出十七6　我必在何烈的磐石那里，站在你面前；你要击打磐石，就必有水从磐石流出来，使百姓可以喝。摩西就在以色列的长老眼前这样行了。

　　林前十4　也都喝了一样的灵水；所喝的是出于随行的灵磐石，那磐石就是基督。

　　碾芫荽子相当容易，但击打磐石使其裂开却很困难。用臼捣吗哪是一回事，使一块大磐石裂开完全是另一回事。耶和华吩咐摩西用杖“击打磐石，就必有水从磐石流出来，使百姓可以喝”（出十七6）。我们需要留意磐石被摩西的杖所击打的这个事实。在预表里，摩西表征律法，杖代表律法的权能和权柄；磐石当然预表基督。磐石被杖击打，表征基督被神律法的权柄所击打。在神眼中，主耶稣不是被犹太人治死，乃是被神的律法治死。在祂钉十字架的前三个小时，基督在人的手下受苦。但在后三个小时，基督因着被神律法的权能击打而受苦（出埃及记生命读经，五四三至五四四页）。

　　Exo. 17:6 I will be standing before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

　　1 Cor. 10:4 And all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ.

　　Although it is rather easy to grind coriander seed, it is difficult to smite a rock so that it splits open. It is one thing to beat manna with a mortar, but it is quite another thing to cause a huge rock to be cleft. The Lord told Moses to use his rod to”strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink” (Exo. 17:6). We need to pay careful attention to the fact that the rock was smitten by the rod of Moses. In typology, Moses signifies the law, and the rod represents the power and authority of the law. The rock, of course, typifies Christ. The smiting of the rock by the rod signifies that Christ was smitten by the authority of God's law. In the eyes of God, the Lord Jesus was put to death, not by the Jews, but by the law of God. During the first three hours of His crucifixion, Christ suffered under the hand of man. But during the last three hours, Christ suffered because He was smitten by the power of God's law. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 471-472)

　　圣经多处告诉我们，神是我们的磐石。申命记三十二章十八节说到，神是生我们的磐石。这指明作为磐石，神是我们的父。这磐石是生产的磐石，满了生命。在撒下二十二章四十七节和诗篇九十五篇一节我们看见，神是拯救我们的磐石。不仅如此，这磐石是我们的力量（六二7）和我们的投靠（九四22）。这磐石是我们的藏身之处、保护、遮盖和防卫。以赛亚三十二章二节说到主像“大磐石的影子在疲乏之地”。我们疲乏的时候，可以安歇在这磐石所投射的影子之下而得着复苏。这磐石在干旱之地等候神的百姓，它已受了击打，使百姓有活水可喝。

　　从被击打的磐石所流出来的水，预表那灵。约翰七章三十七至三十八节说，“节期的末日，就是最大之日，耶稣站着高声说，人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。信入我的人，就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。”这话是在住棚节的末日说的。三十九节继续说，“耶稣这话是指着信入祂的人将要受的那灵说的。”这清楚地指明，涌流的水表征那灵。

　　多年前我读到一篇文章说，古时在耶路撒冷，以色列人庆祝住棚节时，立起一块磐石。根据这篇文章，有水在磐石上流，作为一种提醒：犹太人的祖先曾在旷野飘流，并且喝过从被击打的磐石所流出来的水。磐石附近也有帐棚，显示先祖们住在帐棚里，并在旷野飘流，但有被击打的磐石同活水解他们的干渴。当主耶稣站着呼召口渴的人到祂这里来喝时，这一幅图画也许就是当时实在的背景。

　　另一处说到流出来的水，是在十九章三十四节。这里告诉我们，主死在十字架上以后，“有一个兵用枪扎祂的肋旁，随即有血和水流出来。”这就是从被击打的磐石流出来的水所预表的（出埃及记生命读经，五四四至五四五页）。

　　血是为着救赎，水是为着分赐生命。基督这活的磐石必须受律法的能力击打，好叫活水从祂流出来（CWWL一九六九年第二册，五五三页）。

　　参读：出埃及记生命读经，第四十至四十一篇。

　　In many places the Bible tells us that God is our rock. Deuteronomy 32:18 refers to God as the rock who begot us. This indicates that as our rock God is our Father. This rock is a begetting rock, full of life. In 2 Samuel 22:47 and Psalm 95:1 we see that God is the rock of our salvation. Furthermore, this rock is our strength (Psa. 62:7) and our refuge (Psa. 94:22). This rock is our hiding place, protection, covering, and safeguard. Isaiah 32:2 speaks of the Lord as”the shadow of a massive rock in a wasted land.” When we are weary [wasted], we can rest under the shadow cast by this rock and be refreshed. This rock, which was waiting in a dry place for God's people, has been smitten so the people may have living water to drink.

　　The water flowing out of the smitten rock typifies the Spirit. John 7:37 and 38 say,”Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” This word was uttered on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. John 7:39 goes on to say,”But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive.” This indicates clearly that the flowing water signifies the Spirit.

　　Many years ago I read an article which said that in Jerusalem in ancient times, when the Israelites celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles, they set up a rock. According to this article, over the rock waters were flowing as a reminder that the forefathers of the Jews had wandered in the wilderness and had drunk of the waters which flowed out of the smitten rock. Near the rock there also may have been tents showing that the forefathers lived in tents and wandered in the wilderness, but had the smitten rock with the living water to quench their thirst. Such a picture may have literally been in the background when the Lord Jesus stood up to call the thirsty ones to come to Him and drink.

　　Another reference to flowing water is in John 19:34. Here we are told that after the Lord had died on the cross,”one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.” This was prefigured by the water flowing out of the smitten rock. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 472-473)

　　The blood was for redemption, and the water was for life impartation. Christ as the living rock had to be smitten by the power of the law in order for the living water to flow out from Him. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 2,”The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” p. 417)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msgs. 40-41