Water, as a symbol, carries profound significance, embodying both life and death, blessing and affliction, order and chaos, depending on human obedience to, or rebellion against, God. It is portrayed as a force that only God can control and govern, a source of life, and a cleansing agent. King David acknowledges God as the One who supplies water to the earth for mankind, emphasizing that God owns the water and gives it freely as an element essential to life. The abundance of waters points to no other source than God. Isaiah prophesies God promising refreshment and strength through spiritual fountains and springs, reflecting the movement of God's Spirit within the individual. In Revelation, the magnificence of water is inherent in the voice of the heavenly Christ, whose Word forever gives life like life-giving streams, offering the spiritual water of life as a gift to anyone thirsty for God's Truth. While evil men may temporarily take away the physical blessing of water, they cannot touch the far more important spiritual water of life.

Water symbolizes God's Holy Spirit, the living water He gives freely and abundantly to those who believe. Jesus made this plain on the Last Great Day, when He stood during the Temple water ceremony, in which priests poured a golden pitcher of water on the altar, and offered rivers of living water to anyone who thirsts. John explains that the water is the Holy Spirit, received upon belief, repentance, and baptism. Jesus told the Samaritan woman that Jacob's well, a seep well that supplies limited water, cannot compare to the flowing, inexhaustible spring He gives, which satisfies completely and springs up into everlasting life. Today the Spirit comes only as a trickle to the few God calls. In the Great White Throne Judgment, God opens the floodgates, and billions who never had the Spirit receive it in abundance as the missing dimension of life. Ezekiel 47 pictures this as a river flowing from the Temple, growing ever deeper until it cannot be crossed. It heals the Dead Sea and brings life, fish, and fruitful trees wherever it goes. Habakkuk 2:14 says the earth will be filled with the knowledge of God as waters cover the sea. This water is an active energy that works within a person and flows out in good works, understanding, and correction. It is offered freely, as in Isaiah 55:1-3, Psalm 36, and Revelation 21:6 and 22:17.