2I will be with youd
when you pass through the waters,e
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
"River" is code for "division" in Scripture, but this may not be entirely clear nor acceptable to some--might not be entirely accurate for that matter--so we might have to debate that a bit, but i guess/hope that it is obv that Isaiah is not meaning that literal rivers will not overwhelm us when we "pass through" them; it's just a bit harder to get why God would be leading us to this same concept to get "washed" maybe.
Your post makes sense. yes, it is not as we expect. (It never is) which, honestly can be scary yet calls for trust. Central is the Pure River though...trees do not grow without water. Fruit does not appear without water.
Psalm 46:2-5
[2] Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; [3] Though the waters thereof
roar and be
troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. [4] There
is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. [5] God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
Zechariah 10:11-12
[11] And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the
pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. [12] And I will strengthen them in the Lord ; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord .
Ezekiel 47:12
[12] And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all
trees for meat, whose
leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued
out of the(THE)
sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for
meat, and the leaf thereof
for medicine.
Daniel 12:6-10
[6] And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? [7] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to
scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. [8] And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things ? [9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. [10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.