![]() ![]() Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. John notes that it wasn’t just blood that spilled out: Some Biblical scholars also associate this moment, of Moses striking the rock, with the time when Jesus was on the cross and his side was pierced. ![]() They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. Paul makes that very clear in his letter to the Corinthians: When Jesus makes the claim that he is the Living Water ( John 4:4-26, John 7:37-39) it harkens back to this moment in the Torah. Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. YHWH answered Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Then Moses cried out to YHWH, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!” The first time we see the word rock in the Tenakh (Old Testament) is during the exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt towards the promised land:īut the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt-to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” If Jesus is that Messiah, how do the Scriptures associate him with Rock, Redeemer and Salvation? God promised a Messiah to be a Redeemer and to bring Salvation to the people. These words Rock, Redeemer, Refuge and Salvation are intertwined all throughout the Tenakh. We, like sand, are the children of God, and God is our Rock and our Redeemer, and He promises that Salvation is on the way. My righteousness draws near, My Salvation is on the way ,Īnd My arms will bring justice to the nations. Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation įor a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations ![]() When I called him, he was but one then I blessed him and multiplied him. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. Look to the Rock from which you were cut,Īnd to the quarry from which you were hewn. Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek YHWH: And where does sand come from?… it comes from rock: Last week we looked at the word sand (chol) and how Abraham was blessed by God to have descendants in abundance, like sand on the seashore. The vastness, strength and grandeur of these rocks were something to behold. It certainly helped put in perspective the reason why so many people in the Bible used the word Rock to describe YHWH. Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of hanging out with my best friend and our families at Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick… a collection of stunning, gravity defying, rock formations. ![]()
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