| John
3:13-15 (ESV) 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from
heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in
him may have eternal life. Numbers 21:4-35 (ESV) 4 From Mount Hor they set
out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people
became impatient on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against
Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For
there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.” 6 Then the
LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that
many people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have
sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the
LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the
people. 8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a
pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9 So Moses
made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he
would look at the bronze serpent and live. 10 And the people of Israel set
out and camped in Oboth. 11 And they set out from Oboth and camped at
Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise. 12
From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. 13 From there they
set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness
that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of
Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Therefore it is said in the Book of
the Wars of the LORD, “Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon, 15 and
the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the
border of Moab.” 16 And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well
of which the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so that I may
give them water.” 17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing to
it! 18 the well that the princes made, that the nobles of the people dug,
with the scepter and with their staffs.” And from the wilderness they went on
to Mattanah, 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20 and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of
Pisgah that looks down on the desert. 21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon
king of the Amorites, saying, 22 “Let me pass through your land. We will not
turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We
will go by the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”
23 But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He
gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the
wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel
defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from
the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the
Ammonites was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled
in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. 26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought
against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as
far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let
it be built; let the city of Sihon be established. 28 For fire came out from
Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed
the heights of the Arnon. Ephesians 2:12 (ESV) 12 remember that you were at
that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel
and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in
the world. |
