Fiery serpents
were sent among the Israelites because of their sins against God.
1. There were three sins
mentioned that the Israelites sinned against God that brought on
the fiery serpents:
A. The people against
Moses, God's anointed.
(Numbers
21:5 And the people spake against God, and
against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water;
and our soul loatheth this light bread.)
to question 1A.
B. They did not like the that
God sent them. (Numbers
21:5 And the people spake against God, and
against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water;
and our soul loatheth this light bread.)
to question 1B.
C. They said there was no .
(Numbers
21:5 And the people spake against God, and
against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water;
and our soul loatheth this light bread.)
to question 1C.
2. represented
God talking to the people. (Exodus 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will
hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.)
to question 2.
When the people spake against
Moses, they were speaking against God. 3. represents
Jesus as the of life. (John
6:31-35 Our fathers did eat manna in the
desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth
you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down
from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give
us this bread. 35 And
Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.) When the people said there was
no bread, they were speaking against Jesus.
to question 3.
4. represents
Jesus. (1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank
of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.) When the people said there was
no water, they were speaking against Jesus.
to question 4.
5. "Neither let us Christ,
as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents."
(1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.)
to question 5.
6. God told Moses to make a of
and put it upon a pole. (Numbers
21:8-9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee
a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every
one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And
Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass,
that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.)
to question 6.
7. is
symbolic of judgment.
to question 7.
8. The is
symbolic of sin.
to question 8.
9. The wages of sin is .
(Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.)
to question 9.
10. A brass serpent on a pole
is a type of of sin.
to question 10.
11. When a person that was
bitten by a serpent, if they would look by faith at the judgment
of sin, a brass serpent on a pole, they would .
(Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole,
and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the
serpent of brass, he lived.)
to question 11.
12. What did Jesus mean when
he said in (John 3:14
"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be liftd
up.") A.
Moses killed all the serpents. B. Jesus would
die upon a cross.
to question 12.
13. What did Jesus mean when
he said in (John 3:15
"That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.") Choose one of the
following. A. Everyone would be
saved, because Jesus died. B. Only those who would
look to Jesus in faith would be saved.
to question 13.
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