Cascade Falls, Ouray, CO USA
The blood of over 250,000 lambs was dumped into the Kidron brook during the typical Passover feast in the first century, according the historian Josephus . The apostle John had been at many Passovers and had seen the water which flowed from the east side of the Temple turn red with blood as the lambs were slaughtered. The significance of blood and water flowing from the side of Jesus was not lost on this apostle as he looked up at the crucified Jesus. John knew, or would soon realize, as the passage from Ezekiel had prophesied, that Jesus was now the new Temple, a living Temple, a Temple where living waters flowed.
Along each bank of the river every kind of fruit tree will grow; their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fresh fruit because the waters of the river flow out from the sanctuary. Their fruit is used for food, and their leaves for healing. ~ Ezekiel 47:12
Let us not forget the sacrifice Jesus made for us. Let us bear the fruit his sacrifice demands, that of loving God and neighbor.
Cascade Falls, Ouray, CO USA
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