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Recently
a
dear
and
valued
brother
shared
a
very
few
words
on
the
phone
with
me.
What
he
shared
had
to
do
with
water,
pools,
conduits,
gutters.
During
the
conversation
he
mentioned
the
river
that
watered
the
garden
of
God
and
went
out
from
the
garden,
and
in
the
conversation
he
beautifully
tied
and
traced
certain
waters
back
to
that
river
in
the
garden.
When
it
goes
out,
it
is
divided
into
four
heads.
These
are
the
Pison,
the
Gihon,
the
Hiddekel
(Tigris)
and
the
Euphrates.
As
I
was
listening,
a
number
of
scriptural
events
flowed
in
my
mind.
The
words
that
started
the
flow
were
the
meanings
of
the
names
of
those
four
heads,
the
four
defined
properties
of
the
river
that
flows
from
the
garden
of
God,
wherein
abides
the
tree
of
life,
the
fruit
and
benefits
of
which
are
the
promise
of
Jesus
Christ
to
every
over
comer.
It
should
be
noted
that
the
location
of
the
garden
of
God
was
described,
not
with
a
geographic
location,
but
with
a
direction
.
That
is,
the
garden
was
planted
Eastward
in
Eden.
The
rise
of
the
sun
and
its
illuminating
properties
give
meaning
to
that
descriptive
location.
The
river
that
waters
the
garden
goes
out,
but
is
not
seen
to
go
in,
giving
the
understanding
that
it
has
its
origins
,
where
we
are
concerned,
in
that
garden
of
illumination.
Jesus
said,
“But
whosoever
drinketh
of
the
water
that
I
shall
give
him
shall
never
thirst;
but
the
water
that
I
shall
give
him
shall
be
in
him
a
well
of
water
springing
up
into
everlasting
life”.
This
river
of
God,
as
it
flows
from
the
garden,
is
“divided”
into
four
heads,
yet
the
river
is
one.
In
Jeremiah,
we
hear
the
River
of
God
speak
of
two
evils,
“For
my
people
have
committed
two
evils;
they
have
forsaken
me
the
fountain
of
living
waters,
and
hewed
them
out
cisterns,
broken
cisterns,
that
can
hold
no
water”.
The
meanings
of
the
four
rivers,
in
the
order
named
,
make
a
sentence.
Pison
is
increase.
Gihon
means
bursting
forth.
Hiddekel
is
rapid.
Euphrates
is
fruitfulness
,
as
in
"be
fruitful
and
multiply".
"Increase
bursting
forth
rapid
fruitfulness".
In
the
book
of
the
Revelation
of
Jesus
Christ,
we
come
to
a
place
where
the
River,
AS
IT
LEAVES
THE
GARDEN,
no
longer
has
the
same
characteristics.
The
Euphrates,
the
“fruitful”
aspect,
is
dried
up.
Rev
16:12
“And
the
sixth
angel
poured
out
his
vial
upon
the
great
river
Euphrates;
and
the
water
thereof
was
dried
up,
that
the
way
of
the
kings
of
the
east
might
be
prepared”.
"Increase
bursting
forth
rapid
"
Rev
22:1
“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.
And
there
shall
be
no
more
curse:
but
the
throne
of
God
and
of
the
Lamb
shall
be
in
it;
and
his
servants
shall
serve
him:
And
they
shall
see
his
face;
and
his
name
shall
be
in
their
foreheads”.
This
tree,
with
its
twelve
sealed
manner
of
fruits,
contains
all
the
fullness
of
the
river.
The
throne
of
God
and
The
Lamb
are
in
it.
God
gave
Him
the
Spirit,
not
by
measure.
It
is
the
leaves
of
the
tree
that
pertain
to
the
nations,
which
are
the
nations
of
them
that
are
saved.
