Thematic Bible: Brazen serpent
Thematic Bible
Brazen serpent » A symbol of Christ
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must also be lifted up. Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life.
Brazen serpent » Worshiped by israelites
He removed the high places. He broke the stone pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah poles. The brass snake that Moses had made was crushed to powder at his command, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.
Brazen serpent » Made by moses for the healing of the israelites
Moses made a copper snake and put it on a pole. People looked at the copper snake after they were bitten and lived.
Idolatry » Objects of » Brazen serpent
He removed the high places. He broke the stone pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah poles. The brass snake that Moses had made was crushed to powder at his command, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.
Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » Brazen serpent
Jehovah said to Moses: Make a snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.
Types of Christ » Brazen serpent
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must also be lifted up. Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life.
Moses made a copper snake and put it on a pole. People looked at the copper snake after they were bitten and lived.
Worship » Brazen serpent » Of man
Seeing what Paul did, the crowd lifted up their voice, saying in Lycaonian: The gods have come down to us, becoming like men.
The people were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. They waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him. They changed their minds and said he was a god.