In looking at the matter of the bronze serpent lifted up in the wilderness in Num. 21, we realise that the entire Bible speaks of this matter of the serpent and the bride, and the Bible ends with the marriage of the Spirit and the Bride and the defeat of the serpent. Hallelujah, we who […]
The serpent and the Bride: how we as Satan’s Increase are Becoming Christ’s Increase
In John 3 we see the serpent and the bride; though we were bitten by the serpent and are serpentine in nature, Christ came and was lifted up as our Substitute, bore God’s judgment for us, and we can believe in Him to become part of His increase, His bride. Wow, what a marvelous plan […]
When we Repent for being Serpentine we are Qualified to Enjoy Christ as Eternal Life
The Lord Jesus as the Son of Man was lifted up in the form of the serpent on the cross to bear the judgment for the serpent-poisoned people; if we repent of our serpentine nature and believe into Him, He becomes our Substitute and we enjoy eternal life. Hallelujah! This story in Num. 21:4-9 is […]
Christ came as the reality of the Bronze Serpent and Destroyed Satan on the Cross
Christ came as the reality of the bronze serpent; He was lifted up on the cross, and we – the serpent-bitten men, those who became serpentine in nature – can look at Him and not die but live! Hallelujah! This week in our deeper study of the book of Numbers we come to ch. 21 […]
Being Open Vessels to the Lord and Closing our Vessel toward Death and Defilement
Defilement is unavoidable, but we can learn to close our vessel toward death and defilement, and we can open our vessel toward the Lord! The redemption that Christ has accomplished on the cross is eternally effective and always available for us to apply; whenever we become unclean, we can contact the Lord by the exercise […]
Allow the Holy Spirit to Apply the Efficacy of Christ’s Redemption to us to Cleanse us
Whenever we, the people of God, become unclean and impure because of our contact with death, we need to experience the water of impurity, that is, we need to apply the efficacy of Christ’s redemption by the sprinkling of the Holy Spirit as the living water. We may think we are OK, but in our […]
The High and Dignified Christ became Lowly as a Man and Terminated the Sins of All Creation
How we thank and praise the Lord that, as the high and dignified Christ with a resurrected, ascended, glorified, and honored humanity, He was willing to be lowly, becoming in the likeness of men, so that He may be near man and deal with sin and impurity! Hallelujah! This week we are prayerfully considering Num. […]