The way to the kingdom of heaven and what to do to be saved in it . * «• . ^ ? ^iI.* Hull. O H a (80) XI. THE KIVEK OF LIFE AND ITS LIVINGWATEK. St. John tells us of a Elver of the Water of Life,clear as a crystal, proceeding out of the throne ofGod and the Lamb. (Kev. xxii. 1.) This is recognized b} all Bible scholars as a rep-resentation of the abundance of the divine life withwhich the children of men are blessed. It is a mani-festation of the Holy Spirit in the earth. He doesnot come as a little rill or a brooklet or a rivulet;but the symbol of his coming is the mighty river,clear and beau
The way to the kingdom of heaven and what to do to be saved in it . * «• . ^ ? ^iI.* Hull. O H a (80) XI. THE KIVEK OF LIFE AND ITS LIVINGWATEK. St. John tells us of a Elver of the Water of Life,clear as a crystal, proceeding out of the throne ofGod and the Lamb. (Kev. xxii. 1.) This is recognized b} all Bible scholars as a rep-resentation of the abundance of the divine life withwhich the children of men are blessed. It is a mani-festation of the Holy Spirit in the earth. He doesnot come as a little rill or a brooklet or a rivulet;but the symbol of his coming is the mighty river,clear and beautiful, surrounded with health-givingtrees, which beaiLfruit every month of the year, andwhose leaves are for the healing of the nations. Of this life-giving water, Jesus spoke to the womanof Samaria. The woman knew what water was, andJesus wanted to tell her by comj^arison what spiritwas. So he uses the term water to represent itby adding the Greek word Zoe (pronounced Zoay),making it Zoe water, or life water—the water oflife. Water satiates the thirst incident to animallife, but as
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