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Jehovah God and God the Son are referred to as "Light." This places God the Son on par
with God the Father as to His essence.
ROCK
The Hebrew language commonly uses two words for "rock" as well as the word "stone."
The psalmist used the one in Psalm 18:2:
"The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom
I take refuge."
The other word for "rock" is used in Psalm 95:1:
"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation."
Paul then interprets the "rock" of the Old Testament (e.g. Ex 17:6) as referring to Jesus
Christ:
"They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they
drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was
Christ" (1 Co 10:4).
STONE
The word "stone" is used as a title of God throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. In 1 Samuel
22 alone, "rock" is used five times to refer to Jehovah God. Moses stated in the book of Genesis,
the book of beginnings.
"But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand
of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the rock of Israel" (Gn 49:24).
Moses gives us a vivid description of the Messiah in his prophecy:
". . . and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone
that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall" (Isa 8:14).
The word "stone" is also used in the messianic passage in Isaiah 28:16:
"So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
'See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure
foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.'"