Numbers 21:8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Question [2] Why use the symbol of the uplifted serpent? The symbol of the uplifted serpent is used because God often uses symbols of the very same medium that caused problems in the first place, to bring about remedies for those who are thus adversely affected.
When Moses was about to go into Egypt to deliver the Hebrews, he was instructed to cast down his rod and it became a serpent. Those magicians in Egypt were using serpents, and thus, God would use what the Egyptians used, to bring victory and defeat, to the Hebrews and magicians respectively.
Antivenin is a refined, and concentrated preparation obtained by fractionating blood from healthy horses which have been injected with venom from snakes such as the diamondback and the rattle snake. Thus, the very venom that the serpents use, is then employed in the healing processes. Again, when the recent Covid virus struck the world, one of the ways in which scientists worked to disarm the sting of the virus was to make monoclonal antibodies.
John 3:14 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.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!