Comments on: Pentecost “Out of His belly shall flow rivers of living water” Why the belly?

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:15:41 +0000

amen. Thanks for sharing this. Le us starve not for food but for the Holy spirit! And the GIVER will never withholds but will freely give those who ask The Father in Jesus might name.
God bless us all!

By: Naeem

Naeem — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:47:10 +0000

Dear Brother in Christ

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By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:34:06 +0000

Father, Bless,
I had never considered this translation of this verse before. I have usually heard it translated as “out of the heart”. But “belly” provides a more visceral image. Many cultures considered the ‘gut’ to be the seat of the emotions so I suppose this is why some translators decided to change the word from belly to heart. But by using the word belly it is much easier to see what you pointed out—that the very source of our hunger and corruption will be changed into a source of Life. Instead of being needy, grasping and hungry, we will be filled to overflowing and giving.

The heart, too, is a source of corruptions and hungers of a different sort. So even by changing the word to ‘heart’ instead of ‘belly’ we have an image of a miraculous thing: The very things in us, our empty and ailing hearts and bellies that cause our insatiable hungers and desires, will be transformed and used as conduits for Living Water, satisfying not only us, but flowing outwards to others.