(9) And He said to them, Do you do well to set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your own tradition? Mark 7:7-9 However, they worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (8) For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the dippings of pots and cups. Consider what Yeshua and Paul had to say about these two nomological errors: Others say that Jesus set us free from all the old rules, that now it’s all about following your conscience. Some say that anyone who works on Sunday or drinks alcohol or smokes cigarettes is a degenerate sinner destined to burn in hell. In one way or another, we are all probably guilty of both. Licentiousness simply dismisses God’s commands as irrelevant, elevating the subject above both the words and the master. Legalism replaces God’s commands with man’s or elevates the words above the one who gave them through Moses (which is essentially the same thing since the greatest commandment of all is to love the Lawgiver with all your being). There are two ways in which Yeshua’s people strike him: legalism and licentiousness. I had another thought while reading this passage. Others say that Moses’ first strike drew blood from the rock. For example, some say that the rock actually followed the Israelites around the desert and that it really was a pre-incarnate appearance of the Messiah. ![]() There are several traditions concerning this rock that may or may not be true. …they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. We are meant to see a parallel between this rock and the Messiah, and Paul points it out in 1 Corinthians 10:4. John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a lance, and instantly there came out blood and water. (12) And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. And the water came out plentifully, and the congregation and their animals drank. Must we bring water for you out of this rock? (11) And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he struck the rock twice. Numbers 20:10-12 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now you rebels.
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