Ezekiel 47:7

Ezekiel 47:7 says, Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. Ezekiel said that when he returned to the bank, I believe, that he saw very many trees on both sides of the river.  The Living Water should bring good spiritual growth around those who have been washed clean by it.  

Verse eight adds, Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.  God said that these waters went toward the east and would join with the sea and the sea would be healed.   The Living Water can heal even the most corrupt person if they allow it to.  

Verse nine continues, And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.  God said that these waters would be full of life, and when we are filled with the Living Water, our life should be spiritually full.  

Verse ten states, And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.  I believe this refers to all people, wherever they are from, being made alive by the Living Water.  We as Christians are to lead the lost to this Living Water so that they might become spiritually alive.

Verse eleven adds, But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.  God also said that the miry and marshy places would not be healed but would be full of salt.  Matthew Henry says this refers to lost people who do not accept the Living Water when it flows but remain mired in their sins.  We cannot be saved by simply being near the Living Water but must spiritually live in the midst of it.  

Verse thirteen continues, And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.   God said that since this water flowed from the sanctuary it would be fruitful to help meet the needs of the people.  God’s gift of salvation brings us to the Living Water and there all our spiritual needs will be met if we drink of it.