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In the story of the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt we read in Exodus 15:22-23 that after Moses brought the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and were 3 days journey in the wilderness they found no water. And they came to a place called Marah,(Marah= "bitter") but could not drink the waters because they were "bitter".
But after Moses cried unto the Lord, the Lord then told Moses what to do to make the bitter waters "sweet". Exodus 15:25;”And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him "a tree", which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were "made sweet": there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,”
I believe this Tree that was cast into the waters to make them sweet is a "similitude" of the "Tree of Life", which also speaks of the Word of Life; just as God’s words are shown "as sweet." Psalm 119:103;”How "sweet are thy words" unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
So if God’s Word is like a sweet blessing, the opposite could be said of "bitter words" as in a "curse." And we see this here James 3:10-11;” Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?”
We also see this same sign of God’s Word given as sweet in Ezekiel 3:3;”Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. Which also brings us to another mystery of the sweet and bitter shown here in Revelation 10:10;”I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. This is the sign of the blessing of God’s Word becoming "a curse". And so you might ask why?
It all goes back to what the Lord told the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt, how if they would hearken to His Word then they would receive the "blessings" from it, but if they refuse to hearken to His Word it would then become "a curse" unto them.
Deuteronomy 30:1;” When all these "blessings and curses" I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the LORD your God disperses you among the nations,”
Which dispersal also happened after Israel, in part, rejected their Passover Lamb in Jesus, which I also believe is why the Lord commanded them to eat the Passover with a "bitter herb". Exodus 12:8;”That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with "bitter herbs", and bread made without yeast.”
And also seen here Lamentations 3:15; “He has filled me with "bitter herbs" and given me gall to drink. This giving of gall to drink was shown in Jesus on the cross, which is a "similitude" of how the people would also "curse" the blessing sent to them in Jesus, by the "bitterness" of their own words. Matthew 27:34;”There they offered Jesus wine to drink, "mixed with gall"; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.”
So in effect the blessing of the Living waters were made "a curse" to them because they did not receive the Word of God sent unto them; just as it was in the days of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 3:7;” But the house of Israel "will not hearken" unto thee; for they "will not hearken unto me": for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.” So instead of receiving God’s Word and being "blessed", they would reject it and be consumed by it, just as the Lord told Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 5:14;”Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. This is all a sign of the "consumption" that would be decreed by the Lord as was also forewarned of in Joshua 24:20;”If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and "consume you", after that he hath done you good.”
This consumption by fire and water was also shown in the judgments determined on the third parts in the book of Revelation, even in the waters "made bitter" by Wormwood. Revelation 8:11;”And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made "bitter".
And why were they "made bitter"? Amos 5:7;”Ye who turn judgment to "wormwood", and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
But after Moses cried unto the Lord, the Lord then told Moses what to do to make the bitter waters "sweet". Exodus 15:25;”And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him "a tree", which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were "made sweet": there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,”
I believe this Tree that was cast into the waters to make them sweet is a "similitude" of the "Tree of Life", which also speaks of the Word of Life; just as God’s words are shown "as sweet." Psalm 119:103;”How "sweet are thy words" unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
So if God’s Word is like a sweet blessing, the opposite could be said of "bitter words" as in a "curse." And we see this here James 3:10-11;” Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?”
We also see this same sign of God’s Word given as sweet in Ezekiel 3:3;”Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. Which also brings us to another mystery of the sweet and bitter shown here in Revelation 10:10;”I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. This is the sign of the blessing of God’s Word becoming "a curse". And so you might ask why?
It all goes back to what the Lord told the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt, how if they would hearken to His Word then they would receive the "blessings" from it, but if they refuse to hearken to His Word it would then become "a curse" unto them.
Deuteronomy 30:1;” When all these "blessings and curses" I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the LORD your God disperses you among the nations,”
Which dispersal also happened after Israel, in part, rejected their Passover Lamb in Jesus, which I also believe is why the Lord commanded them to eat the Passover with a "bitter herb". Exodus 12:8;”That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with "bitter herbs", and bread made without yeast.”
And also seen here Lamentations 3:15; “He has filled me with "bitter herbs" and given me gall to drink. This giving of gall to drink was shown in Jesus on the cross, which is a "similitude" of how the people would also "curse" the blessing sent to them in Jesus, by the "bitterness" of their own words. Matthew 27:34;”There they offered Jesus wine to drink, "mixed with gall"; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.”
So in effect the blessing of the Living waters were made "a curse" to them because they did not receive the Word of God sent unto them; just as it was in the days of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 3:7;” But the house of Israel "will not hearken" unto thee; for they "will not hearken unto me": for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.” So instead of receiving God’s Word and being "blessed", they would reject it and be consumed by it, just as the Lord told Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 5:14;”Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. This is all a sign of the "consumption" that would be decreed by the Lord as was also forewarned of in Joshua 24:20;”If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and "consume you", after that he hath done you good.”
This consumption by fire and water was also shown in the judgments determined on the third parts in the book of Revelation, even in the waters "made bitter" by Wormwood. Revelation 8:11;”And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made "bitter".
And why were they "made bitter"? Amos 5:7;”Ye who turn judgment to "wormwood", and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
