The Treehouse:
Sketches of the Millennial Kingdom
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In last week’s teaching, we concluded with these mysterious statements concerning the striking of the Rock Messiah in the wilderness:
· “Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD.” (Le 22:2)
· “’...for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.’ These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.” (Nu 27:14)
The water, the text says, “came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.” (Nu 20:11) The English translation of “abundantly” is from the Hebrew rav [rabim H7227] which has several meanings. Among its first uses in Scripture, we have context of a quarrel, which emphasizes that it was not only the people who were quarreling, but the water, too. Messiah had a beef with the situation, and he demonstrated it with how he yielded the waters:
· Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Ge 6:5)
· In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. (Ge 7:11)
· And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. (Ge 13:6)
The first two examples above are of The Holy One’s quarrel with mankind, and the third is of the quarrel between the shepherds of Avraham and Lot. If Messiah’s reaction to being struck by Moses and Aaron was quarrelsome water, it sounds as if it wasn’t a gently flowing stream! It was a real gusher.
From the sentence imposed on Moses and Aaron, the implication is that the quarrel was with their actions in striking instead of speaking. Striking instead of teaching holiness.
But what was the reason Messiah withheld water after Miriam’s death? Was he, too, joining with them in mourning? Was he giving the royal priesthood an opportunity to rise to a more intimate level with him? For them to understand that the Word in their mouths also had power to restore the plants, heal, and sanctify in the Bridegroom’s Name?
Perhaps Messiah wanted the Israelites to speak to him about restoring their holy gifts by the stream, yet they were conditioned to look to their leadership.
The text says only that “the people drank.” That wasn’t their first concern, remember? It was the miraculous plants and the purifying stream of water for a royal priesthood. They mentioned drinking water for themselves and their beasts only last. The natural earthly realm was literally the least of their worries. Let’s tie this in with the River of Life in the millennium:
· “In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel.” (Is 4:5)
The Branch of YHVH is Messiah Yeshua, the Rock in the wilderness. Because of the Branch and miraculous water, miraculous Edenic plants grew on the banks of the stream: orchards, spices, and vineyards on a heavenly timetable, not earthly. If not overnight, then within a month of the camp’s settlement.
Israel is prophetic of the world to come. She is uniting realms that have been disconnected since the fall from the Garden. In the wilderness, they came very close to Eden as demonstrated by the manna, ever-wear garments and sandals, and healing (their feet did not swell; all were healed at Mt. Sinai, for everyone stood, saw, heard, and said).
Israel is very close to the Garden kingdom, but they still don't touch, for the Bride is being adorned, preparing for spiritual Jerusalem above to marry earthly Jerusalem below. A royal priesthood is learning how to manage living successfully-which would mean in holy obedience-in both realms. She's being adorned for her husband so that these realms may finally touch, a marriage consummated by dwelling continuously in the holy Presence. The adornment of this Bride, Isaiah prophesied, will be the “fruit of the earth.” Let’s explore that.
This camp in the wilderness with miraculous vegetation growing beside the streams is prophetic of the millennium. A miraculous, healing stream will emerge from the Temple grounds, and it will be a healing River of Life that waters the land of the South. In fact, it will water the land all the way back to Miriam's burial place in the Arava desert.
Here are hints to this new state of healing and resurrection in the millennium:
The wilderness and the desert will be glad,
And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom;
Like the crocus. It will blossom profusely
And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy...
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the Arabah. (Is 35:1-6)
Let’s read Ezekiel 47, taking time to explain his millennial vision:
· Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. 2 He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side.
If you stand on the Mount of Olives looking out over the Kidron Valley, you see the Lion's Gate, aka the Eastern gate, The Golden Gate. That gate went out to the east. Water will flow down from under from the right side of the House, from the south of the altar. So water will flow toward the east, going out in that Kidron valley, which might explain what are they going to do with all those graves.
It sounds like the old graveyard might be underwater after the earthquake. The watercourse will go east, then south. Typically, pilgrims would ascend from the south side. That's where the Huldah Gates are, and there was a pathway up to them and steps. If you went back down the path toward the south, you would end up in the city of David.
· 3 When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins. 5 Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded.
The water won’t flow like it did when the Rock was struck. Instead, it gradually increases in depth until it becomes a river that cannot be crossed on foot. This is what the tradition is about the streams that encircled the tribes’ encampments in the wilderness. The water was deep enough to swim in.
· 6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me back to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh. 9 It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.
That's where Miriam's buried, the Tzin wilderness of the Arava. That watercourse will flow through what is called the Dead Sea or the Salt Sea. It will no longer be dead, but hold waters of life and healing. There will be many fish, which Yeshua promised his disciples would catch in their nets. Fish are people, the nations.
· 10 And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many.
There will be many kinds of fish, many kinds of people who “swim” to the River of Life for discipleship. They will be discipled by the disciples of Yeshua, his royal priesthood.
· 11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
Every sacrifice, especially those of thanksgiving and peace, should be offered with salt!
· 12 By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
Trees on both sides of the River ring a bell! We've read about it in John’s Revelation (Re 22:2). While John describes it as THE Tree of Life, Ezekiel sees it as “all trees.” Which is correct? Yes!
These miraculous, resurrected plants are “shoots” of the Tree of Life, the Living Word, Yeshua. “In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel.” There is healing in these plants because they are not normal plants. Their fruits and leaves will heal and disciple the nations who travel to the Holy City by this southern route in the River of Life.
The leaves of those righteous trees growing by the River of Life from the Holy House will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. That's miraculous. It’s the kiss of Heaven on earth. This is the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Rock in the wilderness. When the streams from the well of Miriam went out, it turned everything fresh.
The trees would grow with incredible speed. Within a month's time, they bloom and fruit because their water flows from the sanctuary of the House, from the Rock of Ages.
The royal priesthood is going to be able to snag these fish. As it said, they're going to be able to throw their nets up on the banks where the fruit and leaves are growing. This is a good kind of fishing, because you want the multitude of peoples to return in obedience.
These trees become the holistic doctors in the millennium. Each tribe represented a month out of the year, so these tribes, these miraculous trees, will be able to minister to the nations, feeding them with the miraculous food of the Word, and their shoots, even their leaves, will be for healing.
The nations will be healed from their stupidity concerning Who created them and what pleases Him. The fishermen and trees make ignorant people wise and understanding in the ways of the Creator.
These trees are not like natural trees that take months to produce mature fruit after the leaves appear. It doesn't sound like they were subject to the Three/Four-Year plan of the natural tree. A natural fruit tree planted in the Land is counted as uncircumcised for three years, and the fourth year it's holy to Adonai. In the fifth year, you can eat of its fruit. (Le 19:23-25)
Because these are miraculous trees, their fruit can be eaten within a month after they bear. Why? These are established trees! They're not new trees. They didn’t just spring up after the resurrection. These were planted before the resurrection of the dead. They're matured spiritual, earthly trees, and they're prepared to go to work in the millennium, benefiting those who eat from their teaching.
Immediately they can heal with the power of Yeshua, the Living Word.
Immediately they can teach those fish on the banks of the River.
With the help of these fishermen, these trees of righteousness, the nations can prepare themselves to ascend to Jerusalem, the Holy City, to worship the Holy One of Israel. This is the calling of the Royal Priesthood and the Bride of Messiah Yeshua.
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened
And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the Arabah.
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