sea. The waters issue from Jerusalem toward the east country, go down into the desert, and then into the sea—the Dead Sea. He says this is known to be the Dead Sea because its putrid waters, filled with salt and minerals so they cannot be drunk, are healed. Verse 9 says nothing can live in it, but everything that lives and moves, wherever the river comes, shall live, and there will be a great multitude of fish, because these purifying waters come from the temple in Jerusalem.
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
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How do we know the sea in Ezekiel 47 is the Dead Sea?
Les identifies the sea in Ezekiel 47 as the Dead Sea because it is the healing of those putrid waters, so filled with salt and minerals that you can't possibly drink it.
What do the waters from Jerusalem do when they reach the Dead Sea in Ezekiel 47?
The waters of Ezekiel 47 issue out from Jerusalem toward the east, go down into the Dead Sea, and when they are brought into that sea the waters are healed.