so since they showed haggai, i'll just tell you what haggai--the lesson here is that uncleanness under the old testament is contagious. you see what the lord of heaven asked the priests? he says, "this question about the law"--this is about the law. this is what the law does. the law make uncleanness contagious. look at this. "'if one of you is carrying some meat from a holy sacrifice in his robes and his robe happens to brush against some bread or stew, wine or olive oil, or any other kind of food, will it become holy?'" if something is holy, alright, you'd think from the sacrifice it is holy, and it touches your clothes. would it make your clothes holy? in the old testament, no, alright? the priests will say no. this is the law, but watch this now. next verse. "then haggai asked, 'if someone becomes ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person and then he touches any of those foods, will the food be defiled?' and the priests answered, 'yes.'" in other words, uncleanness is contagious. holiness is not, under law. "then haggai responded, 'that's how it is with this people and this na