At Christ's second coming, living waters will go out from Jerusalem and run east through the desert into the Dead Sea, where they will heal its waters.
Zechariah 14:8 says that in the day the Lord returns, "living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea." Les identifies the hinder sea as the Dead Sea. This flow follows the splitting of the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4), which creates a valley, and Ezekiel 47:8 traces the same waters eastward into the desert and into the sea, where the Dead Sea is healed.
Zechariah 14:8 — The core verse directly answering the question: living waters go out from Jerusalem, half toward the former sea and half toward the hinder sea, in summer and winter.
Zechariah 14:4 — Shows the physical splitting of the Mount of Olives at the Lord's return, creating the great valley through which the waters travel.
Ezekiel 47:8-9 — Describes the river's path east into the desert and into the sea, where the sea's waters are healed and everything lives wherever the river comes.
Zechariah 14 describes a day when "his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east." At that time the mountain "shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west," producing "a very great valley," with half of the mountain removing toward the north and half toward the south (Zechariah 14:4). Then in that same day, "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" (Zechariah 14:8). Ezekiel 47 describes the same waters. They "issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea," and when they are brought into the sea, "the waters shall be healed" (Ezekiel 47:8). Wherever the river comes, "every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live," and there will be "a very great multitude of fish" (Ezekiel 47:9). The fishermen will stand upon its shore "from Engedi even unto Eneglaim" and spread their nets, and their fish will be "according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many" (Ezekiel 47:10).
Les teaches that Zechariah 14:8 describes what happens "in that day" — the day accompanying the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives, to the land of Israel, and to the city of Jerusalem. He identifies the "former sea" as the Mediterranean and the "hinder sea" as the Dead Sea, and he stresses that the flow continues "in summer and in winter" (Clips 1, 3, 6). He also connects Zechariah to Ezekiel 47, explaining that Ezekiel saw the same river with its source under the temple in Jerusalem (Clip 3). Les pictures the physical geography: the Mediterranean seacoast on the west, Jerusalem in the middle, and Jericho and the Dead Sea to the east. The split of the Mount of Olives — half moving north and half south — creates a great valley so that a river will flow from the Mediterranean through Jerusalem out to the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea will no longer be dead but will come alive, and "all this is on the physical earth" (Clip 4). From Ezekiel 47:8-9, Les shows the waters issuing toward the east country, going down into the desert, and entering the Dead Sea, where the salt waters are healed and everything living lives wherever the river comes (Clip 5). He adds that the Dead Sea will become "living water" with every species of fish the Mediterranean now has, and that fishermen will spread their nets from En Gedi to En Eglaim, with fish like those of the great sea (Clips 1, 2, 7). Les also points ahead: when the Lord returns to the Mount of Olives, He sets up His rule from Jerusalem over all the earth (Clip 6).
Zechariah 14:8 declares that "in that day" — the day the Lord returns — "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." Les identifies the "former sea" as the Mediterranean and the "hinder sea" as the Dead Sea. He emphasizes that this is not a temporary or seasonal event, since the flow continues in both summer and winter.
Before the waters flow, Zechariah 14:4 says the Lord's feet will stand on the Mount of Olives and the mountain will cleave, with half moving north and half south, forming a very great valley. Les pictures this on a map: the Mediterranean seacoast on the west, Jerusalem in the middle, and Jericho and the Dead Sea to the east; the split will allow a river to flow from the Mediterranean through Jerusalem out to the Dead Sea. This is, as Les says, "all on the physical earth."
Les takes readers from Zechariah back to Ezekiel 47, where Ezekiel sees the same river with its source under the temple in Jerusalem. The water "issues out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea," and when the waters reach the sea, its waters are healed (Ezekiel 47:8). The healing is not partial — "every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live," with "a very great multitude of fish" (Ezekiel 47:9).
Les teaches that the Dead Sea will no longer be dead — it will "come alive." It will no longer be a saltwater sea but will become living water, with every species of fish the Mediterranean now has. Ezekiel 47:10 shows fishermen standing on the shores of the healed sea from En Gedi to En Eglaim, spreading their nets, and their fish "according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many." Les also adds that the river may go on out to the Persian Gulf.
