What kinds and how many fish will be in the healed Dead Sea?
The healed Dead Sea will hold a very great multitude of fish—very many. Their kinds will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the great sea, the Mediterranean. Fishermen will stand from En Gedi to En Eglaim, spreading nets, because the waters are healed and everything that moves will live.
Les explains that Ezekiel 47 describes a river coming out from underneath the sanctuary at Jerusalem. When the Kingdom is set up and Christ has returned, fishermen will stand on the Dead Sea from En Gedi even unto En Eglaim, and there will be a place to spread forth their nets. The waters will be healed, so everything that lives and moves wherever the river comes will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, and their fish will be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea—the Mediterranean—very many. Les points out that these are physical elements of the Kingdom. The Kingdom will be on the earth, cover the whole earth, and be productive; there will be no want, poverty, or famine, no curse or sin, and Christ will rule over the planet.
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
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Why will the Dead Sea become full of fish in the future kingdom?
The waters that flow into the Dead Sea will heal it, so that everything lives wherever the river comes and the Dead Sea swarms with a very great multitude of fish.
What does 'the great sea' refer to in Ezekiel 47:10?
Les explains that Ezekiel 47 is prophecy spoken in symbolism, with a river coming out from underneath the sanctuary at Jerusalem, just as seen in Zechariah. When the Kingdom is set up and Christ has returned, fishermen will stand upon the Dead Sea from En Gedi, and there will be a place to spread forth their nets. Their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, which is the Mediterranean, very many. These are physical elements of the Kingdom, which will cover the whole earth, be productive, and have no curse, sin, want, poverty, or famine, because Christ will rule over the planet.