01/17/04

EZEKIEL CHAPTER 47:

Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple; south from the alter.

He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around to the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side.

And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles.

Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water came up to my waist.

Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed.

He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.

When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other.

Then he said to me: "The water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.

"And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes.

"It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many................

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The GOSPEL OF JOHN: CHAPTER 21:14


¹Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way:  ²Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ³"I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We'll go with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
⁴Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
⁵He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?"
"No," they answered.
⁶He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
⁷Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. ⁸The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. ⁹When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
¹⁰Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught."
¹¹Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. ¹⁴This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
 

(My notes:  I really love this passage in the bible...think about it....Jesus Christ - God in the flesh -  chose a group of fishermen to be his disciples. And if God chose to surround himself with fishermen, would he not provide them a means and place to ply their craft throughout all eternity? Think about it...read the passage again...Jesus is the ultimate fishing guide. On their own, the disciples were fishing all night long and were skunked. Along comes Jesus, and with a single fishing tip, puts the gang onto the biggest catch of their lives. Yep, Heaven - that would be a place where the fish are stocked by God, they swim in "The Living Water" and the Lord Jesus is your fishing guide.....that's what I'm looking forward to. Hmmm....and another thing.....there are no "daily limits'....for in heaven there is no longer day and night as God is the eternal illumination.....What a deal!)

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