2 Kings 2:19-22 (NIV)
Healing of the Water
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive."
20 "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' " 22 And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
Came across this passage when i was spending time with God the other day : )
To me, water signifies something that is very crucial for human being. Physically, 70% of human body is consisted of water. Spiritually, the water is one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit.
i get the following detailed explanation of the spiritual meaning of water from:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Symbols_of_the_Holy_Spirit
"The symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As "by one Spirit we were all baptized," so we are also "made to drink of one Spirit." Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling up from Christ crucified as its source and welling up in us to eternal life."
Therefore, from 2 Kings 2: 19b, the water is bad and the land is unproductive.
The hidden meaning to me is that there will be no life when the water is bad. How could one survive physically when there are no clean water for drinking? How will the believer be without Holy Spirit coming to us after the glorified of Jesus?
As for "the land is unproductive", land consisted of soil etc. And we know that the organics compound of soil on the earth is actually the same with the constitution of human skin or body. Scientific research has proven that. In the Bible, it also mentioned that God created man from the dust of the ground (soil in our term).
Genesis 2:7 (NIV)
7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
The unproductive land meaning a body that is not bearing spiritual fruit. Well, what is God's orchard (the fruit of the Spirit) then?
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Apostle Paul wrote that when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, He will produce this kind of fruit in us.
"When a believer displays the fruit of the Spirit, it will affect others' lives supernaturally. There's one stipulation: the fruit must come from the right source. We can try to muster up all the self-control of a Weight Watchers model, the joy of a Walt Disney World employee or the patience of a librarian. But those virtues usually only last for a while." by Jennifer Abegg
In 2 Kings 2:20, it mentioned about the salt. And i was wondering what's the spiritual meaning of salt. It reminded me of a passage in Matthew 5. Also came to this passage last night when i did the devotion. As Pastor Prince always mentioned, the best way to explain the meaing of a bible verse is to let the Bible explains Itself.
Matthew 5:13-16 (NIV)
14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
2) Leviticus, Numbers, and Chronicles present it as a sign of God's covenant.
It seems to me that the water (living water) signifies life here when we have Holy Spirit in us. And a person who has Holy Spirit in him/her also means that his/her life has been healed by Jesus. Meaning that the healing/answer is already provided for a broken life (all who are living in this fallen world). It is up to us to believe on the promises in the Bible and claim it to our circumstances as guides by the Holy Spirit. The death that mentioned in verse 21b also means that there would be no more spiritual death for believers in Christ. Just as how Christ Jesus conquered the physical death on the Cross.
In verse 22, it mentioned that the water remained wholesome. I believe it means that those who are in Christ has the ability to be made whole (meaning get healed spiritually, emotionally & physically - the tripartite of us) by Jesus Himself (the Greatest Physician).
Isn't that a good news? Would you like to have this new life from God too?
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