I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. (1Corinthians 10: 1-6)

Paul is writing to a mixed gathering of Jews, Romans, Greeks, and others. He emphasizes that all share in the spiritual legacy of the Jews.

He also emphasizes that Christ was present in the Exodus. The reality of Christ preceded the earthly life of Jesus.

During the Exodus, in Paul's time, and today a stream flows from this spiritual rock. It is a source of cleansing, refreshment, and nourishment.

We are invited to drink deeply. We can, if we choose, entirely satisfy our thirst.