‘It shall even be…as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh but he awaketh, and, behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite.’ Only the living water of Jesus Christ can quench our thirst.” (3) With our spirits housed in bodies and subject to “the natural man” (Mosiah 3:19), we attempt to fill our spiritual hunger by satisfying our physical cravings. However, we don’t always recognize that hunger for what it is. Though a veil was drawn over our minds when we entered mortality, we seem to carry with us a deep hunger for light and truth. The danger of drinking from tainted wells is that every dipperful of water consumed actually increases thirst rather than quenching it.Īs children of God, “…we came from a heavenly place where light-spiritual light-was our natural habitat. Sadly, the downward spiral of addictions leads to despair as we encounter the law of diminishing returns.
Addictions may form as we seek to slake our inner thirst for anything that will cure our boredom, satisfy our carnal desires, desensitize our conscience, or mask our emotional pain. In modern times, the number of these wells has grown exponentially, and millions of thirsty souls are falling victim to tainted water. From the earliest days of man’s earthly existence, there have been counterfeit wells to confuse us. While the Nile’s water sources originate in distant lands, Christ’s living water comes from a celestial spring, and cannot be duplicated by any other source. Yes, “He will make wilderness like Eden, and desert like the garden of the Lord,” (2 Nephi 8:3) but a thriving garden doesn’t bloom overnight, no matter how faithfully it is watered.
#Three main points of the book when the river runs dry full#
What is the recommended daily allowance for living water? Can it even be measured? Perhaps the surest way to determine whether our water intake is sufficient is the same way we perceive the effects of the Nile River’s floods on Egypt’s desert: “Everything grows where the water flows.” (2) Are we growing in love for others-especially the Savior? Is our testimony of His word increasing steadily? Are the fruits of the Spirit ripening in our life? Positive spiritual growth is evidence of the presence of living water within us.Īt times we may only flirt with spirituality by taking occasional sips from the Savior’s well, but it is when we drink deeply and consistently over an extended period of time that we will feel the full benefits of what Jesus offers. As we focus intently on the gospel message and seek to apply the Savior’s teachings in our interactions with others, a portion of His living water flows through us. We may not comprehend the source of this living water, but each time we turn to the Holy Scriptures, treasuring the words of Christ, we are drinking from a potent spring. Just as the ancient Egyptians were blessed by the flooding of the Nile, the living water of Jesus Christ-His truth and light and spirit-can flow into us, saving us from spiritual drought. The Blue Nile’s source was in Ethiopia’s highlands where 60 inches of rain fell between May and October. The White Nile originated in a tropical rain forest in the tiny African country of Burundi, receiving enough precipitation throughout the year to ensure a steady flow of water through Egypt. A key event leading up to Armageddon is the drying up of the Euphrates.The secret of the flooding lay in the different climates of the two branches which fed the Nile. At that point, Jesus returns, and the battle fought at Armageddon will result in all God’s enemies being destroyed (Revelation 16:17–20 19:11–21). Next, the kings of the earth gather “to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon” (Revelation 16:16). Revelation 16:12 says, “The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.” This prophecy not only identifies the judgment but also gives the reason for it: so a great army from the East can cross the Euphrates unimpeded. The sixth bowl judgment-the penultimate judgment of the tribulation-is the drying up of the Euphrates River. The bowl judgments come at the end of the tribulation, and they are so destructive that, if they continued, all human life would perish (Mark 13:19–20). The judgments of the seven-year tribulation start with the seven seals (Revelation 6:1–17 8:1–5), continue with the seven trumpets (Revelation 8:6-9:21 11:15–19), and end with the seven bowls (Revelation 16:1–21). The second prediction of the Euphrates River drying up comes as part of the seven bowl judgments in Revelation. Are we witnessing the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy? The waters of Babylon are the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
Idols that will go mad with terror” (Jeremiah 50:38).
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