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Fulfillment of the Dead Sea Prophecy Has Begun
“And it shall come to pass in that day that
living waters shall go out from Yerushalayim: half of them toward the eastern
sea and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.” Zechariah 14:8 (The Israel Bible™)
Almost ten times saltier than the ocean, nothing
can live in the Dead Sea’s hypersaline
environment – Or so scientists thought until recently.
Scientific research has proved the existence of
life at the bottom of the sea, but due to a unique set of circumstances, signs
of life have begun appearing on its very shores, precisely as it is written in
the Book of Prophets.
A young woman on a nature hike was shocked recently
when she discovered freshwater ponds with fish on the shores of the Dead Sea.
Samantha Siegel, a Jewish woman living in Jerusalem, often takes trips to the
desert and the ancient body of water.
On a recent visit, she encountered an incongruous
sight with powerful implications: a prophecy appearing before her eyes that
seemed to contradict the laws of nature.
The Dead Sea is, as its name implies, dead. More
than 400 meters below sea level, it is the lowest point on dry land. No life
can exist in its ultra-salty waters and its shores are coated with a thick
layer of salt that kills any plant.
Its inhospitality has been documented for
centuries. A mosaic on the floor of a church in Medeba, Jordan, showing a map for Byzantine
pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land, illustrates this. It features a picture
of fish swimming down the Jordan River and then turning around once they arrive
at the waters of the Dead Sea.
The Bible, however, describes a very different
picture of the region. Lot looked out on the valley where the Dead Sea is now
and saw an incredibly fertile and well-watered region.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld
all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Hashem destroyed Sdom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Hashem. Genesis 13:10
The Bible relates that the landscape changed when
the fire and brimstone destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah turned the valley into a wasteland. Indeed, people who visit the Dead
Sea today would find it difficult to envision a garden in the arid region.
Even more perplexing are the Messianic prophecies
that water will flow east from Jerusalem into the Dead Sea, and these bitter
waters will fill up with fish and the surrounding desert will be teeming with
life.
Then said he unto me: ‘These waters
issue forth toward the eastern region and shall go down into the Arabah; and
when they shall enter into the sea into the sea of the putrid waters the waters
shall be healed. And it shall come to pass that every living creature wherewith
it swarmeth whithersoever the rivers shall come shall live; and there shall be
a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither that all
things be healed and may live whithersoever the river cometh. Ezekiel 47:8-9
The water level at the Dead Sea has been receding
at the fantastic rate of up to one meter every year. This is due to water being
diverted from the Jordan River for agricultural purposes and evaporation caused
by the Dead Sea mineral works.
The dropping water level has led to sinkholes
appearing on the shores of the Dead Sea. On a visit to the arid region, Siegel
discovered that many of these pools have been filling up with sweet fresh
water, and even more incredibly, fish.
The proof is undeniable. Siegel produced a video in which
fish are clearly seen swimming on the shores of the Dead Sea, and she films
herself swimming in a large pool surrounded by green plants.
Fresh water at the Dead Sea is a clear example of
how the prophets were able to see things that remained hidden from scientists
for thousands of years.
In 2011, a team of researchers from Ben Gurion
University in the Negev sent divers to the floor of the Dead Sea. This endeavor
posed serious technical difficulties as the super-saline environment renders
regular scuba gear inoperable. It was the first time such a dive had ever been
made, and what they discovered was astounding.
The researchers discovered huge craters on the
seafloor, 15 meters across and 20 meters deep. Fresh water was flowing from
these craters, which were carpeted with mats of microorganisms, showing that
the Dead sea was not entirely dead. The beginnings of the prophecy are in
place, waiting to spring forth.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this Biblical
prophecy appearing in plain sight is, as Siegel stated in her video, “This is a
big deal, and no one is really talking about it.”
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Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz is a features writer
for Breaking Israel News. He made Aliyah to Israel in 1991 and served in the
IDF as a combat medic. Berkowitz studied Jewish law and received rabbinical
ordination in Israel. He has worked as a freelance writer and his novel, The
Hope Merchant, is available on Amazon. He lives in the Golan Heights with his
wife and their four children.
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