Within the covenant structure of the Old Testament the law was an expression of the election and salvation of Israel, not a precondition for it. As a response to God’s acts of deliverance and commitment to provide for His people, obedience to His commands became an outward expression of trust in His promises. Keeping the covenant stipulations is the way God’s people demonstrate that they belong to Him, not a way to become His people.
Scott Hafemann

POOLS and PONDS

POOLS and PONDS

POOLS and PONDS

  1. Made by God # Isa 35:7
  2. Made by man # Isa 19:10
  3. ARTIFICIAL, DESIGNED FOR 3a) Supplying cities with water

    # 2Ki 20:20

3b) Supplying gardens with water # Ec 2:6 3c) Preserving fish # Isa 19:10 4) Water of, brought into the city by a ditch or conduit # Isa 22:11 2Ki 20:20 5) Filled by the rain # Ps 84:6 6) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 6a) Bethesda # Joh 5:2 6b) Gibeon # 2Sa 2:13 6c) Hebron # 2Sa 4:12 6d) Samaria # 1Ki 22:38 6e) Siloam # Joh 9:7 6f) The upper pool # 2Ki 18:17 Isa 7:3 6g) The lower pool # Isa 22:9 6h) The king’s pool # Ne 2:14 6i) The old pool # Isa 22:11 7) The land of Egypt abounded in # Ex 7:19 8) ILLUSTRATIVE 8a) Of Nineveh # Na 2:8 8b) (In the wilderness,) of the gifts of the Spirit # Isa 35:7 41:18 8c) (Turning cities into,) of great desolation # Isa 14:23