Not I Want indeed you to be ignorant brothers (Paul winding up for core doctrine)
that the fathers of us all under the (cloud)1 were and all through the sea passed and
all into Moses were baptized in the (cloud)1 and in the sea
and all the same (spiritual food ate and all the same spiritual drank drink they drank )
indeed of [the] (spiritual following rock)2 the (rock moreover was Christ).2
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The cloud followed Israel as cloud by day and fire by night.
David calls God the Rock and Deliverer.
Psalm 18:2Amplified Bible (AMP)
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;
My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.
Paul directly correlates the cloud, food (Manna or bread from heaven), and the miracle of the Red Sea with the Rock.
He is directly teaching that the Cloud that followed Israel was the Spiritual following Rock.
He then states that the rock was Christ.
This is the first bread crumb that directly calls Christ Y-H-W-H from Paul.
There are many more. But note Paul says it in a way that is direct, but allows for faith.
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