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Look Upon the Serpent? And be Supernaturally Healed?
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In
the Bible there is a mysterious event involving serpents that occurred
while the ancient Jewish people were wandering in the desert. If we
understand the meaning of the event, it provides a great revelation of
what supernatural healing really means.
The event begins in Numbers 21 with the people complaining and
turning away from God. A highly unusual rash of venomous snakes came
into the camp, and many people died. These snakes were so poisonous
that anyone who was bitten died; there were no exceptions. The people
came to Moses, and Moses went to God for a solution. God’s unusual
solution was:
The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.
So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a
pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze
snake, he lived. - Numbers 21:8-9
Now the images of the serpent in the Bible was hardly a good one.
The multidimensional being who is the essence of evil took the form of
a serpent when seducing humans into making The Fall – when sin entered
the universe and all creation fell under entropy and death. The
additional detail that the image was made of brass is even more
strange, as brass is associated with sin
in the ancient Judaic priesthood. So why would God choose a serpent on
a pole made of the metal of judgement and sin to be a symbol of healing
and redemption?
This question is answered by Christ himself:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have eternal life. – John 3:14, 15
What does Christ mean? Why would Christ compare himself with the
serpent; a symbol of evil in Judeo understanding? The fact is, when
Christ died on the cross, he took upon himself every sin, hurt, pain
that had ever and will ever torment the human race; past, present, and
future. Christ literally became every hurt and sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) – the pain of every human who has and will ever live was in Christ. This explains why when Christ was anticipating his death he sweated blood.
Christ’s death was not ordinary; it was the most massive supernatural
event ever- God himself became sin. But it did not end with death.
Christ came back to life and conquered this sin so we all could share
in this eternal life and healing. Hundreds of years before Christ came
the prophet Isaiah foretold this healing power in his death and life.
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was
crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was
upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
So when Moses was told to have the people look upon the brass
serpent he was foreshadowing the healing and redemption that only comes
through the death of sin itself, which came upon God the Son. Through
this sacrifice we look not on a symbol, but a very real hope of eternal
life – the cross and the empty tomb of Christ.
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