Here we have a people, parched for water in the midst of the wilderness, and Moses strikes the rock, and water emerges.
Sound familiar?
All of this is meant to point ahead to Christ. Christ is the rock who is struck down, and from him, the water of life emerges. When we read all of Scripture, we get the image of the waters that flow from the garden of Eden and wind their way through Scripture, ending up in the garden in the Kingdom of God in Revelation, beside which grows the tree of life with fruit for healing of all the nations. We who sojourn in this land are thirsty, and God provides, at great cost. Christ is struck down, but for our benefit -- we would have otherwise perished, but are given the waters of life. We are saved through the waters, and so we drink deeply. Other waters may promise to save us, but only this water truly can. Thanks be to God for generous provisions as we travel this way together.
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