1 Coríntios 10

1 Coríntios 10

Ellicott comments, It bore some resemblance to the fire and smoke signals which Generals used when at the head of their armies, and indicates that God had constituted Himself the General-issimo of the host; but it was altogether of a miraculous and abnormal character. 4. The cloud was a shelter for the people. As the people journeyed from Sinai to Kadesh-Barnea, we read that "the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp" (Num. 10:33-36). David says, "[God] spread a cloud for a covering" (Ps. 105:39). 5. The cloud was a defense for the people. When Pharaoh and his armies pursued the Israelites to the sea, and it seemed as if any hope of flight from their enemies was cut off, their murmurings and fears were silenced by Moses, and they came to experience the protection of the cloud, which "removed and went behind them," meaning, between the Israelites and their foes. President Nasser of Egypt vowed some time ago to drive Israel into the sea. This is what Pharaoh would have done had it not been for the cloud which plunged Pharaoh and his men into darkness, yet provided Israel with light by night (Exod. 14:19-20). Before an Egyptian could touch a hair of an Israelite's head, he would have had to have made his way through the Almighty Himself, who is ever between His people and every enemy. 6. The cloud remained until the journey's end. How suggestive is the phrase "He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people" (Exod. 13:22). Does He not promise to guide us continually (Isa. 58:11)? So the cloud remained "throughout all their journeys" (Exod. 40:38. See Num. 9:16; 10:34) and probably disappeared at Abel-shittim (Num. 33:49). For the child of God today the companionable cloud is Christ, who promised that He would never leave nor forsake His own (Heb. 13:5). Throughout the rugged pilgrimage, by day and night, He is the abiding companion, and when at last the valley of the shadow of death is reached, He will still be near, whispering, "Fear no evil,—I am with thee" (Ps. 23). Concluding our meditation on the cloud of His presence and guidance, we re-echo the sentiment expressed by Professor W. Moorehead that in all the various offices and movements of the Cloud, that which most impresses the reader is the minuteness of God's care for His people, His personal interest in them. Nothing is too small for Him to do for them, nothing too great. He studies their comfort, attends to every detail of their lives and their happiness. He is just as mindful of His children now. "The very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matt. 10:30); "He careth for you" (I Pet. 5:7). Over us also He throws the great aegis of His protecting care, and beneath His wings we are safe. Forward! be our watchword, Steps and voices joined; Seek the things before us? Not a look behind; Burns the fiery pillar At our army's head; Who shall dream of shrinking, By our Captain led. So the cloud remained "throughout all their journeys" (Exod. 40:38. See Num. 9:16; 10:34) and probably disappeared at Abel-shittim (Num. 33:49). For the child of God today the companionable cloud is Christ, who promised that He would never leave nor forsake His own (Heb. 13:5). Throughout the rugged pilgrimage, by day and night, He is the abiding companion, and when at last the valley of the shadow of death is reached, He will still be near, whispering, "Fear no evil,—I am with thee" (Ps. 23). James Smith - GOD’S PROVISION FOR HIS PILGRIM PEOPLE 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1–4 Paul assures us here twice over (vv. 6, 11) that these things happened unto them as types, or examples unto us, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. We, like them, are pilgrims and strangers on the earth, enjoying great spiritual mercies. They had the “shadows,” we have the realities. I. The Moving Cloud. “All our fathers were under the cloud” (1 Cor 10:1). The cloud of shelter by day, and of fire by night as their protection and guide (Exod. 13:21). The cloud was the symbol and evidence of the Divine Presence, in itself a mystery. When it moved they moved. It seemed to move easily, but nothing on earth outside could move it. What a suggestive emblem of the revealed Word of God! They all were under it, and God was in it, and all were baptised into the one name (Moses), their leader and law-giver (1 Cor 10:2). They were infallibly led by the God-created cloud, just as we can be by His unerring Word. To move without the cloud was to go in their own name, wisdom, and strength, which would mean for them confusion and failure. This is what it means for us when we choose our way, and act without His authority. It was because they believed and followed the cloud that they were able to go into the midst of the sea upon dry ground (Exod. 14:22). It is because we have believed and acted on the “Word of the Lord” that we have passed from death into life, from the place of bondage into the liberty of the land of the promises. Keep on believing. Keep your eye on the God-inspired cloud. II. The Daily Manna. “They did all eat the same spiritual meat” (1 Cor 10:3). “He gave them bread from Heaven to eat” (John 6:31). Those who follow the Word of God will surely be fed by the “Bread of God.” Jesus said: “I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven” (John 6:48–51). The manna, then, is typical of Jesus Christ, who came down from Heaven as “the Bread of Life.” The manna was like Christ in that— 1. IT WAS THE GIFT OF GOD. Of course all bread is God’s gift, whether it comes out of the earth or out of the Heavens; but the wilderness could do nothing by way of producing it. So Christ was God’s gift to a starving world (John 3:16). God knew what the hungry heart of man needed when He gave His Son as “the Bread of Life.” 2. IT WAS SUITED FOR ALL. All alike found it what it pretended to be: something to satisfy the craving of hunger. What Christ has to give is just what all the sons of men need, that which exactly suits them, the forgiveness of sins and grace to help in every time of need. Satisfied with His abundance. 