Post by socalexile on Jan 2, 2019 17:30:44 GMT -6
When Christ chose an allegory for salvation through Him in John:
This is a reference to Numbers 21:
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This is the object lesson: the serpent is sin - when they are bitten by it, they look upon the bronze pole (bronze represents judgment), and the serpent upon it, since "God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor. 5:21).
So, how long does it say they had to look? Forever? Or when they were bitten?
When they were bitten, they were to look - once. You have to assume by reading your own presuppositions into it anything else.
3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,"
3:15 that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life."
3:15 that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life."
This is a reference to Numbers 21:
4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” 6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the 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 you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
This is the object lesson: the serpent is sin - when they are bitten by it, they look upon the bronze pole (bronze represents judgment), and the serpent upon it, since "God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor. 5:21).
So, how long does it say they had to look? Forever? Or when they were bitten?
When they were bitten, they were to look - once. You have to assume by reading your own presuppositions into it anything else.