“Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb;
and you shall strike the rock,
and water will come out of it,
so that the people may drink.”
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. (Exodus 17:6)
Moses, a type of Lord Jesus
stood upon the rock,
the rock of the desert—Horeb,
a place in the wilderness
Lord Jesus stood upon Golgotha—the place of the skull, (John 19:17)
of the head, the head of death
as Moses was the head of a people led by God
thirsty in the wilderness
so is Lord Jesus the head of a people (Ephesians 1:22)
thirsty for Him in a desert place
as the rock was struck by the rod of authority
the rod of Moses
so was Lord Jesus struck by the wrath of God
Who is the Authority
as He is the Rock, stricken (Isaiah 53:4-6)
so He also gave up His life of His own free will (John 10:18)
as water coursed out of the rock to quench the thirst
of a people
relying only upon the mercy and compassion of God
so too did water flow from the side of Jesus
from the cross, upon the rock, the skull of death
even from the Rock, the Lord
when soldier’s spear did pierce His side (John 19:34)
because of the mercy and compassion of God
upon all those who would turn to Him
as the water provided renewed life to a parched people
so too does Lord Jesus provide renewed life, life everlasting, life eternal (John 3:16)
to those who drink from Him
because He lives
He is the source of living water (John 4:10)
the water that will not cease
as Moses obeyed the Lord in the sight of all the people
so too was Lord Jesus lifted up
before all people (John 12:32)
in obedience to God the Father (Philippians 2:8)
upon the rock
the Lord overcame death by trampling death
raised to life (Mark 16:6)
He, the Rock, the Cornerstone of the Church (Matthew 21:42)
which shall not be overcome by death’s own darkness (Psalm 23:4)
neither those hidden in Him
the rod of Christ protects His own
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4)
His obedience, His death, His rod, His life, His people,
all His
upon this Rock
“it is finished”
—last words—lasting words
spoken from the rock of Calvary—the skull,
now overcome
living words
from the Rock, the Rock of life
(C) Kelly Jadon, 2022