3. IT WAS OFFERED TO ALL. From the youngest to the oldest, without money, without price. The rich and the poor alike needed it. In this offer of Heaven’s bread, God is no respecter of persons, for all have sinned. So Christ as the “Living Bread” from Heaven is offered, in God’s grace, to any man who will eat this bread (John 6:51), promising that he that eateth shall live for ever. 4. IT WAS PERSONALLY USED. “They did all eat the same spiritual meat.” It was not enough to gather and boast of how much they had gotten. To be personally profited there must be a personal appropriation. We may possibly gather much knowledge about Christ, and yet receive little strength and satisfaction from it, if the truth is not assimilated in our own spiritual life. “He that eateth Me shall live by Me” (John 6:47). III. The Rock that Followed Them. “They drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ” (v. 4). 1. LIKE CHRIST, THIS ROCK WAS REVEALED BY GOD. It may only have taken God a few moments to show Moses this rock in Horeb, but it took Him over thirty years to show the Rock, Christ; for all the years of His earthly life was an unveiling of His character as the Chosen One. “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 2. LIKE CHRIST, THIS ROCK WAS DIVINELY POSSESSED. ‘Behold I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb” (Exod. 17:6). At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit rested upon Him. There was to be no mistaking Him as the God-appointed medium of blessing to His trusting people. “God was in Christ seeking to reconcile a wandering world to Himself” (2 Cor. 5:19). 3. LIKE CHRIST, THIS ROCK WAS RICH IN UNREALISED BLESSING. The Israelites might say, “How can any good come out of this rock?” as they said of Christ, “Can any good come out of Nazareth?” or, “How can this Man save us?” but it pleased God that in Him should all fulness dwell (Col. 1:19). But they could say later on: “Of His fulness have all we received” (John 1:16). 4. LIKE CHRIST, THIS ROCK MUST BE SMITTEN. “Thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink” (Exod. 17:6). The rock was not smitten for itself, but for the salvation of the people. He was wounded for our transgressions, the rod of God’s judgment fell upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed (Isa. 53). 5. LIKE CHRIST, THE SMITTEN ROCK POURED FORTH ITS HIDDEN TREASURES. “He clave the rock, and gave them drink as out of the great depths” (Psa. 78:15). O wonder of wonders, that from His smitten Son there should come forth streams of redeeming mercies, out of the great depths of God’s eternal purpose. In that day in which Christ was pierced, there was opened a fountain of cleansing for a sinful world. “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters” (Isa. 55:1). 6. LIKE CHRIST, THIS SPIRITUAL ROCK FOLLOWED THEM. They drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ” (1 Cor 10:4). This water from the Rock was to them an abiding blessing. It followed them. Something to satisfy all the way. Jesus said “The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well, springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14). And, “Lo, I am with you, and will never leave you nor forsake you.” He is our Rock, the Rock of our eternal salvation and eternal supply. 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; Amplified And each one of them [allowed himself also] to be baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea [they were thus brought under obligation to the Law, to Moses, and to the covenant, consecrated and set apart to the service of God]; NET 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, NLT 1 Corinthians 10:2 In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as followers of Moses. ESV 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, NIV 1 Corinthians 10:2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. GNT 1 Corinthians 10:2 καὶ πάντες εἰς τὸν Μωϋσῆν ἐβαπτίσθησαν ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ καὶ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ KJV 1 Corinthians 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; YLT 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all to Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea; ASV 1 Corinthians 10:2 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; CSB 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. MIT 1 Corinthians 10:2 Yes, all were identified with Moses by being "baptized" in the cloud and in the sea. NKJ 1 Corinthians 10:2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, NRS 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, NAB 1 Corinthians 10:2 and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. NJB 1 Corinthians 10:2 In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptised into Moses; GWN 1 Corinthians 10:2 They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the sea. BBE 1 Corinthians 10:2 And they all had baptism from Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 1Co 1:13-16 Ex 14:31 Joh 9:28-29 Heb 3:2-3 1 Corinthians 10 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Galatians 3:27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ISRAEL'S IDENTIFICATION WITH MOSES' LEADERSHIP And all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea - Note the repetition of ALL meaning ALL without exception. Baptized (baptizo) in the context of Israel in the OT conveys the idea not of being dipped in water but of ALL of Israel being identified with their leader Moses even as believers are identified with Christ (Ro 6:3). While all Israel were baptized into Moses and thus identified with him, ALL Israel was by no means all were saved. While they were saved physically from Egyptian slavery, most of the nation was not saved spiritually. But even though they often chafed at the leadership of Moses, they did identify with him as their leader whom they chose to follow and in so doing they experienced the presence, the protection and the power of God (cf verse 1 all under the cloud and all passed through the sea).