The Baptism and Spiritual Rock
Paul wrote this to the Saints at Corinth about the children of Israel crossing the Red Sea: “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ” (1 Corinthians 10:1-4). According to Paul we can consider this miraculous crossing as a kind of baptism for the children of Israel where they left behind Egypt and began a new life following Moses and the commandments of the Lord. So too when we are baptized today, we seek to leave behind former sins and begin as new creatures in Christ following His commandments. And if this crossing can represent baptism, perhaps we should likewise think on it as we renew our covenants of baptism. Each week we should also symbolically leave behin...