I'm reffering to Nehustan, the brazen serpent that Moses made when God sent a plague of fiery serpents to punish the Hebrews (what for, I don't recall). Anyone who was bitten by the serpents was healed if he looked at the image of Nehustan...
2007-01-28 13:39:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Kind of funny that god would prescribe idolatry after expressly forbidding it, don't you think? Like maybe the bible wasn't written by God??????
2007-01-28 13:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by Prophet ENSLAVEMENTALITY (pbuh) 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is a garden of creations. The serpent is from the clone of the war machine Dunes. When the Israelites had left
the training of the Gabriel angels, there were none who feared.
The problem of space is that those aliens of space have not
much intention to gain acceptance nor posture in the creation.
The earliest empires were unfeathered is what it was called. A
serpent killed the hawk of life competition to make a safer world.
This magical, tragical, of whatever was alien nonetheless and
should be banned. This is what the story was supposed to convey. Israel should not suffer monsters like snakes.
2007-01-28 21:48:17 · answer #2 · answered by mtvtoni 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Because God used the serpent as a type of Christ. It's not His fault if people end up commiting sins. It isn't like He had not already told them not to worship a graven image. All throughought the OT God used circumstances and people to point to the perfect sacrifice that He himself would provide by sending his dear Son to pay our sin debt.
John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. (14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: (15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
2007-01-28 21:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To add what has already been said, if you look in 2 Kings 18, Hezekiah destroyed it because the people began to burn incense to it. How typical of people to worship the works of their hands and the things of this world rather than the true God of the universe.
2007-01-28 22:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're referring to Babylonian wisdom which is devilish and false.
2007-01-28 21:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a forerunner for Christ on the torture stake.
Whoever believes in Christ's sacrificial death for mankind's salvation can be in line for everlasting life.
2007-01-28 21:47:44 · answer #6 · answered by avaddohn-Apollyon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could it be Say-tan?
2007-01-28 22:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by Insulting Other Participants 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