Moses and the bronze serpent relating to Christ on the Cross

[MRBHFJ]

I had a thought the other day about Moses and the bronze serpent; how the people looked at the serpent to be healed after being bitten and how that points to Christ on the cross forgiving our sins. I know and have heard it taught they looked at the serpent in faith they’d be healed and we look to the cross in faith to be saved.
My thought was, looking at/going thru something ugly (the serpent) (seeing our savior have to bleed and die) to get to the beautiful (salvation).
Am I applying this right in my mind?
Maybe this will help someone else. I hope so.

 

[Dino246]

I had a thought the other day about Moses and the bronze serpent; how the people looked at the serpent to be healed after being bitten and how that points to Christ on the cross forgiving our sins. I know and have heard it taught they looked at the serpent in faith they’d be healed and we look to the cross in faith to be saved.
My thought was, looking at/going thru something ugly (the serpent) (seeing our savior have to bleed and die) to get to the beautiful (salvation).
Am I applying this right in my mind?
Maybe this will help someone else. I hope so.

I won’t comment on your view, but I see the point of the story plainly stated in the text: “Look to this and live”. It’s a shadow illustration of the cross of Christ.

 

[Lovette]

The brozen serpent is the embodiment of sin, the crucifixion is the crucifixion of sin. Lord Jesus took away our sins on the cross, so that we may be saved from eternal damnation.

 

[Suze]

The serpent represents sin in the flesh , Jesus was made of human flesh just like ours . The wages of sin is death , Jesus didn't sin so he didn't earn those wages . Therefore , Jesus could not stay dead , his body could not decay and rot in a grave because , he did not sin . He destroyed the power of death which is sin in the flesh . I've heard it said ( but I don't know if this is true or not ) that the brassen serpent was a decent walk away from the camp , so the Israelites would have had to have faith in the healing power of the statue in order to walk to it whilst feeling quite ill from the snake bite . The snake bite is the sting of sin , they were probably bitten somewhere on their lower legs . Genesis Ch 3 V 15 , Acts Ch 9 V 5 and also Ch 26 V 14 . 1st Corinthians Ch 15 Verses 35-58 .

 

[Charlesiii]

I had a thought the other day about Moses and the bronze serpent; how the people looked at the serpent to be healed after being bitten and how that points to Christ on the cross forgiving our sins. I know and have heard it taught they looked at the serpent in faith they’d be healed and we look to the cross in faith to be saved.
My thought was, looking at/going thru something ugly (the serpent) (seeing our savior have to bleed and die) to get to the beautiful (salvation).
Am I applying this right in my mind?
Maybe this will help someone else. I hope so.

Jesus Himself said the bronze snake was a symbol or shadow of Christ.

John 3:14 - 16
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 12:32 - 33
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
This he said, signifying what death he should die.