. . . and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. (1 Cor 10:4)
At the beginning of the children of Israel’s forty-year wanderings through the wilderness, God commanded Moses to strike the rock so that the thirst-quenching waters might be miraculously provided (Exodus 17:6). At the end of the forty years (Numbers 20:11), Moses struck the rock in disobedience to God’s command simply to “speak to the rock” for its refreshing water.
The apostle Paul is reminding us in the above text that the reason they received physical water was because their spiritual Rock, Christ, had been with them, supplying their needs from start to finish.
The first rock in Exodus 17:6 is a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus Christ being smitten once on the cross, producing life-giving waters of salvation for us. The second rock (Numbers 20:11) is a type of the risen, ascended Christ, who is seated at the throne of grace, to whom we now, as believers, but speak, in order to receive daily, fresh grace. (Source: http://www.icr.org/article/that-rock-was-christ/)
We need to remember that our Savior, Jesus, has been with us from the very beginning! He doesn’t leave us—He doesn’t forget us!
We must “drink” from His life, love, and compassion daily. We want to follow His example of love for all people, and avail ourselves of His abundant grace continuously.
He is our Rock and He always lives to intercede for us. (Heb 7;25)
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