Chapter Forty-Two -A New Heaven and a New Earth

"Water" for the Thirsty Ones

It is Jehovah himself who declares: "To anyone thirsting I will give from the fountains of water of life free." (Revelation 21:6b)  To quench that thirst, a person has to be conscious of his spiritual need and be willing to accept  "the water" that Jehovah  provides.  (Isaiah 55:1; Matthew 5:3) What "water"?  Jesus himself answered that question when witnessing to  a woman beside a  well in Samaria.  He told her:  "Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirst at all, but the water that I will give  him will become in him a fountain of water bubbling up to impart everlasting life."  That "fountain of water of life" flows from God through Christ as his provision for restoring mankind to perfection of life. Like the Samaritan woman, how eager we should be  to drink deeply from that fountain! And like that woman, how ready we should be to drop mundane interests in favor of telling others the good news! -John 4:14, 15, 28, 29.

Next time: Chapter Forty-Two -A New Heaven and a New Earth - The Ones Conquering

From the book of Revelation