Drink the Spirit, the Living Water (2)
In Revelation 21:6 the One sitting on the throne promises to give “from the spring of the water of life freely.”
In the New Jerusalem all of God’s redeemed will drink the water of life as their eternal portion. This indicates that even in eternity future we will still need the supply of the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity. That dispensing will be the spring of the water of life. The spring is God Himself in Christ, and the water of life is the flow of the life-giving Spirit. In the New Jerusalem the Triune God Himself will be flowing as the water of life for our supply eternally.*
The water of life is the life-giving Spirit. This Spirit is the Triune God reaching us. The One on the throne is God and the Lamb, the Redeemer-God. And the river flowing from the throne in Revelation 22:1 is the Spirit. This flowing matches the promise of the Lord Jesus in John 7:37-39, and eternally maintains this promise.
In John 7 the Spirit as the living water “was not yet” but in 1 Corinthians 12:13 we are assured that we “were all given to drink one Spirit.” Let us learn to call on the name of the Lord Jesus now, to drink the Spirit now, not waiting for New Jerusalem.
* Life-Study of the New Testament, Conclusion Messages: The Church, the Kingdom, and the New Jerusalem, message 264, p. 2747, by Witness Lee. Published 1998 and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California.
Posted by Don on April 11, 2025
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