What route does Ezekiel say the river from Jerusalem's temple takes?
The river flows from the throne room in Jerusalem toward the Mediterranean Sea, then down to the Dead Sea, and possibly extends to the Persian Gulf. Ezekiel's vision describes this river making the Dead Sea fresh water with abundant fish.
Les explains that Zechariah 14 describes living waters going out from Jerusalem, half toward the former sea (the Mediterranean) and half toward the hinder sea (the Dead Sea), in summer and winter. He then connects this to Ezekiel, stating that Ezekiel says the river flows from the throne room in Jerusalem back to the Mediterranean and down to the Dead Sea, and he thinks it will even go on out to the Persian Gulf. Les notes that Ezekiel says the Dead Sea will have every species of fish that the Mediterranean has now, so it will no longer be a saltwater sea but living water. He points out that today nothing can live in the Dead Sea, but the day is coming when it will be transformed. This all accompanies the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives, to the land of Israel, and to the city of Jerusalem.