From where to where will the fishermen stand on the Dead Sea in Ezekiel 47?
Ezekiel 47 declares that fishermen will stand on the shores of the Dead Sea from En Gedi even unto En Eglium. The river from the sanctuary heals the waters, producing a great multitude of fish, and there will be a place to spread forth their nets.
Les explains that Ezekiel 47 is prophecy spoken in symbolism. A river comes out from underneath the sanctuary at Jerusalem, just as Zechariah described, and comes down to verse 10. When the Kingdom is set up and Christ has returned, the fishers shall stand upon it—that is the Dead Sea—from En Gedi even unto En Eglium. There shall be a place to spread forth their nets. Their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, the Mediterranean, very many. The waters are healed, and everything shall live whither the river cometh. Les notes that En Gedi is still a little village on the shores of the Dead Sea, and prophetically the fishermen will stand there on shores made alive with all the fish of the Mediterranean.
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.
More Questions
What is the "great sea" mentioned in Ezekiel 47?
The phrase "the great sea" in Ezekiel 47 refers to the Mediterranean Sea.
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 will happen to the Dead Sea in the future kingdom?
Prophetically, the Dead Sea will be made alive and filled with all the fish of the Mediterranean.