Les Feldick Bible Study

What does Ezekiel say will happen to the Dead Sea?

Ezekiel says the Dead Sea will have every species of fish that the Mediterranean has now. It will no longer be a saltwater sea but will become living water when living waters flow from Jerusalem toward the hinder sea in summer and in winter. This accompanies Christ's return to the Mount of Olives.

Les explains that Ezekiel's prophecy says the Dead Sea will have every species of fish that the Mediterranean has now. In other words, it will no longer be a saltwater sea; it is going to be living water. Les points out that today nothing can live in the Dead Sea, but the day is coming when that changes. He connects this to Zechariah's words about living waters going out from Jerusalem, half to the former sea (the Mediterranean) and half toward the hinder sea (the Dead Sea), in summer and in winter. Les notes this 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 out to the Persian Gulf. He also reads Zechariah 9, where the Lord shall be king over all the earth, showing the kingdom will be on the earth. Les then decides to go back to Ezekiel, thinking it might be around Ezekiel 47, to show what he is talking about.