Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

lemish. (Gen. 12:3; Acts 7:38; Eph. 4:11-15; 3:8-
11; Matt. 28:19, 20; 16:13-20; 18:18; Eph. 2:19-22;
1:22, 23; 5:23-27; Col. 1:17, 18.)
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Overcome by anger, the elderly man pounds
the rod he carries against the boulder. Drawing it
back, he swings again, and shouts: "Hear now you
rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this
rock?"
A stream of water gushes out of the rock,
meeting Israel's need. But, in taking credit to
himself for the gift of water instead of ascribing it
to the Rock, Moses had sinned. And because of
that sin, he would not enter the Promised Land (see
Num. 20:7-12).
That Rock was Christ, the foundation on which
God established His people, both individually and
corporately. This imagery runs throughout
Scripture.
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