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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Brazen Serpent

Bible Questions Answered:
“You wrote concerning serpents of the pole, and Jesus but we are not with understanding, how they are same...”
Rendi/ Roodepoort, Gauteng South Africa

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

Numbers 21:4-9 KJV
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

6 And The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against The Lord, and against thee; pray unto The Lord, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

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.
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.

Hardships of the way, caused the people of God, to murmur and complain, against Moses and God.

Psalm 55:19 KJV
God shall hear, and afflict them, even He that abideth of old. Selah..."

Jeremiah 8:17 KJV
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith The Lord.

Numbers 21:6 KJV
And The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Psalm 119:67,68 KJV
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Psalm 145:17 KJV (Write this verse on the flyleaf of your Bible.)
The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works.

The judgment of fiery serpents, brought death, and repentance to the people.

Numbers 21:7 KJV
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against The Lord, and against thee; pray unto The Lord, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

God's answer to their repentance:

Numbers 21:8,9 KJV
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.
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.

What did looking upon the brazen serpent accomplish?
1) It reminded them, it was because of “their sin,” that death and judgment came.
2) It reminded them, through repentance, and faith in God's promise, they would be saved.

John 3:14-18 KJV
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son Of Man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.

When our Lord was on the cross, He was not there for His sins, but for our sins.
We deserved judgment and death, but as we look to Him, in repentance for our own sins and have faith in Him, we are saved, delivered from death and judgment, for He took our death and judgment upon Himself.

I Peter 2:22 NLT
He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.

II Corinthians 5:21 NLT
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

I Corinthians 10:9-13 NLT
9 Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.
10 And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.
11 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.
12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.

Hebrews 10:38,39 KJV
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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

Numbers 21: 4-9 KJV AGAIN:

Saved or Lost:

God's people, were in sin.

Numbers 21:5 KJV
And the people spake against God..."

Judgment and death, were the result.

Numbers 21:6 KJV
And The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

But there was hope...

Numbers 21:8 KJV
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.

Through repentance..."when he looketh upon it"    One look at the bronze snake, reminded them, it was because of  their sin, that they faced judgment and death. And so they cried...

Numbers 21:7 KJV
"...We have sinned, for we have spoken against The Lord..."

 In repentance, they cried unto The Lord, and in obedience, they held to the promise of The Lord...

"...every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live."

The people because of sin, were facing judgment and death, but through repentance and obedience, gained Life, through faith in the promise of The Lord.

Saved if they did, lost if they refused, and did not.

Saved or Lost:

Today mankind is guilty of sin, faced with judgment and death.

Romans 3:23 KJV
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 5:12 KJV
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Ezekiel 18:4 KJV
"...the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

But there is hope.

II Corinthians 7:10 NLT
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

Romans 2:4 KJV
"...the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance"

II Peter 3:9 KJV
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Revelation 3:19 KJV
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Repentance yes, and belief also.

John 3:14-16 KJV
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son Of Man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Mark 16:16 KJV
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Saved or Lost, Israel had the choice of repenting and forsaking sin and believing The Lord, and the challenge is the same today!
Repenting and forsaking of sin, and belief in the promise of The Lord, determines if we are Saved or Lost.

Prayer:

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

John 8:24 KJV
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.

Acts 4:12 KJV
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

John 6:37,47 KJV
37 “...him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.

Jude 1:21 KJV
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.