We’ve been looking at the three-dimensional quality of the Bible, noting that God uses types and figures to convey truth. There’s plenty on the one-dimensional level to keep any of us close to God and informed of what we absolutely need to know.
But like a hologram, as we look at the symbols and types in his word, we see the art of God in orchestrating events and recording them—allowing us to see more of God’s majesty.
The rod in Exodus is one of the amazing “holograms” that we’ve been looking at as a type of Christ for the past five blog posts. It’s not a stretch to equate the rod with Christ. The Bible makes it clear, and now we will look at this element of Christ the rod: The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. (Psalms 110:1-2) This is a prophetic passage referring to Christ, “the rod of thy strength.”
We’ve seen the miracles performed using the rod. Now we will see the rod used for strength as the Psalm says, and we’ll simply read the passage in Exodus. It hardly needs comment when we observe with our 3D glasses on.
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. (Exodus 17:9-11)
There was strength and victory for battle when Moses held up his hand with the rod, Christ.
This was an important lesson God wanted everyone to get, because, “the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovanissi…” That means “The Lord, my banner.”
And there you go. He’s our banner and strength for battle. We are winners with Christ. The passage in Exodus we just looked at makes this verse sparkle even more:
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25) Christ is our strength, our banner, our intercessor in our battles.
Jody
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