I'm posting the below for brethren in Christ Jesus...
Ezek 47:5-13
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.
The angel is showing Ezekiel, a future view of Christ's Millennial temple, on earth, in the location of the middle east. Those WATERS issue out from the that future 'sanctuary' and flow to the east.. The angel leads Ezekiel to the bank of that RIVER, and it's up to his ankles at first, then to his groin, and above it's a very fast flowing RIVER, one that is impossible to swim or to cross!
That future RIVER is about GOD's River that flowed out of His Garden on earth per Genesis 2. Further Scripture below will prove that...
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.
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.
Now Ezekiel turns to look at the banks of that future RIVER, and there are many trees on both banks...
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.
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.
Everywhere that RIVER flows in that future time, when it touches other waters upon the earth (not only certain places near the Dead Sea), those it waters it reaches will be healed. That kind of RIVER never... existed back in the days of Solomon's temple, nor the 2nd temple. If they had, it would have been written of before, and this Ezekiel 47 chapter is a FUTURE MILLENNIAL CHAPTER, not past history!
The only... Biblical references we have to THIS PARTICULAR RIVER are in Genesis 2 with God's RIVER of the waters of life that flowed out of His Garden on earth to feed 4 other rivers upon the earth at that time, 2 of which still exist today, the Hiddekel (Tigris) and Euphrates. The only other literal reference to THIS RIVER is in Revelation 22 about the future River of the Waters of Life. No other river on earth can compare to God's RIVER. That is why ALL... other waters upon the earth today have been polluted, and need healing, as this Ezekiel 47 chapter does reveal.
10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; 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.
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Because En-gedi and En-eglaim are mentioned, that puts this future RIVER literally... on earth, and in that area of the middle east. En-gedi is a location just west of the Dead Sea that has fresh clear waters.
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.
What kind of trees is that? It's about God's Tree of Life!
Did God's Tree of Life manifest on earth during the time of when David first conquered the city of Jebus and renamed it Jerusalem? Nope. Did God's Tree of Life manifest on earth at the time of Solomon's temple, or the 2nd temple which the Romans destroyed in 70 A.D.? Nope.
And you know what brethren in Christ, that Tree of Life nor God's River won't manifest on earth when the orthodox Jews in today's Jerusalem build their 3rd temple, and startup old covenant worship again.
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
KJV
Do you recognize what timing that inheriting of the holy land is by those 12 tribes? That is after Christ's future return, it's Millennial timing! The Ezekiel 48 chapter continues God naming the inheritances for each of those future tribes of Israel. And the last Ezekiel 48 verse even says the city then will be called, "The LORD is there"!
In Summary:
The waters of that RIVER in Ezekiel 47 is a FUTURE RIVER, God's River, the same one of Genesis 2 that was once upon this earth back when GOD Himself lived upon this earth! It will return to this earth, which is what Ezekiel's vision was about in Ezekiel 47, in conjunction with... that Millennial temple that Christ will reign from after He returns.
The danger... doctrine, is how religious orthodox Jews in Israel are trying... to 'create' some kind of fulfillment for these prophecies (like that RIVER of Ezekiel 47), for THIS Present world time!
They are even trying to claim the re-establishing of the state of Israel with the return of Jews has fulfilled, and is fulfilling the end time prophecies regarding Messiah and return of all 12 tribes of Israel. In other words, they are falsely pushing prophecy fulfillment TOO EARLY, because God has spiritually blinded them about the first messiah coming, who will be a fake (the real Antichrist).
Those orthodox Jews in Jerusalem that are preparing to build their 3rd temple are even soliciting funds from Christian Churches for their new temple. I have a friend who's wife takes trips to Israel with her Protestant Church, and back around 2000, maybe a little before, she came back from one trip and said this certain snail from which the Jews get the purple dye for their temple cloth had appeared again when it had been gone for almost 2,000 years.