"O How Great His Goodness Is!"-Goodness With Everlasting Benefits

Jesus said: 'Man must live, not by bread alone, but on every utterance coming forth through Jehovah's mouth.' " (Matthew 4:4)  Indeed, Jehovah's spiritual provisions can do us even more good than can the physical kind, for they lead to everlasting life.  In Chapter 8 of this book, we noted that Jehovah has used his  restorative power during these last days to bring into being a spiritual paradise.   A key feature of that paradise is the abundance of spiritual food.  

In one of the Bible's great restorative prophecies, the prophet Ezekiel was given a vision of a restored and glorified temple.  From that temple flowed a stream of water, widening and deepening as it went until it became a "double-sized torrent."  Wherever it flowed, that river brought blessings.  On its banks flourished a crop of trees that provided food and healing.  And the river even brought life and productivity to the salty, lifeless Dead Sea! (Ezekiel 47:1-12)  But what did all of that mean? 

Next time: "O How Great His Goodness Is!"-Conclusion of Goodness With Everlasting Benefits

From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah