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The Snake in the Wilderness |
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Compare the texts for yourself: Numbers 21:7-9 and John 3:14, 15. |
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Israelites |
Christians |
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Bitten by snakes |
Bitten by sin |
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Little initial pain, then intense suffering |
Little initial pain, then intense suffering |
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Physical death from snakes' poison |
Spiritual death from sin's poison |
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Bronze snake lifted up in the wilderness |
Christ lifted up on the cross |
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Looking to the snake spared one's life |
Looking to Christ saves from eternal death |