And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land./So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake".
Healing the land and healing of nations are held together by the river of time. Elisha having a double portion of his mentor stands now as the double for Jesus Christ. Healing of the land with the new cruze of salt foreshadows indwelling Spirit and it signals a believer as a vessel unto honour. "And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles."( Mark 2:22).
Elisha standing as a double performed this miracle according the word. So his authority is of the Word made flesh. "Thus saith the Lord" is backed by the tag 'unto this day'. Blessings from the waters above the firmament we see at the waters of Marah, "And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet."(Ex.15:25) The cruze of salt and tree are thus physical objects pointing out to the cross and the baptism of the Spirit. Blessing promised under the covenant make use of the physical world for a single purpose. To lead a believer to the rest of God. This healing of the land leads to the new earth. The healing of nations is in context of the tree of life and for the saved nations on the earth. "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb./In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." (Re.22:1-2)
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land./So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake".
Healing the land and healing of nations are held together by the river of time. Elisha having a double portion of his mentor stands now as the double for Jesus Christ. Healing of the land with the new cruze of salt foreshadows indwelling Spirit and it signals a believer as a vessel unto honour. "And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles."( Mark 2:22).
Elisha standing as a double performed this miracle according the word. So his authority is of the Word made flesh. "Thus saith the Lord" is backed by the tag 'unto this day'. Blessings from the waters above the firmament we see at the waters of Marah, "And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet."(Ex.15:25) The cruze of salt and tree are thus physical objects pointing out to the cross and the baptism of the Spirit. Blessing promised under the covenant make use of the physical world for a single purpose. To lead a believer to the rest of God. This healing of the land leads to the new earth. The healing of nations is in context of the tree of life and for the saved nations on the earth. "And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb./In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." (Re.22:1-2)
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