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NUMBERS 20:1-13,22-29
The rock mentioned in Exodus 17 foreshadowed Christ on the cross because there He was
smitten. However, the rock of Numbers 20 foreshadowed the ascended Christ, who now
intercedes as a High Priest for believers. The significant difference in the rocks of Exodus 17 and
Numbers 20 is also indicated in that a different word for “rock” is used in these two passages.
Although both rocks speak of Christ, God was endeavoring to communicate two different things
to us concerning the Person of Christ. In Exodus 17 the rock was smitten, just as Christ was
“smitten of God” (Isa. 53:4) and was “bruised for our iniquities” (v. 5).
The rock of Numbers 20 foreshadowed Christ in the heavens, as referred to in Hebrews 9:24:
“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.”
In the incident of Numbers 20 the rock foreshadowed the exalted Christ, and that is why it needed
only to be spoken to. It is so important that this distinction between the smitten Christ and the
exalted Christ as He is foreshadowed in the two rocks be maintained.
Since the Lord Jesus Christ has been judged on the cross by having all of the sins of the world
placed on Him, those of us who have received Him as Saviour need now to speak to Him for our
needs.
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ (1 Cor. 10:4).
Theodore Epp
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