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Jun 26, 2012 · For petra (rock) is not derived from Peter, but Peter from petra; just as Christ is not called so from the Christian, but the Christian from Christ. For on this very account the Lord said, ‘On this rock will I build my Church,’ because Peter had said, ‘Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.’.
If Christ had meant Himself as the rock in contrast to Peter, a “but” would have been most helpful and appropriate here; instead, He uses kai which, while it can be used as an adversative (“but”), most commonly bears the continuative sense of “and.”
- Water from The Rock in Exodus and Numberslink
- Water from The Rock in Deuteronomylink
- Water from The Rock in Later OT Writingslink
- Water from The Rock in John’s Gospellink
- ‘And The Rock Was Christ’ in 1 Corinthians 10:4Link
- Paul The Biblical Theologianlink
Michael Morales has persuasively suggested that the whole of the Pentateuch is chiastically structured, centering on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16, with the two episodes of water from the rock standing across from one another in the literary structure.2 This suggests that Moses, author of the Pentateuch, intended the two episodes to be read ...
Note again that the apostle Paul does not, as Peter Enns suggests, endorse the Jewish myth of the moveable well. That is, Paul does not say that the rock from which the water flowed in Exodus 17 followed Israel through the wilderness, giving them water across the forty-year period. Rather, Paul says that Israel drank from the “spiritual Rock that f...
There are a number of references to the Lord providing water from the rock through the rest of the Old Testament. Consider the following: 1. Isaiah 48:21: “They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock [ṣūr]; he split the rock [ṣūr] and the water gushed out.” 2. Psalm 78:15: “He split rocks [ṣūr...
In his Gospel, John everywhere presents Jesus as the one who brings about the typological fulfillment of the exodus from Egypt.6 As part of this, in John 4:10–14 Jesus presents himself as the source of living water. Then in John 6, Jesus is the prophet like Moses (verse 14) who feeds the people in the wilderness in the season of Passover (verses 4–...
Paul has addressed the identity issues, sexual immorality, and idolatry plaguing the Corinthian church in 1 Corinthians 1–9. The identity issues manifest in members of the church making themselves notable through their claims about whom they follow, whether Paul, Cephas, or Christ (1 Corinthians 1:12), and in his opening words in chapter 10 Paul co...
How would the affirmation of the little-known myth of the movable well have helped Paul to make this point with his Corinthian audience? Would it not have been a confusing distraction from the point he sought to make? Would it have helped him to establish typological identity between Israel and the church? Would it have helped him to warn the churc...
We can change our focus from ourselves to others. We can start noticing what they do well, we can start learning about their hopes and dreams and struggles, we can start trying to see them as the Savior sees them. The pure love of Christ is to let other people’s lives matter to us.
First Corinthians 10:4 says, “The spiritual rock that followed them was Christ.” What does this mean? Read on to learn about this beautiful type of Christ. This is Part I. Here is Part II. Table of Contents. Complaining Instead of Asking (Exodus 17:1-7) A New Generation Sounds Like the Old (Numbers 20:1-13) A Heart-Breaking, but Necessary Judgment.
Matthew 16:13-18 has been the focus of a great deal of theological discussion, especially concerning Jesus’ words to Peter, “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church” (verse 18). The question concerns who or what Jesus intended as the foundation of His church.
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If we’re going to give a love worth having, we must give love in a Christ-centered manner as Jesus did on that last night. Pastor Rogers said Jesus’ love—the kind He gave His disciples and that He gives to us—is selfless and steadfast; it serves and it sanctifies.
