The Everlasting Covenant

The Water of Life Flows from Calvary

If we look to Calvary we shall see this made still more plain. As Jesus hung upon the cross, “one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” ³ Now “there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one.” ⁴ We know that “the blood is the life,” ⁶ and that “the Spirit is life because of righteousness;” therefore since the Spirit and the water and the blood agree in one, the water must also be the water of life. On the cross Christ poured out His life for mankind. His body was the temple of God, and in His heart God was enthroned; so the water of life which flowed from His wounded side was the same water of life that flows from the throne of God, from which we may all drink and live. His heart is the fountain opened “for sin and for uncleanness.” EVCO 267.1