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Numbers 21:1 · BSB
21:1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
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…in the New Testament, the New Testament authors or the New Testament preachers reference the Old Testament narratives. So we're going to read fromNumbers chapter 21, Numbers 21, because this is one of the passages that was referenced by Jesus when he met with Nicodemus in John chapter 3. Now you heard the old…
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…be saved through him. Point number two is this Christian faith is not working toward, but looking upon. Jesus tells Nicodemus this weird story fromNumbers chapter 21. This is what's referenced in verse 14. The Israelites are attacked by poisonous serpents, and this strange story plays out, and Moses makes a…
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…all they wanted to do was pass through the land. Now, if you want to do some further reading on that, it's recorded for us in the book of Numbers.Numbers chapter 21. You can read all about it. And essentially what had happened is the Israelites coming out of Egypt, they're wandering in the wilderness. They're…
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…you've lost your mind. Jesus has to be the focus of everything, because he is the truth. Now, we don't have time to go into great detail, but inNumbers chapter 21, God tells Moses to put a bronze serpent on a pole. Weird, right? It says that if they were ever to be bitten by a serpent, they were to look upon…
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…lifted up like a snake? What's up with that? And we're going to look this morning, before we come back to John chapter 3, we're going to shift toNumbers chapter 21. If you want to turn there or scroll there on your phone, whatever it is, however you read along in God's Word, go to Numbers chapter 21 verse 4…
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…going on. This is what you need to grasp, Nicodemus, if you're still confused. I'm going to give you one more Old Testament example, Jesus says,Numbers chapter 21. God's people have gotten impatient in the wilderness. They're complaining, right? They're complaining about the food. They're complaining about…
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…about? This is a reference that Nicodemus would have understood, but it's probably less familiar to us. He's referring a story from the book ofNumbers chapter 21. So I'm going to read that story to us. You can turn there if you'd like. Numbers chapter 21. And we'll see what Jesus is saying. Here in Numbers…
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…and other forms of spirituality. There's nothing unique about it. But as Jesus continues his conversation with Nicodemus, he recalls a story fromNumbers chapter 21that Laurel read earlier. And this is a bit of a bizarre story when you first read it. The Israelites were complaining to God as they do multiple…
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…get more information than that. That's all you get in Genesis 3. The Savior is introduced, and he will be struck. The next prophecy of the cross isNumbers chapter 21. You can turn over there. Numbers 21, if you're using the Pew Bible, by the way, that's page 129. 129 in the Pew Bible. Numbers 21 is our next…
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…a story that Nicodemus would have got, that he would have understood. In verse 14, Jesus directs Nicodemus back to an event found in Scripture inNumbers chapter 21. Now, when he said those words about Moses and the serpent, Nicodemus would have been like, uh-huh, uh-huh, I know exactly what you're talking…
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…son of man, Be lifted up. So he's drawing now, To Nicodemus, Who was a master of the law, He knew the Bible, And he's causing him, To think back tonumbers, Chapter 21, And in this story, We have the people of Israel, They've been brought out of Egypt, But their hearts are still in Egypt, They still love the…
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…what I've come to do. Except he uses this illustration. It comes from Numbers 21. In fact, why don't you turn there with me in the Old Testament.Numbers chapter 21. Perhaps you remember the story maybe from Sunday school, growing up, or just from your own reading. Numbers chapter 21. And look with me at verse…
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…Easter and add my welcome to Luca's as well. If you want to keep your Bibles open at John chapter 3, it might also be worth having a bookmark inNumbers chapter 21because we will go there too. I don't know about you, but I absolutely love this time of year. Not just this weekend in particular, but springtime.…
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…find him out. He might lose that lucrative, powerful position. But he was curious enough to find this Jesus. And Jesus tells him this story fromNumbers chapter 21. It's a really strange story when you read it. And the story is about the children of God sinned. And so God sent a plague to them of venomous…
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…it. Jack Lauer knows it. So, yeah, there we go. Praise God. We have a great children's ministry. We're doing well. So, but this is not, this is inNumbers chapter 21, and I'm going to read this to you really quickly because it's a really helpful passage. passage. The people of Israel have been wandering in the…
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…up the serpent, so the Son of Man must be lifted up. If I'm lifted up, I'll draw all men to me. And so this he's he's making an allusion to toNumbers chapter 21, and and and we don't have time to get into it, but ultimately, if you go back and look at that text, you'll see that there were these fiery…
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…to be given by Rome. That's how Rome executed someone. Now, let's just back up and let's talk about why All the way back in the Old Testament andNumbers chapter 21. You remember when the people were bitten by serpents or snakes and they died and all of a sudden God gets their attention through that very act.…
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…isn't it? What's he talking about? Serpents in the wilderness. He draws on something that happened in the life of God's people back in Numbers.Numbers chapter 21. And in that story, God's people were dying. They turned from God. And as a punishment, they were being bitten by snakes. And God, as a way of…
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…isn't it? What's he talking about? Serpents in the wilderness. He draws on something that happened in the life of God's people back in Numbers.Numbers chapter 21. And in that story, God's people were dying. They turned from God. And as a punishment, they were being bitten by snakes. And God, as a way of…
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…the next image, yeah, that's a pretty gruesome one, eh? Jesus is now going to talk to Nicodemus about a story in the Old Testament that's knack inNumbers chapter 21. Hear what he says. It's in verse 15. Actually, we'll do verse 14, 15, and 16. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the…
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