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The Brazen Serpent and Christ Compared

A chart illustrating the similarities between the Brazen Serpent and Christ and the relief from the venom of the Serpent's bite and the relief from the penalty of sin.

Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-15
1. Israel not content with Physical Food. Numbers 21:5 1. Many not content with Spiritual Food. Matthew 4:4; 1 Peter 2:2; Proverbs 13:13; Isaiah 4:24; John 12:48
2. Serpents - Infused Poisonous Venom. Numbers 21:6 2. Devil infuses poisonous ideas and Sin. Genesis 3; John 8:44; 13:2; 1 John 3:8; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Peter 2:1-2
2a. God did not remove serpents 2a. God does not take sin out of world
3. Brazen Serpent put on pole. Numbers 21:8-9 3. Christ hanged on cross. John 3:14-15; John 19
4. Only one serpent for all. Numbers 21:8 4. One Savior and church for all. John 3:16; Hebrews 2:9; 1 John 2:1-2; 4:14; Hebrews 10:10-12; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 12:20
5. Healing through (in) one Serpent. Numbers 21:9 5. Salvation in the one Lord, and Church. 2 Timothy 2:10; Acts 4:11-12; Ephesians 5:23; 1 Corinthians 15:24
6. No Choice of Remedies 6. No choice of plans or ways. John 14:6:10:1; Proverbs 14:12-15; Psalms 119:104; Matthew 7:13-14; 2 John 9; Galatians 1:6-9
7. News had to be spread. (What about those who were bitten who had not been told about the remedy...) 7. Gospel must be preached. Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-48; Romans 10:13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Titus 1:3; Romans 1:15-16 (What about heathen in Africa, etc. who have not heard?)
8. Not compelled to obey. 8. Not compelled to obey. Joshua 24:15; Deuteronomy 11:26-28; 30:19; Isaiah 65:12; Matthew 23:37-38; 11:28-30; Acts 13:46; Revelation 3:20; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
9. Not healed by faith only. 9. Not saved by Faith only. James 2:19; John 12:42; 8:30, 31, 44; 1:12; Galatians 3:26-27; 5:6; James 2:14-26
10. Looking didn't nullify grace. 10. Obedience does not nullify Grace. Titus 2:11-12; Ephesians 2:8-10; Galatians 5:6
11. Didn't substitute prayer for obedience. 11. Prayer no substitute for obedience now. Matthew 7:21; Luke 6:46; Acts 9:11; 10:2; Proverbs 28:9; Acts 10:34-35
12. Those who refused to look Died. 12. Those who refuse to obey Gospel lost. 1 Peter 4:17-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

Some observations:
1. If you notice on the chart, Daddy shows that it took "faith" that lead the Israelites to "Look and Live" (be healed), I do not remember just where in the sermon Daddy brought this point out.
2. I remember Daddy, probably during point #11, raising the question about what would happen if one of the Israelites who had been bitten, kept saying "Lord, I believe that you can heal me, please heal me..." but never looked at the Brazen Serpent?  Of course the answer is that they would die.

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