ROLE & SIGNIFICANCE OF WATERS – THE DEAD SEALaindon, 25th May 2016

Dead Sea - Location

Dead Sea – Overview Picture

Dead Sea - Shoreline

Dead Sea – Floating!

Dead Sea – in Hebrew• Yam ha-Melah - ‘Sea of Salt’• Yam ha-Mizrahi – ‘The Eastern Sea’• Yam ha-Arava - ‘Sea of the Arabah’

• Yam ha-Mavet - ‘Sea of Death’

Salt Sea – References (Judgement)• Genesis 14.1-3, 10-12• And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch

king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; that these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

• And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Salt Sea – References – 2 (Boundaries)

• Numbers 34.1-3, 12• And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Command the

children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward…

• and the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

Salt Sea – References – 3 (Salvation)• Joshua 3.14-16And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Salt Sea – References – 4 (Salvation)• Joshua 3.14-16And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; and as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Salt Sea – References – 5 (Borders of the land)

• Joshua 12.3• Joshua 15.2 and 5• Joshua 18.19

En Gedi• 1 Samuel 23.26-29•  And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David

and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

• But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.

Dead Sea – Healing and Prosperous Waters!

• Allegedly helps those with:-• * Psoriasis• * Rhinosinusitis• * Osteoarthritis

A Barrier Breached?• 2 Chronicles 20.1-4• It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab,

and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

Salt as a Figure - 1• Mark 9.49-50 • For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice

shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Salt as a Figure - 2•  Luke 14.34-35 • Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith

shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Dead Sea Scrolls

Future Change - 1• Ezekiel 47.8-9• 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. 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…

Future Change - 2• Zechariah 14.6-10•  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be

clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.