"God is no respecter of persons, and although He had highly honored Moses, yet He punished him for his sin. When Moses smote the rock the second time, he ignored the great event of which the smitten rock was a type.
Christ died once for the sins of the world, (Heb. 9:28) and all who speak to Him,
Thus not only did Moses disobey God, but he marred the beautiful symbol which had been placed before the Israelites during all their desert wanderings.
The Bible writers often refer to the experiences connected with the smitten rock, to teach God's tender care for His people. Isaiah says, "A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land."(Is. 32:2)
Paul tells us that this Man who was as "a hiding-place," "a covert," and as "rivers of water," was Christ, the Rock. (1 Cor. 10:4) He is the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. What He was to the Israelites, He will be to every one who puts his trust in Him. He says to-day, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." (John 7:37) The one who heeds the call will "drink of the brook in the way:therefore shall he lift up the head." (Ps. 110:7) The refreshing water flows by every encampment.
Q: Do you long to drink?
A: Remember the Rock has been smitten for you.
---Do not make the mistake of Moses, and think you must smite it again. "Speak ye unto the Rock, . and it shall give forth His water." (Num. 20:8)."
StephenHaskell
Christ died once for the sins of the world, (Heb. 9:28) and all who speak to Him,
--confessing their sins
--and claiming pardon,
will receive the healing waters of salvation. Thus not only did Moses disobey God, but he marred the beautiful symbol which had been placed before the Israelites during all their desert wanderings.
The Bible writers often refer to the experiences connected with the smitten rock, to teach God's tender care for His people. Isaiah says, "A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land."(Is. 32:2)
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All can freely drink of the life-giving stream, flowing from the Rock smitten once upon Calvary's cross. "Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely." (Rev. 22:17) Q: Do you long to drink?
A: Remember the Rock has been smitten for you.
---Do not make the mistake of Moses, and think you must smite it again. "Speak ye unto the Rock, . and it shall give forth His water." (Num. 20:8)."
StephenHaskell