Jacob,
upon
his
death
bed,
blessed
Joseph
thus:
"Joseph
is
a
fruitful
bough,
even
a
fruitful
bough
by
a
well;
whose
branches
run
over
the
wall:
The
archers
have
sorely
grieved
him,
and
shot
at
him,
and
hated
him:
But
his
bow
abode
in
strength,
and
the
arms
of
his
hands
were
made
strong
by
the
hands
of
the
mighty
God
of
Jacob;
(from
thence
is
the
shepherd,
the
stone
of
Israel:)
Even
by
the
God
of
thy
father,
who
shall
help
thee;
and
by
the
Almighty,
who
shall
bless
thee
with
blessings
of
heaven
above,
blessings
of
the
deep
that
lieth
under,
blessings
of
the
breasts,
and
of
the
womb:
The
blessings
of
thy
father
have
prevailed
above
the
blessings
of
my
progenitors
unto
the
utmost
bound
of
the
everlasting
hills:
they
shall
be
on
the
head
of
Joseph,
and
on
the
crown
of
the
head
of
him
that
was
separate
from
his
brethren".
Joseph:
1)
to
add,
increase,
do
again
Fruitful:
1)
to
bear
fruit,
be
fruitful,
branch
off
Bough:
1)
son,
grandson,
child,
member
of
a
group
a)
son,
male
child
Branches:
1)
daughter
a)
daughter,
girl,
adopted
daughter,
daughter-in-law,
sister,
granddaughters,
female
child,
cousin
All
the
fruitfulness,
the
increase,
in
God
are
bound
up
in
Jesus:
Jhn
15:1
"I
am
the
true
vine,
and
my
Father
is
the
husbandman".
Jhn
15:5
"I
am
the
vine,
ye
are
the
branches:
He
that
abideth
in
me,
and
I
in
him,
the
same
bringeth
forth
much
fruit:
for
without
me
ye
can
do
nothing".
When
you
come
to
understand
that
the
fruitful
bough
and
the
well
are
one,
you
see
that
to
drink
of
that
well,
you
must
abide
in
that
bough.
The
Father
gave
to
Him
the
Spirit,
NOT
BY
MEASURE.
You
also
gain
insights
in
the
exchange
between
Jesus
and
the
woman
of
Samaria
at
a
hole
in
the
ground,
that
she
understood
by
tradition,
to
be
the
well
of
Jacob.
But
Jesus
corrected
her
when
He
revealed
Himself
to
be
Jacob's
well.
And
he
promised,
through
Himself,
living
waters
that
will
make
thirst
a
thing
of
the
past.
She
left
her
former
vessels
at
the
hole
in
the
ground,
a
hole
to
which
she
came
periodically
to
draw
water,
as
she
had
learned
to
do.
She
no
longer
viewed
that
broken
cistern
the
same
way.
We
have
a
number
of
things
to
reflect
upon
when
considering
the
end
of
a
thing,
the
fulfillment
of
a
thing,
the
summation
of
a
thing.
There
is
only
one
way
of
viewing
the
current
popular
doctrine
of
"ultimate
reconciliation".
Only
from
one
perspective
does
the
truth,
which
the
false
doctrine
attempts
to
mask,
come
forth:
that
all
things
which
are
in
Christ
will
be
reconciled.
For
if
any
have
not
the
Son,
the
wrath
of
God
abides
on
him.
Abides
means
does
not
wax
and
wane,
does
not
come
and
go.
It
abides.
Concerning
the
children
of
Israel
after
the
flesh,
their
time
was
summed
up
in
this
saying:
Isa
1:9
"Except
the
LORD
of
hosts
had
left
unto
us
a
very
small
remnant,
we
should
have
been
as
Sodom,
and
we
should
have
been
like
unto
Gomorrah".
But
the
Israel
of
God
is
described
as,
“I
and
the
children
my
Father
hath
given
me”.
Jesus,
upon
being
asked
concerning
the
end
of
our
age
gave
two
pictures:
Mat
24:37
"But
as
the
days
of
Noe
were,
so
shall
also
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
man
be.
