You just look and you live. In other words, what is the remedy for these fiery serpents? And the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, set it on a pole, and it shall be that everyone who is bitten when he looks at it shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole. And so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. So the Lord commands Moses what to do in terms of remedy. So notice in verse nine, so Moses made a bronze serpent, put it on a pole, and so it was. If a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. Now, in terms of the parallel, I don't want to spend, you know, a ton of time on this, but Jesus does invoke this as an analogy. Just as Moses lifted up the serpent, so must also the Son of Man be lifted up. Whoever believes in him will have everlasting life. Jesus saw Numbers 21 as history and Jesus saw Numbers 21 as type. The bronze serpent was the only remedy for the people's problem. But there's going to be other serpents along the way that you might look at those and they might bring some healing. No. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." There's one remedy provided by God. There's no preceding good works. There's no preceding selfhealing. There's no preceding self-medication. You just look and you live.
