6.28.26 – Did Yeshua Ever Become Unclean? Part 5

We have established that there are two things which cannot become unclean: living water, which cleanses and cannot be defiled, and the words of Torah, which cannot be contaminated by impurity. Impurity simply cannot reach them.

Did you make any connections in your mind with who represents both of these? Let me review a thought from the Gospel of John, chapter 1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:1, 14).

Yeshua is the Word, and He is also the source of living waters. So we have learned that when God acts and speaks, when He meets His people, His Word—His own presence and action in the world—both maintains its purity. The Word of God, which is compared to fire, cannot be touched by impurity. And now that the Word is in a body, walking the roads of Galilee, John gives us another connection to Yeshua and water.

At the Feast of Tabernacles, the priest performs the great water-drawing ceremony. They go down to the Pool of Siloam, fill a golden vessel with water, and carry it to the temple in a joyful procession, pouring it out on the altar. The whole celebration centers on water and prayer for rain. John tells us that on the last great day of the festival, in the middle of all of this, Yeshua stood up and said, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Out of the one who trusts in me will flow rivers of living water" (John 7:37–39).

So what is the issue? He is offering living water—the very thing that cleanses and remains pure—and He is standing in the middle of the temple during a celebration of water.

But that is not the only time He refers to Himself this way. Remember the woman at the well—the Samaritan woman (John 4). He offered her living water, a spring welling up to eternal life. And He offered it to a Samaritan, who would certainly be considered impure. The disciples did not even want Him talking to her, yet the offer was made and fully received, and she was fully cleansed, while Yeshua maintained His purity!

Here is the connection: the two things in Scripture that impurity cannot overcome—the Word and living water—are the very images John uses to describe Yeshua. The Word made flesh, the living water flowing out of Him.

Go back in your mind and recall what we have discussed about contagious holiness—purity that does not withdraw from uncleanness but moves toward it. It would seem, then, that the two things that define incorruptible purity—water and the Word—might give us the answer to whether Yeshua could contract impurity.

So back to the question, because we still have not answered it: Did Yeshua become impure?

Drumroll, please.

We will conclude tomorrow!

Happy first day of the week from Dripping Springs, Texas! Thank you for your prayers and a very safe trip, and a wonderful first day of time with two-thirds of my children and grandchildren.

Shalom!
Alan