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“And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have
fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.”
Probably a mud hut with it's own well.
I don't think you are even on the right plane of awareness spiritually to understand what is being talked about here.
First of all you have to be spiritually thirsty.
You may not be but satisfied with the fallen life you received from Adam. And on that plane you live. And on that plane only you hope. And on that plane you understand things.
The water of the city is God the Holy Spirit.
You may have no idea at all what the Bible is talking about.
"And he showed me river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street." (Rev. 22:1)
I'll try to help you.
1.) The throne is the place of God administrating the universe.
It is the seat of ultimate divine government.
2.) That the
river of the water of life pours out of the throne means that God governs man by dispensing His Holy Spirit into them. This is not the bludgeoning from outside of man over his head. This is supplying man within with the thirst quenching essence of what God is to man.
"Lord God flow into me to govern me. Bring me to the throne where Your Holy Spirit is coming from You into my innermost being."
3.) There is one throne. But on the throne TWO are mentioned -
"God and the Lamb" . This is God and God incarnated in the man Jesus Christ. Since God is IN Jesus Christ the Redeemer it is the eternal throne of the God-man Christ Jesuss -
"God and ... the Lamb"
You have to realize that Jesus Christ is God. And God is Jesus Christ.
4.) The Holy Spirit is the water pouring out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. The Trinity is here. The Triune God of
Father, - Son - Holy Spirit. The one and only God, the unique God is the Triune God - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Actually the Holy Spirit is the final stage in which the Father and the Son are conveyed into our hearts to live in us and with us.
5.) The river of water of life flows in the middle of a street. This signifies that the way man was created to live and walk was in oneness with the Triune God. Each step being along the same direction as God flowing out. This is not easy always to undersatnd.
6.) To be brought into this reality you need to believe in the Redemption of Christ. You need the blood of the Redeemer to obliterate the record of your sins before God. God is eager to do this if you believe into Jesus the Lamb of God Who took away the sins of the world.
The Triune God wants to redeem you to bring you into this city of life, this city the water of eternal life.
Simply put God wants to live in oneness with you.
God wants Christ to live again on the earth but this time in you, with you, blended with you.
The eternal city of water (so to speak) is the reason we exist and the reason for which God created the universe.
This touches on the meaning of the last two chapters of the divine revelation of the Bible.