Numbers 21:5-9, "They spoke against GOD and against Moses saying, 'Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the desert! There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food (the manna from heaven)!' Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned when we spoke against the LORD and you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people. The LORD told Moses, 'Make a snake and put it on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.' So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. When anyone was bitten and looked at the bronze snake, they lived."
In complaining the people refused to obey GOD's Law. They quickly forgot the miracles He had already performed in their very sight!
The Israelites complaining led to thoughtless actions and attitudes on their part. GOD used venomous snakes to punish the people for their unbelief and complaining.
The bronze snake lifted up is a symbol of when in the future, Christ Jesus would be lifted up on the Cross for the sins of mankind. Anyone looking to Christ Jesus for forgiveness of their sins will be saved as were the Israelites from the venomous snake bites.
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