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Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation 22:1

“This river is the river of God’s pleasures, as it is elsewhere called, and is the Holy Spirit, and therefore proceeds both from the Father and the Son, from the throne of God and the Lamb. The fountain of all good flows out in this stream. Christ himself told us what the living water is, or which is the same thing, the water of life, that is, the Spirit of God. . . . ‘Tis the water of life in several respects. ‘Tis the water that gives life, and wherein the eternal life of the saints consists. And not only so, but ’tis the living water; ’tis water that is alive. ‘Tis not passive water, as common water is, but ’tis the Spirit of God, a living divine person.”

Jonathan Edwards, The ‘Blank Bible’ (New Haven, 2006), pages 1245-1246.

It seems that the South Australian state election may turn on the issue of water.
How much of the muddy flood water flowing into the Murray will make its way here?
How much of the tainted storm water which has run from the rooves and gutters can be collected and considered safe for use?
How much of the ocean can be desalinated without the brine which is returned to the sea upsetting a delicate ecological balance?
These are the concerns of a thirsty electorate.

Yet the One Who knows the true thirst of humanity says: “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

HT for the Edwards quote: Ray Ortlund.