Bible Verse of The Day – 8-20-20

Numbers 21:8  (NKJV) 8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

The fiery serpent in this verse represents a plague that God sent onto the people of Israel as punishment for rising up against Him and Moses, complaining about the food they were eating.

The serpents bit the people, and many of them died (Numbers 21:6-7).

The ones that were still alive came to Moses, repentant and remorseful for what they had said and done.

They asked Moses if he would pray to God to take away the serpents.

In response, God had Moses make a fiery serpent out of bronze and set it on a pole. The people that looked at it and had faith would be healed.

This allowed the people to receive divine healing and not die from the snake bites.

Jesus later spoke of this situation, referring to Himself and how He too must be lifted up, and whoever has faith and believes in Him will not die, but be healed and live forever.

His Crucifixion on that cross had to take place if we wanted to be set free from our sins.

John 3:14-15 (NKJV) 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

When we see with the eyes of our hearts, and believe what Jesus did for us on that cross for our sins, we will be healed and saved from our sinful state, we will have eternal life with Him!

It is by His stripes we were healed. Amen.

1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV) 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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