Looking at Brass serpent in wilderness those who saw it were healed of the poison of the serpents, while we see this account as salvation account it fits more in elect fornicating as Israel did by asking meat in the wilderness (eating and drinking), they despised the true bread that came down from heaven (manna symbolic of Messiah the true bread that came down from heaven)
Joh 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Nu 21:5 And the people spake against Alahim, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt
6 And the YAHUAH sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel
Nu 21:8 And the YAHUAH 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.
Nu 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
What does this brazen serpent stand for?
The brazen serpent is Messiah in human nature different from us as he is sinless but he is identified with us serpents. He was numbered with the transgressors.
Mr 15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
We are like serpents bringing out deadly poison
Ps 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Ps 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
John the Baptist called those who came to be baptized of him as generation of vipers (those not chosen by Alahim)
Lu 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Adopting his (Messiah’s) nature we are saved from the wrath of Alahim, from the poison of our own natures which secrete the poison to destroy us. Also the poisonous gospels which cause us to rebel against Alahim and sin against Him brings Alahims wrath but Messiah as our mediator saves those who look unto him for help.
What happened to Israel
1Co 10:5 But with many of them Alahim was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 ¶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Messiah, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Have we fornicated and lusted after flesh despising the manna from heaven? This is a question which we need to ask ourselves.
Taking up serpents, drinking deadly was the true gospel trampling the false one but in our human nature we were/are exploring wickedness by which we were/are deceived by false gospels and false doctrines and we think we are doing Alahims service as stated in Mark 16:17 to 18 by venturing into the forbidden.
Mr 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
The new tongues represent the true gospel which was sent forth as a Great Commission from Messiah through his apostles. We went out venturing false deadly gospels not testing what we hold with Alahim’s word but inspite of this it didn't harm us becoz of our brazen serpent who was lifted up to draw his elect to him.
The locusts from bottomless pit (place of being alienated from Life of Alahim where angels who sinned were confined to chains of darkness) with scorpion stings have always tried to harm the green (elect) but Messiah our brazen serpent has gulped all our abominable sins on the cross by taking the punishment of our nature on himself.
2Pe 2:4 For if Alahim spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Hebrews 2 says the it behoved him to be like his brethren in every way, he didn't take on him the nature of angels(elect messengers) but the seed of Abraham(fallen messengers)
,In every way he identified with us but sinless.
,In every way he identified with us but sinless.
Heb 2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to Alahim, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Messiah is the one to lead us as he led Israel through the great and terrible wilderness protecting us from the scorpions, serpents who come to bite us, it’s time we examine every doctrine we hold testing it with a fiery test to see if it’s true lest we be bitten by the serpent in the wilderness.
De 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Messiah
Man is so carnal that he doesn’t understand the symbolisms of Alahim’s word and twists it to suit his own theology; one such example is that this same brazen serpent which Moses had made was worshipped by Israel
2Ki 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel
Joh 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
