Author Topic: THE FIERY SERPENT (Read 1114 times)

doug · « **on:** August 30, 2020, 01:44:40 pm »

Numbers 21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

The serpent of brass made by Moses pictured the Lord Jesus Christ. Whosoever would look upon Christ, lifted up, and believe in him, would be saved, as seen in John.

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Isaiah and the prophets would speak of Christ, God in the flesh, and those who would look unto him.

Isaiah 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

John spoke of those who would look on the Son of God.

John 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John also spoke of Christ being lifted up on the cross.

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

John 12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

Christ was made to be the fiery serpent of our sin. Christ takes our sin and gives us his righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.