[Salvation]

**Grumbling, grousing, and complaining seem to be all around us. In our relative affluence, we often expect or even demand comfort. We are very particular about the way we want things to be, and often expect that it be made so without much if any effort on our part.**

[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[BenLurkin]

His sin was striking the rock when God told him to speak to it. Lack of faith is a stumbling block to salvation.

[chajin]

There is a postscript: Moses got to enter the promised land the day of the Transfiguration. God’s anger is for a moment, God’s favor is for a lifetime (Psalm 30:5).

[Vaquero]

What Was Moses’ Sin?

Parting the Waters without a permit from the Egyptian EPA

[GBA]

Thanks for posting this! I’ve been pondering this question since yesterday’s reading.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

BM

[Ezekiel]

What Was Moses’ Sin?

Not near as bad as grousing about Moses.

It all makes sense in the end.

[Hoffer Rand]

This story represents a archetype of Christ and His sacrifice. In the first situation, to obtain salvation (water), Moses was told to strike the rock (representing Christ’s suffering and death for our salvation). The second time, salvation had already been provided, so Moses only needed to ask for it (speak to the rock). Instead, he struck it again, thus changing the message God was trying to show His people through this archetype. Christ’s sacrifice only needed to happen once. After that, all those who “call upon the name of the Lord” will be saved.

[353FMG]

This story from Exodus shows how God demands that His instructions be carried out EXACTLY without questioning and how severely Moses was punished for not carrying out God’s demand to the letter. Scary, huh?

[Hostage]

And yet for all our faults, by His Grace, although unworthy, we are forgiven.

As a youngster, I was taught that after Moses struck the rock the first time, water did not come forth, so he struck it a second time and water gushed forth. The two strikes were interpreted as a lack of faith on Moses part. So he was denied entry into the promised land.

Coming into adulthood I interpreted the scripture as also reflecting Moses doubt about what he had done as he absorbed the discontent and lack of gratitude on the part of the people he led.

Remember similarly how Moses was angered when he descended Mt. Sinai the first time with the tablets of God’s law and as he saw the people had constructed a golden calf for worship, Moses smashed the tablets on the ground and cursed the people before again ascending the mount.

Perhaps it could be said that Moses became remorseful and was sorry for following God’s instructions feeling the people were not worthy of God’s love. Yet God forgave the people, forgave Moses and exalted him.