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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Bible Question:
in verse 14 of john 3, jesus gives a direct example, "AS moses lifted up the serphant in the wilderness" all were bitten , I understand this in jesus's comparison to mean sin, and whoever looked to the serphant would be cured (or justified , forgiven in the case in the cross). my question is, Is it a valid interpretation to say that all thoes men were poisined, and all sinned in 3:16, then if the serphant was for all those men, can I say that the cross is for the whole world to look in faith at, so they can be cured from sin as well? I ask this because Jesus seams to be making a direct, signifigant description and comparison of what happened with moses, to the big picture in John 3:16. |
Bible Answer: Hi, THE COT! Correct! There are so many parallels in the Bible that guide us to the Truth that it is almost incomprehensible to find that we (Christians) have so many diverging points. Was it necessary for a serpent to be made and lifted so that the Hebrew people those that were bitten by serpents, would look at it and be cured? No! It was not the action of looking up at the serpent that cured them (saved them from death) but obeying God's command to do so! Christ is in the midst of His people, who do not accept Him, and He uses many of the Old Testament terminalogies which are quite vivid in the Jews' mind (these were people proud of their ancestry and connection to the one true God, Yahweh) in order to show them their errors. So it's no wonder that the prophecies He's fulfilling are mirrored, in many occasions, in the Old Testament. And it's no wonder that there are specific events that project to Jesus (Melchizedek; the raised serpent; Abraham's sacrifice...). Ultimately, as you pointed out-- John 3:16, it all leads to obedient faith! God Bless! |
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