The Water of Life swelled to global proportions.

Ezekiel 47:3-5

“And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles.: Ezekiel 47:3

In a sense, measuring the distance of “one thousand cubits” refers to the distance of time from when Jesus Christ atoned for sin on the Cross, was buried in the grave, was resurrected, and then ascended into Heaven. This first span of time saw the Water of Life deepening to ankle high. This would be the time of the ministry of the Apostles including the period when the four Gospels were written along with all of the books of the New Testament. Churches were established, people were coming to God through Jesus Christ, and the followers of Jesus Christ were just beginning to multiply.

“Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water came up to my waist.” Ezekiel 47:4

As time progressed past the ministry of the Apostles, the Water of Life continued to flow and to deepen past ankle high to being knee high and even up to the waist. The number of the followers of Jesus Christ continued to grow and grow. As we know, the testimony of Jesus Christ spread all through the European territories, churches began to sprout up everywhere on the eastern side of the world. In fact, Christopher Columbus sailed from the eastern world to the western and brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ to America.

Those coming to Jesus Christ grew in number spreading to the Far East, the European nations, and landing in America and throughout the western hemisphere.

“Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed.” Ezekiel 47:5

The flow of the Water of Life deepened beyond being waist high to being so deep that a person would need to swim because touching the bottom was out of the question. The river was so wide that it could not be crossed. This is describing the global reach of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that is so wide it spans from one side of the world to the next. The followers of Jesus Christ became very, very deep and very, very wide in cities and nations across the globe.

“He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river. Ezekiel saw the vision of the ocean of believers.