6.24.26 – Did Yeshua Ever Become Unclean? Part 2

 Yesterday I asked: Did Yeshua ever become unclean? Throughout the Torah and all of Scripture, there are examples of certain holy things that impurity cannot overcome. You can bring impurity to them, but nothing transfers! Today, I want to show you one of two of these things, and then we will look at Yeshua through that lens.

The first is living water—mayim chayim. There is a passage in Leviticus we could easily read right past. In the middle of a section about a carcass—which contaminates everything it touches: jars, ovens, food, water sitting in a pot—there is one exception. A spring or a gathering system of water stays clean. The very thing that defiles everything around it cannot touch that kind of water. The distinction is this: if you draw water off into a vessel, that is different. But water still joined to its source—groundwater or a spring system—that kind of natural mayim holds its purity.

Living water was part of everyday life in Israel. Of course, when you go to the Temple, you see rows of baptisteries—mikvot—everywhere. You immersed before going up to the Temple. A woman immersed after her monthly cycle. A man immersed after his own forms of impurity. People were always going into that water. What happens? They go down impure and come up pure—yet the water stays pure. Someone else can go in right after them. There is no purification process required for the water. So who wins between the unclean and the water? The water wins!

Can you see any correlation with Yeshua, our Savior and Master?

On this fourth day of the week, reflect on His ability to cleanse us from all uncleanness—and apply that to the role of the husband toward his wife.

Shalom!
Alan