Water of Life (Christianity)
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In Christianity the term "water of Life" is used in the context of living water, specific references appearing in the Book of Revelation, as well as the Gospel of John. In these references, the term Water of Life refers to the Holy Spirit.
Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well, by Paolo Veronese, 1585
New Jerusalem
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In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era. The prophecy is recorded by Ezekiel as having been received on Yom Kippur of the year 3372 of the Hebrew calendar.
John of Patmos watches the descent of New Jerusalem from God in a 14th-century tapestry
The New Jerusalem and the River of Life (Apocalypse XII), Beatus de Facundus, 1047
The New Jerusalem. Armenian manuscript by Malnazar and Aghap'ir in New Julfa bible, 1645.
Folio 55r of the Bamberg Apocalypse depicts the angel showing John the New Jerusalem, with the Lamb of God at its center.