 | Charles Neat - 1839 - 398 pages
...deliverance from wrath, are simultaneous. It was said concerning the brazen serpent, " And it " shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, " when he looketh upon it, shall live." So it is with the believing sinner. The moment he looks to CHRIST, he liveth. A change of state then... | |
 | 1839 - 296 pages
...in the air, beneath the gladdening rays of the exulting sun, hangs the brazen serpent. "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." "God of mercy," exclaimed the Hebrew mother, "lend me strength, that I may bear forth my son!" Amid... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pages
...much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that lie take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses,... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 324 pages
...Moses was told to make a serpent of brass and place it on a pole and lift it up where all could see it. "Every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live," God said (Num. 21:8). The Lord reminded Nicodemus of this (John 3:14-15) when explaining the way of... | |
 | Neil Forsyth - 2003 - 398 pages
...and much people of Israel died." Recognizing their sin, the people begged Moses to pray for relief: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,...that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." So Moses made a serpent of brass, and it had the predicted effect. In the early modern period, this... | |
 | Ina DeBruin-Eyman - 2003 - 140 pages
...today? "Lord, take away our problems." But God didn't do it their way. He had a better way. He told Moses: "Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon...is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live."" God wanted them to develop faith, but works were also important. They had to look Ithat was the works1,... | |
 | Northrop Frye - 2003 - 818 pages
...serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.” Verse[sI 8[—91: “And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery...come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he booketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came... | |
 | Robert Israel - 2003 - 546 pages
...Spirit by which to do it! In Numbers 21, the people of Israel were dying from snakebite. God tells Moses, "Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon...that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." (21:8) If carving images is a sin, then God commanded Moses to sin. And what about the Temple? In I... | |
 | David Bird - 2003 - 350 pages
...in the wilderness. People who had been bitten were told to look at a model of a serpent on a pole: "Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole:...that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live" (cf John 3:14, 15). Faith was present (at least in some): "Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it... | |
 | Carolyn J. Baker - 2003 - 365 pages
...much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto...serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. Deuteronomy 1:26-27 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the... | |
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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. 
