Article January 5, 1974 Issue

Words of Current Interest

Related to the Lesson-Sermon for January 13, 1974, in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY Subject: Sacrament

All our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea (I Cor. 10:1)

Paul recalls the events of the exodus from Egypt related in Exodus 14, how "the pillar of the cloud" (v. 19) separated the Israelites from the pursuing Egyptians, and the sea opened to let them pass through. Those who shared these momentous experiences were welded together into a community of faith. Centuries later, baptism was thought to have a similarly binding significance, hence Paul's reference to those "baptized unto Moses" in verse 2.

And did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink (I Cor. 10:3, 4)

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