Divine Stream, The
In the beginning of Genesis we see that after man was created, he was placed in the garden of Eden beside a tree called the tree of life. Near it there was a river. By the help of further revelations of the Scriptures, we understand that this is a picture that shows how God comes to man. He comes as the flowing of a stream to be contacted and received by man. In Psalm 36:8-9 the psalmist praises God, saying, “You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures. / For with You is the fountain of life.” This means that with God is the fountain of life, from which flows the river of God’s pleasures. God is a fountain of life, and from this fountain of life flows the river of God’s pleasures. Man may drink of this divine river and enjoy the pleasures of God and be satisfied. The pleasures of God and the fatness of God go along with the flowing of this divine river. If we drink of this river, we will enjoy the pleasures of God and be satisfied with the fatness of God.
