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Snakes on the brain: Poison of the critical spirit (Numbers 20–21)
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Spiritual antiveninNumbers 20: Rock of My salvation? Edom sees redNumbers 21: Snakes! Why does it have to be snakes?
Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole, because the people of ancient Israel continued to rebel God’s leadership and His appointed leaders (see the Korah rebellion). The grumblers were bitten by the snakes had to acquiesce and obey Moses’ advise and look at it if they wanted to survive the snake bite. They had to comply with his leadership command or they would die.
This rebellion, rather than resulting in a golden age of peace, resulted in more death, until the people finally were willing to trust in and accept God’s leadership.
Some people get excited about the Kingdom of Death because they see in it the ability to exercise power and dominance. They see it as a tool to destroy, to take things down, to blow things up, both literally and figuratively. They seek power to ignite chaos, because out of the ashes of chaos, revolution is sparked and after the revolution, comes reformation.
So today, it’s very much the same sort of battle between the kingdom of death and the kingdom of life as it has always been from the garden, which amazingly, had a snake in it. And we’re talking about a snake here today.
Yosef (Joseph) and Daniel served as prime ministers to “snakes” in the sense that the kings they served were not believers in HaShem. Joseph’s Pharaoh trusted him so much that he gave over the entire government to him. Daniel also served tyrants Nebuchadnezzar and Darius, who history has shown were real snakes, yet Daniel served them with distinction.
Spiritual antivenin
George Washington is apocryphally quoted as saying government is fire, but you can say that it’s a fiery serpent that needs to be kept under strict control. This is why we have to be aware of those who covet that power and who we entrust to wield it.
We see in Chukat that God will protect us from snakes — the ideas, powers and people who slither their way into our lives and cause us to doubt and turn against the ways that lead to an abundant life. If He holds them back, they are restrained, but if He allows the snakes to run loose, they will wreak havoc.
The Kingdom of Death tells us that we have no sin, that we don’t have any thing to regret. The Kingdom of Death tells us that that we don’t have to repent of our errant ways.
Commandments, statutes and judgments are not synonyms, just as sins, transgressions and iniquities are not synonyms. (Illustration by Hallel Fellowship)
There are parallels between the ceremony of the red heifer sacrifice with Yom haKippurim (Day of Atonement). One significant paralell is that both ceremonies bring those who contacted death (sins, transgressions and iniquities) to life.Hebrews 9 also connects both the Red Heifer and Yom Kippur to Yeshua the messiah.
The red heifer was to be “unblemished,” which some say means that it should be completely red,
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By Hallel FellowshipIn this study
Spiritual antiveninNumbers 20: Rock of My salvation? Edom sees redNumbers 21: Snakes! Why does it have to be snakes?
Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole, because the people of ancient Israel continued to rebel God’s leadership and His appointed leaders (see the Korah rebellion). The grumblers were bitten by the snakes had to acquiesce and obey Moses’ advise and look at it if they wanted to survive the snake bite. They had to comply with his leadership command or they would die.
This rebellion, rather than resulting in a golden age of peace, resulted in more death, until the people finally were willing to trust in and accept God’s leadership.
Some people get excited about the Kingdom of Death because they see in it the ability to exercise power and dominance. They see it as a tool to destroy, to take things down, to blow things up, both literally and figuratively. They seek power to ignite chaos, because out of the ashes of chaos, revolution is sparked and after the revolution, comes reformation.
So today, it’s very much the same sort of battle between the kingdom of death and the kingdom of life as it has always been from the garden, which amazingly, had a snake in it. And we’re talking about a snake here today.
Yosef (Joseph) and Daniel served as prime ministers to “snakes” in the sense that the kings they served were not believers in HaShem. Joseph’s Pharaoh trusted him so much that he gave over the entire government to him. Daniel also served tyrants Nebuchadnezzar and Darius, who history has shown were real snakes, yet Daniel served them with distinction.
Spiritual antivenin
George Washington is apocryphally quoted as saying government is fire, but you can say that it’s a fiery serpent that needs to be kept under strict control. This is why we have to be aware of those who covet that power and who we entrust to wield it.
We see in Chukat that God will protect us from snakes — the ideas, powers and people who slither their way into our lives and cause us to doubt and turn against the ways that lead to an abundant life. If He holds them back, they are restrained, but if He allows the snakes to run loose, they will wreak havoc.
The Kingdom of Death tells us that we have no sin, that we don’t have any thing to regret. The Kingdom of Death tells us that that we don’t have to repent of our errant ways.
Commandments, statutes and judgments are not synonyms, just as sins, transgressions and iniquities are not synonyms. (Illustration by Hallel Fellowship)
There are parallels between the ceremony of the red heifer sacrifice with Yom haKippurim (Day of Atonement). One significant paralell is that both ceremonies bring those who contacted death (sins, transgressions and iniquities) to life.Hebrews 9 also connects both the Red Heifer and Yom Kippur to Yeshua the messiah.
The red heifer was to be “unblemished,” which some say means that it should be completely red,