Why Within Spec?

The promised land has two seas, said the teacher.

One is called the Crenet, and one is the Sea of Galilee.

The Sea of Galilee receives its water on the northern end from the inflow of the Jordan River.

On the other end, its outflow.

Then there it again becomes the Jordan River southward.

And the other sea, the other sea is called the Sea of Salt, or the Sea of Death, the Dead Sea.

Yes, he said.

It's called the Dead Sea because virtually nothing can live there.

There's no fish, no vegetation.

Its salt and minerals prevent life from growing.

And where does the Dead Sea get its water from, I asked? From the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee.

So it's the same water? Yes, he said.

Then why is it dead, I asked.

The difference is the Dead Sea only has one opening to the north where it receives water from the Jordan, but it has no outlet.

The water only pours in, and it becomes dead.

But the water of the Galilee is alive, fresh water filled with fish, and yet the very same water flows between the two.

So how can the same water produce life in one place and death in the other? Because of the outlets, I answered.

That's right, said the teacher.

But why? I don't know.

I was only guessing.

The sea of Galilee is always what it receives.

It's always flowing, but the Dead Sea only receives and never gives.

So the life that gives of what it receives, the life that's always blessing others, the life is the sea of Galilee.

It's water always fresh, it's always filled with life.

But the life only takes and doesn't give, that life becomes dead and barren.