Day 8

In their 40th year in the wilderness, the Israelites' impatience and complaints led to a deadly serpent plague. Moses prayed, and God provided a cure: a bronze serpent on a pole. Those who looked upon it were healed. Jesus later used this event to illustrate His own role in salvation. Just as the Israelites looked at the serpent to live, believers are to look upon Jesus, lifted up, for eternal life. God offers salvation through faith in Jesus, the remedy for our sin.