For
as
in
the
days
that
were
before
the
flood
they
were
eating
and
drinking,
marrying
and
giving
in
marriage,
until
the
day
that
Noe
entered
into
the
ark,
And
knew
not
until
the
flood
came,
and
took
them
all
away;
so
shall
also
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
man
be".
Luk
17:28
"Likewise
also
as
it
was
in
the
days
of
Lot;
they
did
eat,
they
drank,
they
bought,
they
sold,
they
planted,
they
builded;
But
the
same
day
that
Lot
went
out
of
Sodom
it
rained
fire
and
brimstone
from
heaven,
and
destroyed
them
all.
Even
thus
shall
it
be
in
the
day
when
the
Son
of
man
is
revealed.
In
that
day,
he
which
shall
be
upon
the
housetop,
and
his
stuff
in
the
house,
let
him
not
come
down
to
take
it
away:
and
he
that
is
in
the
field,
let
him
likewise
not
return
back.
Remember
Lot's
wife".
So
we
see
clearly,
that
all
the
Lord's
dealings
with
man
and
with
dispensed
ages,
have
an
end.
In
the
case
of
Noah,
God's
covenant
was
with
Noah
and
everything
that
came
out
of
the
ark
with
him,
number
defined
by
everything
that
had
entered
the
ark
until
God
closed
them
in:
Gen
6:17
"And,
behold,
I,
even
I,
do
bring
a
flood
of
waters
upon
the
earth,
to
destroy
all
flesh,
wherein
is
the
breath
of
life,
from
under
heaven;
and
every
thing
that
is
in
the
earth
shall
die.
But
with
thee
will
I
establish
my
covenant;
and
thou
shalt
come
into
the
ark,
thou,
and
thy
sons,
and
thy
wife,
and
thy
sons'
wives
with
thee.
And
of
every
living
thing
of
all
flesh,
two
of
every
sort
shalt
thou
bring
into
the
ark,
to
keep
them
alive
with
thee;
they
shall
be
male
and
female".
In
the
seventh
chapter
of
Revelation,
you
again
see
another
"Euphrates"
drying
up.
(Gen
41:52)
Joseph
named
one
of
his
sons
"And
the
name
of
the
second
called
he
Ephraim:
For
God
hath
caused
me
to
be
fruitful
in
the
land
of
my
affliction".
Ephraim,
one
of
the
two
sons
of
Joseph,
grafted
into
the
12
tribes
,
his
name
too
means
"fruitfulness",
or
"increase".
In
the
final
descriptive
tally
of
the
finished
Israel
of
God
(Rev
7),
the
fruitful
son
and
the
well,
where
a
number
of
ALL
the
tribes
of
Israel
are
sealed,
the
name
"Ephraim"
does
not
appear.
Paul
expounded
that
what
God
promised
Abraham,
was
to
one
individual,
not
many
(Gal
3:16).
If
you
understand
that
Jesus
is
the
Israel
of
God,
you
understand
the
words
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
spoken
by
Isaiah,
concerning
The
Christ,
"Behold,
I
and
the
children
whom
the
LORD
hath
given
me
are
for
signs
and
for
wonders
in
Israel
from
the
LORD
of
hosts,
which
dwelleth
in
mount
Zion".
When
you
take
Joseph,
as
the
fruitful
bough
and
the
well,
to
his
finished
work,
you
have
the
descriptive
tally
,
a
sum
sealed
of
ALL
the
tribes
of
Israel,
a
tally
that
the
name
“Ephraim”
no
longer
applies
to.
The
names
and
numbers
used
in
Rev
7
are
descriptive,
not
exclusive.
For
to
this
day,
the
Spirit
and
the
Bride
say
"come".
The
door
is
not
yet
closed.
In
the
book
of
the
generation
of
Jesus
Christ
(Matthew),
we
read
that
from
the
captivity
until
Jesus
are
thirteen
generations,
until
The
Christ
are
fourteen
generations,
There
is
no
fifteenth
of
which
I
am
aware.
