Still circular reasoning and a lot of irrelevance. When I start asserting that God is some sort of performer then your comments may be relevant. As nobody here does, they aren’t.
Again The word "unknown" was added all six times (I Cor. 14:2, 4, 13, 14, 19, & 27,) for those who seek to edify their own selves as a false evidence they are being filled with the Holy Spirit . No outward sign gifts .
Outward signs are for those who rebel against the unseen faith of God, hid in parables.
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi
was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Numbers 17:10...…..Bearing fruit
Numbers 17:10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod
again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the
rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Again the unseen spiritual understanding hid in parables .
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and
speak ye unto the
rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the
rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
Numbers 20:8
There he uses the rock (Christ) to represent the living waters of the gospel for those who were thirsting from a famine of hearing the word .The letter of law of God... striking the rock once.
Moses who typified the law of God struck it twice as if the letter of the law would enter the promised land . Moses was forbidden from entering the land typified as the promised land (Zion) the heavenly city as the bride of Christ . I think it aids in hearing the spiritual understanding in Mathew below
Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
The almond rod is used that way in other parables like that of Jerimiah who at first refused to represent the gospel .
It could of been the tree in the middle of the garden and the fruit of the almond that mankind did eat to show their rebellion .
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a
rod of an almond tree.
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for
I will hasten my word to perform it. Jeremiah1:11-12
Again a sign against those who would not beleive prophecy .Prophecy given four hundred years early by Abraham for those who do beleive.
And Moses answered and said, But, behold,
they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said,
A rod.And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. Exodus 4:1-8
