When do the living waters go out from Jerusalem according to Zechariah?
According to Zechariah, the living waters go out from Jerusalem in that day—the day accompanying Christ’s return to the Mount of Olives, to the land of Israel, and to Jerusalem. The text says this shall be in summer and in winter, indicating the flow will continue in both seasons.
Les explains that “in that day” is the day accompanying the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives, to the land of Israel, and to the city of Jerusalem. Zechariah says living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half toward the former sea (the Mediterranean) and half toward the hinder sea (the Dead Sea), and it shall be in summer and in winter. Les connects this with Ezekiel, where a river flows from the throne room in Jerusalem back to the Mediterranean and down to the Dead Sea, possibly even out to the Persian Gulf. Ezekiel says the Dead Sea will have every species of fish that the Mediterranean now has; it will no longer be a saltwater sea but living water. Today nothing can live in the Dead Sea, but the coming day will change it. Zechariah’s verse 9 then states the Lord shall be king, and the kingdom will be on the earth.
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
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What will happen to the living waters that flow out from Jerusalem in that day?
Zechariah says that in that day living waters will flow from Jerusalem, with half going to the Mediterranean and half going to the Dead Sea, and this will happen in both summer and winter.