“What was it that prevented the ancient Egyptians from finding the source of their great stream and perhaps learning how high it would flood in any given year? In its waters the Nile held many secrets. “Nilometers” built into the river’s banks to measure the flood had, for 4000 years, decreed how much water would be available to irrigate each man’s field.” Egypt’s prosperity depended not only on the flood but also upon the accurate measurement of its height, for on that depended the allotment of water to its many users and the taxes they would have to pay in the coming year. “The ancient Egyptians knew when the flood would come, almost to the hour, but they never knew how much water it would bring to irrigate their fields. Regular as sun and moon, in the middle of burning summer, without a drop of rain in sight, when all other rivers on earth were drying up, for no apparent reason at all, the Nile rose out of its bed every year, and for three months embraced all of Egypt.” “Flowing out of a barren desert, from a source “beyond all known horizons,” the Nile had baffled the world for thousands of years. His writing is great and the photographs are phenomenal. John Feeney wrote and photographed “ The Last Nile Flood“. The Nile’s annual floods are well known and one of the most regular ‘natural disasters’ in all of the globe. Map showing the courses of the White and Blue Nile 80% of the water for the Nile comes from Blue Nile which begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It is the world’s longest river, coming in at a whopping 4,100 miles, and it runs through 10 countries. A most mysterious and beautiful river, today about 83% of all Egyptians live by the Nile. The Nile is a tremendous river with its own presence and personality in the bible. Or time could make the river dry up or divert, and its course would be lost forever as the terrain naturally changed, like the Gihon River which once flowed out of Eden (Genesis 2:13). He diverted the Euphrates which flowed under the thick walls of the city and walked in. Man could alter its course via use of a dam or lock system, as history shows Darius did to conquer Babylon. There are several ways that a river could be dried up. It is the main artery that keeps Egypt alive.Īs far as prophecy goes for the Nile, in three places in the bible it says that the Nile River will dry up. It is the western border to the Promised Land. For example, Moses drifted down the Nile on a basket made of reeds. God uses all to His glory people, demons, angels, and rivers, too. But the Nile River also figures prominently in the bible and also in prophecy. (Genesis 2:14).Ī lot of attention goes to the Euphrates in the bible, justifiably. The Euphrates was one of the original rivers coming out of the Garden of Eden. The Euphrates is also the place where four demon angels are bound for a day and an hour to perform a certain judgment of God – which is to kill a third of mankind. Biblically, God told Abraham He would give to His people all the land between the Euphrates and the Nile. (Revelation 16:12) Historically, the Euphrates is the border between the Middle East and Asia. There is a famous prophecy that the River Euphrates will be dried up to make way for the Kings of the East.
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