3. THE BOOK OF NUMBERS! The Brass Serpent..

THE BRAZEN SERPENT.

A wonderful picture of the …

CROSS OF CALVARY.

Please read Num 21:4.

In the narrative, we see that the people complained about their diet of Manna. They called it “detestable” and told Moses how much they loathed it. “Yuck!” they said, as they screwed up their faces in disgust.

So we see them sin against God and against Moses. (again!)

Immediately, God sent fiery (burning) serpents among them, and they bit the people, and many Israelites died, from the very young to the very old.

Can you imagine the screaming, the panic in the camp, people were attacked in their tents, while eating, while sleeping in their beds, while washing their utensils. Deadly Snakes were intruding everywhere! They silently slithered between the bedclothes and slid over the legs of children.

People who had spoken against God were dying off at an incredible rate; nobody could escape.

Punishment was twofold: Pain, then Death!

Next, we see SUPPLICATION (earnestly intreating the Lord).

“Forgive us,” they wailed.

(Confession of sin.)

Then there is Salvation in the Brazen Serpent and a Look of Faith, which are also twofold.

The look was not a casual glance … The Hebrew text here means ..

( Look attentively, expectantly, with a steady absorbing gaze.)

Jesus said in John 3:14,15.

“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up. And whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have Eternal Life.

(Live forever.)

Sadly, today the world is full of sin, and sin fills the earth with pain, which is then followed by death. Physical and Spiritual death.

Today, Salvation is in Christ. Your look is not just a fleeting glance but a God-honouring, God-answered, fixed, and absorbing gaze!

God prescribed the Brazen Serpent, and so was the cross of Calvary, appointed divinely as a means of Salvation.

The Serpent on the. Pole was the only Appointed Remedy. So is the cross of Christ the “only” way to be saved?

Acts 4:12. “There is salvation in none other.”

“It was CONSPICUOUS.

It was Erected High in the centre of the camp. Our Lord also was lifted up upon the cross of Calvary, for all to see!

It’s ALL SUFFICIENT.

It was AVAILABLE.

Wherever man was bitten. So there is provision in the cross of Christ for all manner of sin.

It AVAILED.

No matter how serious a man’s condition. So the cross saves the worst of sinners (even you), and there is no hint where it failed!
So the cross never fails.

Come to the cross today.

It still has the Power to save your soul!

It also delivers your body and heals your soul, the mind, will, and emotions once and for all.

It was intended as a Lesson for Israel.

They must look at the very thing that caused them pain. The cross reminds us that we are sinners and offers Salvation simultaneously.

Everyone must look for Christ Himself; no one else can save you.

It is a very personal thing, but not private!

“You must (openly) confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, then you …

SHALL BE SAVED!! Romans 10:9,10-13.

Finally, there was no hint of a gradual or delayed cure.
So it is with the Cross. You must look to the “Christ of the Cross”

Believe He shed His precious blood for you.

Ask Him to save you from SIN. Forgiveness is yours, and you receive,
ETERNAL LIFE! (Instantly)

Why don’t you receive Him today?

Here is a prayer you can pray.

“Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I believe you died for me and rose again. Please forgive my sin and save my soul. Please fill me with the Holy Spirit. I surrender all that I am over to You.”

*Thank you, my Lord.”

Amen.

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