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“And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads” (Genesis 2:10).
Do you notice how this river does the opposite from all the rivers we have today? If you live in the United States, you know that rivers like the Missouri and the Ohio are what we call tributaries of the Mississippi river. If you live in Canada, you know that rivers like the Richelieu and the Ottawa flow into the St. Lawrence river, and become one big river.
But the river that flowed out of the Garden of Eden parted into four rivers that went in different directions, instead of having four rivers make one big river. Why is this?
In the Bible, a river usually speaks of a continuous, even flow of blessing. In this world, smaller rivers come together to make one big river, but with God, His river has enough water to make a number of other rivers. The blessing of God increases as it goes on, instead of getting smaller. God’s blessing broadens out, and it will be the same way in the millennium, when a river flows out of Jerusalem. It will flow in two different directions, to bring blessing to the earth. What a wonderful God we have!
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