(A summary of a sermon shared by Mr. Johnson Baby of the Ebenezer Brethren Assembly, RK Puram, New Delhi.) In the book of Ezekiel 47 the prophet continues to see a vision of the millennial kingdom. In this vision, he is accompanied by a man who is never named or described.  This man guides Ezekiel through the vision and here shows him a river that is at the very least (a cursory measurement) a mile or two wide from bank to bank, a river that is gushing out from under the threshold of the house toward the east. A very unique vision that can have various Eschatological interpretations, especially in the light of the New Jerusalem, I would like to look at it from a devotional point of view and link it to our daily Christian experience. Before we begin however, avid students of the Bible would quickly find similarities to the river mentioned in the book of Revelation 22 that flows through the New Jerusalem and that river is seen to begin at the throne of God. I do like to think that bo...

Diamonds are incredibly fascinating pieces of carbon rock found on the upper mantle and crust of the earth. It is one of the hardest substances known to man and is known in western society by the phrase, “A woman’s best friend” owing to its over-hyped, cinema promoted use in pre-wedding nuptials and marriage proposals.                  Diamonds are also especially of interest because from the perspective of geology and most mineral sciences they would be termed garbage if it were not for someone who thought of the idea of using it on engagement rings with the conveyed perception that bigger the diamond the more the man loves you.                     However, this carbon-based substance has a wide variety of uses today in various industries owing to certain properties that make it a uniquely useful tool. Diamonds are ra...