“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him” (John 3:14-15, NIV).
“So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived” (Num. 21:9, NET).
What a fascinating prophetic picture of Jesus this was! The bronze snake was a symbol of the curse that had come upon the Israelites because of their sin. They had complained bitterly against the Lord, and their sin had given birth to death. Venomous snakes were literally taking their lives as a direct result of their rebellion.
In His mercy, God provided an answer to Moses’ prayer on their behalf. They had only to look up at the bronze snake, and they would recover. This imagery prophesied what Jesus would do for us on the cross. Scripture teaches us that He actually became a curse for us and became sin for us (Gal. 3:13, 2 Cor. 5:21). A snake hanging on a pole was a vivid portrayal of this, foreshadowing His sacrifice.
What is our role? Simply to look to Him. To look to Him is to posture ourselves in expectancy of receiving what He purchased for us as He hung there. To look to Him is to become heirs of salvation. All our life long, we are to continually look to Him, “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Heb. 12:2, NIV). As we do so, we will live in a permanent posture of receiving the Continue reading Unchanging Yet New Every Morning
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