That our Lord Jesus was using that water above with referring to The Spirit giving eternal life through faith on Him isn't the same idea as God's literal River that flowed out of His Garden of Eden and fed four other rivers upon the earth, of which two of those rivers still exist on earth today (Euphrates and Tigris).
Gen 2:10-14
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
KJV
"Hiddekel" is another name for the Tigris river.
I don't believe in some fairytale fib about God's future salvation being a floating upon clouds with no substance. To dismiss God's River as some 'spiritual' idea without literal substance on earth is to go outside God's Word and make up a cult.
not saying that you're right or wrong, but consider this, but first read Ezekiel 46 first, ok.
Ezekiel 47:1 "Afterward he brought me again
unto the door of the house; and, behold,
waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Ezekiel 47:2 "Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
Ezekiel 47:3 "And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
Ezekiel 47:4 "Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
Ezekiel 47:5 "Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
Ezekiel 47:6 "And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
Ezekiel 47:7 "Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river
were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ezekiel 47:8 "Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
Ezekiel 47:9 "And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.(
Read, Matthew 13:47 - 49) in combination with the next two verses below
Ezekiel 47:10 "And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place
to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many". (
Read, Matthew 13:47)
Ezekiel 47:11 "But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof
shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. (
Read, Matthew 13:48)
Ezekiel 47:12 "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 sanctuary: and
the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
now compare this with the river in Revelation. but read Ezekiel chapter 46 first
PICJAG.