The Bible says in 1 cor 1:27 ''Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful''

God's ways are nothing compared with human ways, just as they are written in Isaiah 55:8-9 – “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

In the world we live in today, there are many proud people that question God's instructions because they are very intelligent, experienced and more knowledgeable than God, their creator. Many years ago, down to the time of the prophet Moses, when the people of the Israelites had just left Egypt, God led the Israelites into the desert to continue their journey into the promised land.

While they were in the desert, the Israelites forgot about how God rescued them and became proud rebels to God's instructions. The Israelites rebelled against Moses and his God and, as a result, God decided to punish them right there in the desert by sending numerous poisonous snakes to strike them down.


Number 21:6 to 7

6... And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
7...Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.
When too many people were dying as the result of snake bites, the proud rebellious Israelites decided to ask God for mercy through ''Moses'' God's prophet. God decided to show them mercy by sending them a messiah. God sent them the messiah that would cure the' snakes' poison in them. The messiah God sent the Israelites was not the type they were expecting. God instructed his Prophet ''Moses'' to do an unimaginable thing that would make no sense to the rebellious or freethinkers that dwell among the people. God instructed Moses to build a typical resembling image of the poisonous snake that had bitten them and hang it on a cross or pole, and also tell them '' saying, who whoever is bitten looks at the lifeless bronze image of the snake on the cross, believing that it's the Messiah ( God sent medicine ) to cure them would be cured from the poison and live.


At this point, the proud rebellious or freethinker amongst them, must have questioned Moses, on the sensibility of his action, asking him to point out the connecting factor between the ''healing medicine'' the people needed badly and the ''ordinary lifeless image'' of a snake hanging on a cross. These proud rebellious or freethinkers among the people of Israel must have rejected the messiah ( image of a snake hanging on a pole ordained by God to heal them ) and therefore sought help somewhere else. Remember God said those that looked on the image of the Snake Moses set up on the pole would live. This means not all the affected people ( bitten by a snake ) will obey and therefore the hardened rebellious freethinkers among them who will not obey this instruction will DIE.

Number 21: 8-9
The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then, when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

THE SIMILARITIES

* Now just as the Israelites disobeyed God in the desert in the days of Moses and became sinners, so also the people that live in our present generation have all sinned against God.

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

* Just as God showed the Israelites mercy when they sinned against Him after he had sent snakes to punish them, likewise God is also showing us ( this present generation ) mercy after he had punished us for our sins

Psalm 86:5
“You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.”

* Just as God sent a messiah ( in form of liveless image of a snake hanging on a cross/pole ) to heal them of the effect of poison from the snake bite after he ( God ) had punished them, so also God sent our messiah to this present generation ( in form of God's son ''Jesus Christ'' hahanging on the cross ) to safe us from the effect of Satan or Devil's poisonous bites in this world.

john 3:16
For God so love the World that he gave his only begotten Son ( Jesus Christ ) that whoever believes in him ( Jesus Christ ) will not perish but have everlasting live.

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

* Just as God showed the Israelites mercy when they sinned against Him, after he had sent snakes to punish them, likewise God is also showing us ( this present generation ) mercy after he had punished us for our sins.

Psalm 86:5
“You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.”

* Just as God sent a messiah ( in form of a liveless image of a snake hanging on a cross/pole ) to heal them of the effect of poison from the snake bite after he ( God ) had punished them, so also God sent our messiah to this present generation ( in form of God's son ''Jesus Christ'' hahanging on the cross ) to safe us from the effect of Satan or Devil's poisonous bites in this world.

john 3:16
For God so love the World that he gave his only begotten Son ( Jesus Christ ) that whoever believes in him ( Jesus Christ ) will not perish but have everlasting live.

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

* Just as some rebellious freethinkers within the people of Israelites in the desert doubted God's sent messiah ( bronze image of a snake) hanging on a pole of a tree, so also are some freethinkers in our present generation likewise are doubting God's sent messiah ( Jesus Christ died on the cross ). Jesus Christ was sent by God to set humanity free from the negative effects of Satan or the Devil's wickedness and to give us eternal life with God.

* Just as some rebellious or Freethinkers within the people of Israel died after they refused to accept the messiah ( bronze image of a snake hanging on the cross / tree ) given to them by God to heal them after the snake bite, so also it is presently in our generation where some rebellious religious or freethinkers are consciously rejecting the messiah ( Jesus christ hung on the cross) God had sent to us to safe us from the poison of satan's bite. These set of rebellious people will face the consequences ( God's judgement) when the time comes.

luke 17:25

But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

John 3:18-19

He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.


HOW TO CONNECT WITH GOD


ACCEPT, BELIEVE AND FOLLOW JESUS.

John14:6
Jesus told him ' I am the way-
Yes, and the truth and the life. No one can GET to the father (GOD) except by means of me (JESUS ).

John14:1
Let not your heart be troubled. You are trust in God now trust in me ( JESUS ).

John15:23
Anyone that is hating me ( JESUS )
is hating the father (GOD)

Colossian 2: 10
So you have everything when you have Christ and you are filled with GOD through your union with CHRIST. He is the highest RULER, with authority over every other power.

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The serpent of the good tree was Ninghiszida..

He was also the lord who instructed Moses on the serpent....the bible is about several gods...

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