In the imagery of the song, the promised rest is found in the cleft of the Rock – that is the fact that Jesus was pierced, bled and died to purchase our entrance to the promised land, or as the Hebrew writer says it, thepromised rest. There Stands A Rock and I Go to the Rock!
and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen ...
God’s response to Moses’ plea was to place him in a protected place, in the cleft of a rock, as He passed by in the fullness of His glory. God called Moses His friend. Why? Because he was always hungry for more; he just couldn’t get enough of His Lord. Consider the necessity...
Brother John of the Cleft Rock (14th Century):"Towards theend of the world, tyrants and hostile mobs willrob the Churchand the clergy of all their possessions and willafflictand martyr them. Those who heap the most abuse upon them will be held in high esteem.At that time,the Pope with ...
21 Then the LORD said, 'There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face ...
11 Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the crag of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are our rulers? Why, then, have you done this to us?” He answered them, “As they have done to me, so have I done to them.” 12 They said...
Brother John of the Cleft Rock (14th Century): "Towards the end of the world, tyrants and hostile mobs will rob the Church and the clergy of all their possessions and will afflict and martyr them. Those who heap the most abuse upon them will be held in high esteem. At that time, the...
as it were, in the dispersion of the dust, having received afterwards the grace of the Spirit, so agreed in that most peaceful concord of unanimity, that, when there were three thousand, or again five thousand, it was said, as Scripture witnesses, That there was in them one heart and ...
Envelopes are slipped into a cleft stick, which is tied with bark. “When the messenger rests, the free end is stuck in the ground and they hold it prominently as they travel, the sight of an omakand (paper that speaks) generally securing for them a measure of...
Most days, the Lord gives me the strength to walk through it, holding my hand as He promised. He parts the waters… He refreshes me with water out of a rock… He pulls close to me in the fire… He hides me in the cleft of a rock… He whispers His promises in a still, small ...