Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 50

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50. 'And His voice as the voice of many waters' signifies natural Divine Truth. That 'a voice', when from the Lord, signifies Divine Truth may be seen above (n. 37) . That 'waters' signify truths, and specifically the natural truths that are cognitions out of the Word, is established from many passages in the Word, out of which only the following are adduced:-

The earth is full of the knowledge of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea Isa. xi 9.

Then with joy shall you draw waters out of the fountain of salvation Isa. xii 3.

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, bread shall be given [him], and waters that are sure Isa. xxxiii 15, 16.

The poor and needy seeking water, but there is none; their tongue fails for thirst. I will open rivers upon the hillsides, and put fountains in the midst of the valleys: [I will make] the wilderness into a pool of waters, and the dry land into springs of waters, that they may see, acknowledge, pay attention, and understand Isa. xli 17, 18, 20.

I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground, I will pour out My spirit Isa. xliv 3.

Thy light shall arise in the darkness, so that thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a going forth of waters, whose waters shall not deceive Isa. lviii 10 [11].

My people have committed two evils; they have deserted Me, the Fountain of living waters, to cut out for themselves pits that will not hold waters Jer. ii 13.

The great men sent the little ones for the waters, they came to the pits and found no waters, they returned with their vessels empty Jer. xiv 3.

They have forsaken Jehovah, the Fountain of living waters Jer. xvii 53.

They shall come with weeping, and with weeping will I lead them, I will lead them to the fountain of waters in a straight way Jer. xxxi 9.

I will break the staff of bread, and they shall drink waters by measure and with astonishment, that they may consume away for their iniquities Ezek. iv 16, 17; xii 18, 19; Isa. li 14.

Behold the days shall come in which I will send hunger into the land, not a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for waters, but for hearing the Word of Jehovah; they shall wander from sea to sea, and shall run to and fro to hear the Word of Jehovah, and shall not find it: in that day shall the virgins and the young men faint for thirst Amos viii 11-13.

In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem Zech. xiv 8.

Jehovah is my shepherd, He will lead me on to the waters of quietness Ps. xxiii [1,] 2.

They shall not thirst; He will make waters to flow out of the rock for them, and will cleave the rock so that waters may flow forth Isa. xlviii 21.

O God, I seek Thee in the morning, my soul thirsts, weary without waters Ps. lxiii 1 [H.B. 2].

Jehovah sends the Word, He makes the wind to blow, that the waters may flow Ps. cxlvii 18, 19.

Praise Jehovah, O heaven of heavens, and you waters that are above the heavens Ps. cxlviii 4.

Jesus sitting at Jacob's fountain said to the woman, Whosoever shall drink of this water shall thirst again, but he who shall drink of the water that I shall give shall not thirst to eternity, and the water that I shall give shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life John iv 7-15.

Jesus said, If any one thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture says, Out of his belly shall flow streams of living water John vii 37, 38.

To the thirsting one will be given of the fountain of the water of life freely. Rev. xxi 6.

He showed him a river of water of life going out from the throne of God and the Lamb Rev. xxii 1.

The Spirit and the Bride are saying, [Come]; and let him who hears say, Come; and let him who thirsts come; and let him who will take of the water of life freely Rev. xxii 17.

By 'waters' in these passages truths are understood, whence it is plain that by 'the voice of many waters' is understood the Lord's Divine Truth in the Word. In like manner in these places:-

Behold the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east, and His voice as the voice of many waters, and the land was illuminated by His glory Ezek. xliii 2.

I heard a voice out of heaven, as the voice of many waters Rev. xiv 2.

The voice of Jehovah upon the waters, Jehovah upon many waters Ps. xxix 3.

When it is known that by 'waters' in the Word the truths in the natural man are understood, what was signified by the washings in the Israelitish Church can be established, and also what is signified by Baptism; and also by these words of the Lord in John:-

Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God John iii 5.

'Of water' signifies by means of truths, and 'of the Spirit' signifies by means of a life in accordance with them. That waters' in the opposite sense signify untruths will be seen in the things following.


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