The
fourteenth
generation
is
summed
up
in
the
words
the
Holy
Ghost
spake:
"I
and
the
children
my
Father
hath
given
Me".
And
again:,
"As
the
body
is
one
and
hath
many
members,
so
also
is
THE
CHRIST".
And
Jesus
said
"For
when
they
shall
rise
from
the
dead,
they
neither
marry,
nor
are
given
in
marriage;
but
are
as
the
angels
which
are
in
heaven".
Rev
16:12
"And
the
sixth
angel
poured
out
his
vial
upon
the
great
river
Euphrates;
and
the
water
thereof
was
dried
up,
that
the
way
of
the
kings
of
the
east
might
be
prepared."
"Then
said
one
unto
him,
Lord,
are
there
few
that
be
saved?
And
he
said
unto
them, Strive
to
enter
in
at
the
strait
gate:
for
many,
I
say
unto
you,
will
seek
to
enter
in,
and
shall
not
be
able. When
once
the
master
of
the
house
is
risen
up,
and
hath
shut
to
the
door,
and
ye
begin
to
stand
without,
and
to
knock
at
the
door,
saying,
Lord,
Lord,
open
unto
us;
and
he
shall
answer
and
say
unto
you,
I
know
you
not
whence
ye
are:
Then
shall
ye
begin
to
say,
We
have
eaten
and
drunk
in
thy
presence,
and
thou
hast
taught
in
our
streets.
But
he
shall
say,
I
tell
you,
I
know
you
not
whence
ye
are;
depart
from
me,
all
[ye]
workers
of
iniquity.
"
Abide
in
the
Vine.
Drink
of
His
River.
Be
Fruitful
and
Increase.
Herod
is
speaking.
The
River
will
never
change,
but
in
the
sum
of
the
age
there
will
be
two
manner
of
people,
those
who
eating
leaves,
and
those
who
are
part
of
the
Source.
Do
not
make
the
mental
error
that
many
of
the
Jews
after
the
flesh
made
at
the
end
of
their
age,
do
not
judge
yourself
unworthy
of
the
high
calling.
Do
not
call
common
or
unclean,
what
God
has
said
is
clean.
All
who
call
upon
Jesus
will
be
saved.
But
there
is
so
much
more,
and
it
is
still
available
to
all,
still
obtainable.
Seek
the
Lord,
while
He
may
yet
be
found.
None
of
this
is
beyond
us,
for
God
is
for
us.
He
will
supply
all
that
you
need.
Read
and
pray.
Learn
the
signs
of
our
times.
When
God
closed
the
door
to
the
ark
Noah
built,
it
was
closed.
When,
according
to
His
will,
the
Father
sums
up
those
who
are
permitted
to
go
on
to
perfection,
and
to
completion.
No
more
will
be
added,
though
they
may
knock
at
the
door
and
seek
this
high
calling
carefully
and
with
tears.
Remember
Esau.
The
blessings
and
rights
of
the
first
born
were
his,
by
reason
of
birth.
Yet
he
despised
them
for
a
bowl
of
bean
soup.
Afterward,
he
sought
to
be
restored
to
this
higher
place,
and
was
not
restored,
though
he
sought
this
place
carefully
and
with
tears.
In
the
end,
his
inheritance
was
that
of
a
common
son,
the
common
salvation.
Sadly,
the
choice
was
his.
The
river
in
the
earth
called
Euphrates,
is
drying
up.
Prosperity
in
humanity
is
drying
up.
But
signs
are
not
for
and
unto
themselves.
They
are
signs
but
we
are
concerned
with
the
River
of
God.
We
are
concerned
with
where
the
signs
point.
It
does
not
say
“Christ,
who
is
part
of
our
life...”
It
does
not
say,
“Christ,
who
is
an
important
part
of
our
life...”
It
says,
“
Christ,
who
IS
our
life...”
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