From what we saw and hopefully learned from Paul's words on marriage, idolatry and self denial of chapters 7 through 9. We may soon learn what my three study Bibles speak of as their headings for chapter 10; they are from my Hebrew/Greek study Bible, it calls it, the "Admonitions from Israel's History," another, "Avoid Israel's Mistakes," and the last, "Warning Against Idolatry." That this said lets see what we can learn.
1Corinthians 10:1-5 "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. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness." (KJV)
1Corinthians 10:1-5 "For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness." (ESV)
1Corinthians 10:1-5 "Now remember how the people of Israel were all delivered from slavery; the cloud of GOD's presence, protection, and provision included everyone equally. They were all miraculously led through the Red Sea on dry ground and witnessed how their oppressors were completely defeated. ("These Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again!" [Exodus 14:13], Pharaoh was not to be blamed for their forty-year detour in the desert!) The cloud and sea was a type of baptism that they underwent to identify with the leadership of Moses. (This was all a prophetic picture of Christ leading us out of bondage and slavery in his death and resurrection, [humanities baptism!]) All of them daily partook of the same miraculous food. They drank the same supernatural water from the Rock that accompanied them in all their travels; this Rock was the Messiah! (Their experience was saturated in spirit dimension and the miraculous, yet they died through unbelief! The supernatural is not proof of faith! Their unbelief was rooted in their believing a lie about themselves. [Numbers 13:33]. Yet Messiah, Christ was there even in their unbelief, the Rock accompanied them!) The vast majority of them completely disappointed GOD and died in the desert. (Israel never entered into their inheritance! The desert was not their destiny! Hebrews 4:1 admonishes, "What a foolish thing it would be for us if we should now fail in a similar fashion to enter into the full consequences of our redemption." And in Hebrews 4:6, "They failed because of unbelief; they underestimated their deliverance and believed a lie about themselves;" and in Hebrews 2:3, "No one can afford to underestimate and be blase about this final message, a salvation of such magnificent proportions! There is no alternative escape. Salvation as it is articulated in Christ is the message that GOD spoke from the beginning, and it was confirmed again and again by those who heard him. We cannot afford to delay the promise to a future event yet again.") (The Mirror)
We shall the LORD willing continue from this point in our next visit. Until then may our daily lives reflect the glory of GOD in Christ, in and through our redeemed being.
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