Homilist Zechariah 14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea… I. ITS NATURE AND ITS RISE. 1. Its nature. It is "living water." Water is precious, but not so precious as the Gospel. That is the river of life, the pure water of life. 2. Its rise. "It shall go out from Jerusalem." The Gospel might be said to have commenced at Jerusalem. "Beginning at Jerusalem." In Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost, the river might be said to have broken forth. II. ITS DIFFUSION AND CONTINUOUSNESS. 1. Its diffusion. "Half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea." It is to go from the east and from the west, from its rising to its setting. The Gospel is for all climes. It is world-wide in its provisions, adaptations, and claims. 2. Continuousness. "Summer and winter." In all seasons of human life individually and corporately. (1) It is constant in the fitness of its supplies for human wants. Men, through all changes, in all places, and through all times, want Divine knowledge, moral purity, heavenly forgiveness, fellowship with the Eternal. The man will never be born who will not require these things. (2) It is constant in the fulness of its supplies for human wants. It is an inexhaustible river. After countless myriads have had their wants supplied it remains deep and full as ever. (3) It is constant in the availableness of its supplies for human wants. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. |
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