Les is emphatic that "all this is on the physical earth." The split mountain, the river flowing through Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, and the revived sea are literal features of the kingdom on earth. This accompanies the literal, visible return of Christ — "the Lord shall be king over all the earth" (Zechariah 14:9) — when He sets up His rule from Jerusalem.
Christ's Second Coming: What Acts 1 & Zechariah 14 Reveal
their military hardware by the billions. And the rest of the world is not far behind them. What's the purpose? They're getting ready for when God will call them all to come to that end time doom, the battle of Armageddon. The city shall be taken. Now listen, the nation of Israel is going to go through some terrible, terrible days in these closing three and a half years of the Tribulation.
Living Waters From Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:8)
Les identifies the destination of half of the living waters as the Dead Sea and points to Ezekiel's promise that the Dead Sea will hold every fish species the Mediterranean has — it will become living water, not saltwater.
Living Waters Teaching Repeated
This clip repeats the same Zechariah 14:8 teaching about living waters reaching both the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea in summer and winter, reinforcing that the Dead Sea becomes living water.
The Same River in Ezekiel 47
Les connects Zechariah 14:8 to Ezekiel 47, explaining that Ezekiel saw the same river and that it has its source under the temple in Jerusalem.
The Split Mount of Olives Creates a Valley
Les pictures the split Mount of Olives — half north, half south — making a great valley so a river can flow from the Mediterranean through Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, which comes alive; this is all physical.
Waters Issue East and Heal the Sea
Les reads Ezekiel 47:8-9 showing the waters going east into the desert and into the sea, where the Dead Sea's waters are healed and every living thing lives wherever the river comes.
The Lord Reigns From Jerusalem
Les ties the living waters to the day the Lord becomes King over all the earth, setting up His rule from Jerusalem after returning to the Mount of Olives.
Fishermen From En Gedi to En Eglaim
Les describes the restored Dead Sea with fishermen spreading nets from En Gedi to En Eglaim, their fish matching the kinds of the great sea (the Mediterranean) in abundance.
Zechariah 14:4: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Describes the topographic change at the Lord's return that makes the valley through which the waters flow.
Zechariah 14:8: 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.
The central promise of living waters heading toward the Mediterranean (former sea) and the Dead Sea (hinder sea).
Zechariah 14:9: And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Les connects this to the day the Lord sets up His rule from Jerusalem after returning to the Mount of Olives.
Ezekiel 47:1: Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Identifies the source of the river under the temple in Jerusalem, which Les says is the same river Zechariah describes.
Ezekiel 47:8: Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
Shows the waters' eastward route into the desert and into the sea — the Dead Sea, which Les identifies as the hinder sea — where the waters are healed.
Ezekiel 47:9: And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Promises that life and a great multitude of fish will follow the healed waters wherever they flow.
Ezekiel 47:10: 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.
Pictures fishermen on the shores of the healed Dead Sea, with fish like those of the Mediterranean (the great sea).
The flow begins "in that day" — the day of the Lord's return, when His feet stand on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4). Les describes it as accompanying the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives, the land of Israel, and the city of Jerusalem, and it continues "in summer and in winter shall it be" (Zechariah 14:8).
Les identifies the 'former sea' as the Mediterranean, to the west of Jerusalem, and the 'hinder sea' as the Dead Sea, to the east. Half of the living waters go toward each sea.
No. Ezekiel 47:8 says the waters of the sea will be healed when the river enters it. Les adds that it will no longer be a saltwater sea but living water, and Ezekiel 47:9-10 says it will teem with fish, with fishermen spreading nets from En Gedi to En Eglaim.
Les explains that Ezekiel saw the same river Zechariah describes. Ezekiel 47 places its source under the temple in Jerusalem and traces the waters east into the desert and into the sea, where they heal it — matching Zechariah's living waters that go toward the hinder sea (the Dead Sea).
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