Next, I pumped the cistern empty. Then I descended into the depths to investigate. I found death and decomposition. As it was, we only had to deal with the taste, smell and thought. Though many times I have been grateful for cisterns, I am all for fountains of living waters.
Cisterns break and leak.
Cisterns get contaminated. Cisterns allow water to stagnate. Therefore, those who, having a fountain, use cisterns are foolish, dangerously foolish. These lessons apply to the spiritual dimension. Those who turn away from the Fountain of Living Water commit the worst evil imaginable.