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Numbers 20:10-11 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
He’s just like them in nature, but in his hand is the rod of God
2. Go to the Rock!
1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
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Psalms 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
1 Peter 2:6 Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone...
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
1 Samuel 2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
2 Samuel 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 Samuel 22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
Psalms calls Him the rock of salvation and the rock of refuge.
Up until now they hadn’t needed to fight
There were a couple of other people important to this story.