Since the creation of the world, God has been carrying out the work of redemption for the salvation of all mankind. To fulfill this work, God has divided the entire period into three ages: the Age of the Father, the Age of the Son, and the Age of the Holy Spirit. God has given the water of life to His people in each of these ages. In the Age of the Father, God the Father Jehovah gave the water of life, and in the Age of the Son, Jesus the Son gave the water of life.
“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me [Jehovah], the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” Jer 2:13
“[B]ut whoever drinks the water I [Jesus] give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jn 4:14
In the Age of the Holy Spirit, God the Father and God the Mother, who appear as the Spirit and the Bride, are giving the water of life.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. Rev 22:17
The Spirit and the Bride, Who Give the Water of Life, Are God
Then, who are the Spirit and the Bride? Let’s compare two verses.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. Rev 22:17
He who was seated on the throne said, “. . . To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. . . . I will be his God . . .” Rev 21:5–7
In Revelation 22, it is written that the “Spirit and the Bride” give the free gift of the water of life to those who are thirsty; and in the previous chapter, Revelation 21, it is written that “God” gives the water of life without cost to the one who is thirsty. Therefore, the Spirit and the Bride, who give the water of life, are God who gives eternal life to all mankind, those who are suffering from spiritual famine.
The Holy Spirit Is God the Father
The Spirit and the Bride in Revelation 22 are described as the Lamb and His Bride in Revelation 19.
“For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.” Rev 19:7
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Rev 22:17
Comparing the two verses above, we can understand that the Lamb and the Spirit are exactly the same. In the Bible, the “Lamb who takes away the sin of the world” refers to Jesus (Jn 1:29). However, the Lamb in Revelation 19 refers to Jesus who comes a second time because He appears with the His Bride unlike at His first coming. Thus, the Lamb in Revelation 19 can only be referring to Second Coming Christ.
The Bible also testifies that Jesus is God, the Everlasting Father.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father . . . Isa 9:6
Since Jesus is God Jehovah in the flesh, the Spirit in Revelation 22 must be Second Coming Jesus and God the Father.
The Bride Is God the Mother
Then, who is the Bride who appears with the Spirit and gives the water of life?
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. Rev 21:9–10
The angel said that he would show Apostle John the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb, and then he showed him the heavenly Jerusalem. Therefore, the Bride is biblically represented by the heavenly Jerusalem. Then, who does the heavenly Jerusalem actually refer to in the Bible?
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. Gal 4:26
The Jerusalem above in heaven, is our Mother. This means that the Bride, who is represented as the heavenly Jerusalem, is our spiritual Mother who dwells in heaven, that is, God the Mother. God the Mother is to appear on this earth in the flesh as the Bride of the Spirit.
Therefore, Revelation 22:17 means that God the Father, who is prophesied as the “Spirit,” and God the Mother, who is prophesied as the “Bride,” will give us the water of life in the last days. In the Age of the Holy Spirit, God’s people who receive God the Father and God the Mother, who have appeared as the Spirit and the Bride, can receive the water of life.
How to Receive the Spirit and the Bride
In order to receive salvation in the Age of the Holy Spirit, it is essential to find and meet the Spirit and the Bride who give us the water of life. In order to do this, we must first know how the Spirit and the Bride appear, and what the water of life is specifically.
The Spirit and the Bride Come in the Flesh
The Spirit and the Bride in the book of Revelation are the Bridegroom and the Bride at the heavenly wedding banquet (Rev 19:7–9). The key point of the Parable of the Heavenly Wedding Banquet is that the Savior comes to the earth in the flesh and invites the saints to the wedding banquet to give them the water of life.
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, . . . So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.” Mt 22:1–10
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” Jn 7:37–38
Two thousand years ago, Jesus, the Bridegroom, came to this earth in the flesh according to the prophecy of the Bible, and invited those who were spiritually thirsty to the heavenly wedding banquet. The same thing is prophesied to occur in the last days.
“Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.” . . . Then the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’ ” Rev 19:7–9
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. Rev 22:17
In the last days, the Spirit and the Bride invite those who are thirsty to the heavenly wedding banquet to come and drink the water of life. Then, in what form will the Spirit and the Bride appear? Just as Jesus did, the Spirit and the Bride must come in the flesh and lead mankind to the heavenly wedding banquet.
The New Covenant Passover, the Truth of the Water of Life
In the Bible, the water of life primarily refers to God’s word that gives life (Am 8:11). Secondly, it refers to the blessing of the Holy Spirit that the saints who come to God and receive the truth of life will receive as a result of the truth (Jn 7:37–39).
The prophet Isaiah testified that the truth of the water of life to be given to the saints in the New Testament times is the “everlasting covenant.”
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. . . . Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.” Isa 55:1–3
God said that He would give water without cost to those who are thirsty, and that He would make an everlasting covenant to save the souls of His people. This means that God’s word, which is likened to the water of life, is the everlasting covenant. The writer of the book of Hebrews wrote about this everlasting covenant as follows.
May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, … Heb 13:20
The blood of the everlasting covenant in the New Testament times is the blood of Jesus. Therefore, the everlasting covenant is the new covenant established by the blood of Jesus. Jesus taught us that the core truth of the new covenant is the Passover.
And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. . . .” . . . In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.” Lk 22:15–20
Jesus referred to the Passover wine as the new covenant, and said that He had eagerly desired to eat the Passover. This means that the core of the everlasting covenant that Jesus establishes for the salvation of mankind, is the Passover. The Passover of the new covenant contains the blessing of eternal life inside of it.
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” Jn 6:53–54
Jesus said that we must eat His flesh and drink His blood to have eternal life. Then, through what did Jesus allow His people to eat and drink His flesh and blood? It is the Passover of the new covenant. The Passover of the new covenant, without a doubt, is the truth of eternal life, that is, the water of life.
Therefore, the Spirit and the Bride, who give the water of life to those who are thirsty, must bring the Passover of the new covenant. According to church history, the Passover of the new covenant was abolished at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. As a result, no one kept the Passover for about 1600 years. The New Covenant Passover, the truth of life, which has been lost for a long time, has been restored by the Spirit and the Bride who have come in the flesh to save mankind in the last days. It is now your turn to respond to the invitation of God the Father and God the Mother, the Spirit and the Bride, who give the water of life, that is, eternal life, through the Passover of the new covenant.
