TOPOGRAPHY OVER JERUSALEM IS READY FOR THE KINGDOM OF MESSIAH
In 2011, huge craters on the seafloor on the seafloor was discovered at the Dead Sea, form which freshwater was flowing. The beginnings of the prophecies of Ezekiel and Joel are in place, waiting to spring forth…
The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple towards the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. He then brought me out through the north gate and led me round the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.
As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in – a river that no one could cross. He asked me, ‘Son of man, do you see this?’ Then he led me back to the bank of the river. When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. He said to me, ‘This water flows towards the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds – like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.’ EZEKIEL47:1-12.
Photos of sewage flowing from Jerusalem into the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on earth via the Kidron Valley can be seen in an article on Israel365News, which the Jerusalem Post once described as:
The beautiful wadi (desert stream) runs from east Jerusalem, where it cuts past the walls of the Old City (and the appropriately named "Dung Gate") and the Mount of Olives, becomes a deep canyon as it whirls eastward through the Judean Desert plateau, passes several Arab localities, and finally gushes into the Dead Sea. But the stream is no longer beautiful, as every single drop of its 28,000 cubic meters per day is comprised of sewage from Israeli and Palestinian urban areas. (on 28 June,2007).
According to the Bible, both Abraham’s and Lot’s possessions were so great that Abraham wanted to part company with Lot, and offered Lot a choice of the land he wanted to possess. Lot, seeing that the whole plain of the Jordan was fertile and well-watered like the garden of the Lord, chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan towards the east and pitched his tents near Sodom, while Abraham began to live in the land of Canaan.
But after God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, the landscape drastically changed into a wasteland, with fire and brimstone falling into the valley. So, the Bible tells that the area can be alternately vibrant and barren. In fact, the recent article above reveals that while such an ecological problem of approximately 150,000 homes not connected to a sewage system and about 8 million gallons of sewage flowing into the Dead Sea, is distressing and contrary to Ezekiel’s vision of a thriving sea full of life, scientific research has proved the existence of life at the bottom of the sea.
The existence of sinkholes on the shores of the Dead Sea, which fill with fresh water, brackish water or even fish has been reported after the end of 20th century. The article mentioned above, pointing to another Scripture from Joel 3:18 as its fulfillment:
In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the LORD’s house and will water the valley of acacias,
refers to another exciting discovery in the Dead Sea:
Fresh water at the Dead Sea is a clear example of how the prophets were able to see things that remained hidden from scientists for thousands of years. …In 2011, a team of researchers from Ben Gurion University in the Negev sent divers to the floor of the Dead Sea. This endeavor posed serious technical difficulties as the super-saline environment renders regular scuba gear inoperable. It was the first time such a dive had ever been made, and what they discovered was astounding. The researchers discovered huge craters on the seafloor, 15 meters across and 20 meters deep. Freshwater was flowing from these craters, which were carpeted with mats of microorganisms, showing that the Dead sea was not entirely dead. The beginnings of the prophecy are in place, waiting to spring forth. …It is bringing together the religious, anyone who reads the Bible, who are fascinated by the prophecy manifesting itself. It is also pulling in the scientific community who are just beginning to realize how much they need to learn about this very special place. And it is also bringing in the environmentally-minded who want to save this very special ecosystem.
As for me, regardless of its quality, the existence of a distinct stream from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea on the arial photograph shows the beginning of the prophecies of the Messianic era without question. Further, the vision of water flowing from the Jerusalem Temple eastwards to the Dead Sea reminded me of Christ’s declaration of the New Testament era, when each follower of Christ, in whom His Spirit dwells, is reckoned as the temple of God. Christ taught a Samaritan woman:
whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. …Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks (John4:14, :23, Lines added),
which seems to be a spiritual illustration of the Messianic Temple. So, now that almost 2000 years have passed since the era of worshipping in Spirit and truth started, which replaced a form of worship that was based on externals such as location and buildings, the kingdom of God on earth appears to be at hand.