Anf-01 viii.iv.lxxxvi Pg 6
The Red Sea, not the Jordan. [Ex. xv. 27.]
David affirms that God comforted him with a rod and staff. Elisha, by casting a stick2291 2291 Literally, “a tree.”
into the river Jordan, recovered the iron part of the axe with which the sons of the prophets had gone to cut down trees to build the house in which they wished to read and study the law and commandments of God; even as our Christ, by being crucified on the tree, and by purifying [us] with water, has redeemed us, though plunged in the direst offences which we have committed, and has made [us] a house of prayer and adoration. Moreover, it was a rod that pointed out Judah to be the father of Tamar’s sons by a great mystery.”
