Exodus 17: 6

The significance of this rock is found in I Cor 10: 4:…"and that Rock was Christ."

The Lord Stood Upon the Rock

Before ever a sinner stood upon Christ the Rock, God the Father rested all upon his Son: his glory and the salvation of all his chosen children. In doing so he glorified his Son before the world was made. God the Son came and did not fail his Father. He manifested the glory of his Father and saved his people from their sins. (John 17: 1-5.) Because God the Father rested all on Christ the Rock you can be assured that God will take nothing less from you than for you to stand all your eternal salvation on Christ the Rock.

Moses Smote the Rock

Moses represents the law of God. God sent forth his Son made of a woman because the children were flesh and blood. God sent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the law. The law said of Christ Jesus: he is holy, spotless, no sin in him, he is fit to make himself a sacrifice as the substitute to suffer the wrath of God in the place of those God gave him. God sent forth his Son made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them that were under the law (Romans 8: 3:, 4; Rom 3: 21, 22; 2 Cor 5: 21.) When God made him sin, who knew no sin, God's just character demanded that Christ the Rock be smitten with the rod of justice (Psalm 22: 1; Rom 3: 26.) "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." God is satisfied and as promised, Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father. (John 19:30; Ro 6: 4.)

Water Came Out of the Rock