Pure Pleasure and Precious Treasure

UV 2851/10000 Pure Pleasure and Precious Treasure
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads
Genesis 2 v 10

What is physical in the Old Covenant is a metaphor for something spiritual in the new covenant. The four heads or tributaries of the river of Eden of the Old Covenant becomes the four gospels of the new covenant. Just as gold and precious gemstones were found under the first of the tributaries, the pure gold of the essence of a saving knowledge or faith in the Lord are found in the four gospels. The precious stones symbolise the strong character and good deeds that mark a life of faith. Eden itself means delight or pleasure. One of the first ever proper names given by God, the Creator Himself denotes delight or pleasure. It is therefore not sinful to seek or find pleasure but our chief pleasure should be in our relationship with the Father even as His chief pleasure is delighting in His children, His creatures. But our sense of pleasure or delight should be pure and pristine or crystal clear as the water of the river that flowed from Eden.
The echo verse of this uni-verse in the book of Revelation chapter 21 v 1 is :“ And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb”. The four gospels are the pure river of water of life that flows from the throne of God, signifying that it is backed by the authority and power of God even as it flows from the faith of Jesus in humanity and love for us that He made the ultimate and absolute sacrifice of His life. If our faith is complete and true, we should therefore find our delight in drinking the pure water of life of the four gospels daily.
The concepts and principles enshrined in the gospels are the underlying treasures of the river of life. As men mine for gold and precious stones even under river beds, we must mine into the four gospels to discover and delight in the holistic truths lying deep beneath the surface water of the words. Many of the concepts and leadership principles and processes discovered and taught by me for instance Excenomics and Eqthinking or Equilibrium Thinking owe their genesis to this mining process. The teachings of Jesus constitute the best and highest precepts and principles of leadership and management to this day. The gospels teach us that delighting in God and doing His will fulfils the very purpose of creation and of our lives.

Prateep V Philip