07 Jan '17 13:53>
Has anyone sought to find out what Scripture Jesus was referring to when He said -
I think at this time I would say that perhaps no SINGLE scripture verse is the answer. Rather an accumulation of a number of passages in the Old Testament would probably be what He meant.
We see water flowing from the cleft rock in Exodus.
We see a stream in the city of God that makes the whole city glad in Psalms.
We see in Jeremiah the Israelites had left the "fountain of living waters."
We see a river flowing out of Eden which mysterious branches out into four heads (Genesis).
We see the Proverbs that from the heart flows the issues of life.
At this time I could not point to ONE passage but a number of them which accumulated into indicating the Holy Spirit would flow out of the belly or "innermost being" as rivers of living water.
" .. as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water."?
I think at this time I would say that perhaps no SINGLE scripture verse is the answer. Rather an accumulation of a number of passages in the Old Testament would probably be what He meant.
We see water flowing from the cleft rock in Exodus.
We see a stream in the city of God that makes the whole city glad in Psalms.
We see in Jeremiah the Israelites had left the "fountain of living waters."
We see a river flowing out of Eden which mysterious branches out into four heads (Genesis).
We see the Proverbs that from the heart flows the issues of life.
At this time I could not point to ONE passage but a number of them which accumulated into indicating the Holy Spirit would flow out of the belly or "innermost being" as rivers of living water.