The fresh water flowing into the Dead Sea is God's supernatural healing of that sea when Christ returns to set up His Kingdom.
Zechariah 14:8 places this "living waters" event in the day the Lord stands on the Mount of Olives, and Ezekiel 47 shows those waters entering the Dead Sea and healing it. Les Feldick teaches this will happen by God's power, not by a human canal project, and will turn the Dead Sea into a living sea teeming with fish.
Zechariah 14:8 — This is the direct prophecy that living waters will go out from Jerusalem, half toward the Mediterranean and half toward the Dead Sea.
Ezekiel 47:8-10 — This passage describes the same waters entering the Dead Sea, healing its waters, and producing fish and fishermen.
Zechariah 14:8 describes living waters going out from Jerusalem in the day the Lord returns: "half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be." This follows the prophecy that the Lord's feet will stand on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4). Ezekiel 47:8-10 shows these same waters issuing eastward into the desert and entering the sea. The waters of the Dead Sea are healed, and every living thing that moves wherever the river goes will live. A very great multitude of fish appears, and fishermen spread their nets from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim, with fish "according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many."
Les Feldick emphasizes that "in that day" refers to the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives and the setting up of the Kingdom. He notes that Middle Eastern governments and engineers are drawing up plans to build a canal between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, but the Bible shows God will do it immediately and miraculously through living waters from Jerusalem. Les teaches that Ezekiel 47 describes the same river, with its source under the temple in Jerusalem, flowing both toward the Mediterranean and down to the Dead Sea. When these waters reach the Dead Sea, the sea is healed and becomes living water rather than a lifeless saltwater sea. He adds that the Dead Sea will have every species of fish the Mediterranean has now, and fishermen will stand from En Gedi to En Eglaim spreading their nets.
Zechariah 14:8 says "in that day" living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. Les connects that day with the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives and the setting up of the Kingdom. Ezekiel 47 shows the river issuing from under the temple, and Les explains it will flow from Jerusalem both to the Mediterranean and down toward the Dead Sea.
Ezekiel 47:8 says the waters of the Dead Sea will be healed when the river enters it. Les emphasizes this means it will no longer be a lifeless saltwater sea; it becomes living water. According to Ezekiel, everything that lives and moves where the river comes shall live, and a very great multitude of fish will be there.
Fishermen will stand on the Dead Sea from En Gedi to En Eglaim and spread nets. Les says these are fish of every kind like the Mediterranean, and he points to En Gedi as a real place still on the shores of the Dead Sea. This is part of the glorious Kingdom changes he describes.
God's supernatural provision at the Second Coming
Les ties the living waters to the literal return of Christ to the Mount of Olives and contrasts God's miraculous provision with human canal plans.
Ezekiel 47:8 — the Dead Sea healed
Les reads Ezekiel 47:8 as showing the fresh waters entering the Dead Sea and healing its waters.
Living water from Jerusalem transforms the Dead Sea
Les explains that the Dead Sea will no longer be a saltwater sea but will become living water, with every species of fish the Mediterranean now has.
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"...and it shall be in that day," that is accompanying the return of Christ to the Mount of Olives, to the land of Israel, to the city of Jerusalem, "...it shall be in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them to the former sea," the Mediterranean, "...and half of them toward the hinder sea," or the Dead Sea, "...in summer and in winter shall it be.
Fishermen from En Gedi to En Eglaim
Les applies Ezekiel 47:9-10 to the Dead Sea, showing fishermen spreading nets and catching fish of every kind like the great sea.
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There shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither, for they shall be healed, and everything shall live, whither the river cometh. Now here it comes, "...and it shall come to pass, that the fishermen shall stand upon it..." That is the Dead Sea from En Gedi, all the way from En Gedi.
The river's source under the temple
Les points to Ezekiel 47 showing the river's source under the temple in Jerusalem, connecting it to Zechariah 14:8.
En Gedi fishermen in the Kingdom
Les uses Ezekiel 47:10 to show fishermen standing on the Dead Sea shore from En Gedi to En Eglaim, with fish as the great sea.
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.
This verse identifies the day of the Lord's return when the events of Zechariah 14:8 take place.
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.
This is the direct prophecy that fresh water will flow from Jerusalem toward the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
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.
This verse describes the same waters reaching the Dead Sea and healing its waters.
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.
This verse explains the life-giving effect of the fresh water: the Dead Sea will teem with fish.
Ezekiel 47:10: And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; 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.
This verse pictures fishermen thriving along the healed Dead Sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim.
Yes, Ezekiel 47:8 says the waters of the Dead Sea shall be healed when the fresh waters enter it. Les Feldick reads this literally and teaches the Dead Sea will become living water rather than a dead saltwater sea.
Zechariah 14:8 places it "in that day" when the Lord's feet stand on the Mount of Olives. Les teaches it accompanies Christ's return and the setting up of His Kingdom.
Yes. Ezekiel 47:9-10 says there will be a very great multitude of fish and fishermen will spread nets from En Gedi to En Eglaim. Les adds the Dead Sea will have every species of fish that the Mediterranean now has.
Les mentions that Middle Eastern governments and engineers are drawing up plans to build a canal between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. He contrasts that human effort with God's immediate, miraculous provision of living water from Jerusalem at the Second Coming.
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