THE OBJECTIVE ASPECT OF LIFE--PART 2

Last time, We were looking at; THE OBJECTIVE REVELATION OF CHRIST.
Now, we move on to consider;
2. OBJECTIVE LIFE EXPERIENCED
JOHN 3;14-15--'And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life''.
Christ here refers to the significance of the brazen serpent, in the life of Israel [Numbers 21;1-9].

Now, both The Israelites, Who had been delivered by Blood [Passover] and Power [Red Sea], and
Regenerated Sinners, Who looked by faith, and experienced Salvation [Deliverance],
Through God-Given Faith realized The Power to live.

Now to understand John3;14-15, one must consider the relation to and the significance of, The
Brass Serpent, in the life of Israel.

The Serpent was lifted up, at the conclusion of The Wilderness Journey.
Those who lived, by looking on The Brass Serpent, lived in view of their entering Canaan.

''Look and Live'' in Conversion, must be distinguished from ''LIVE'' in order to look [In Regeneration=Ezekiel 16;6.]

GOD DOES NOT BRING HIS PEOPLE INTO WHAT HIS LOVE PURPOSED TO GIVE US, WITHOUT FIRST TEACHING US, WHAT THE FLESH IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, IN ITS CORRUPT NATURE.

Spiritual life is in The Risen and Glorified Christ, because of His Sacrificial Death at Calvary.

The type, we're considering in Numbers 21, teaches that sinful flesh has been condemned, and condemned flesh will never be changed.
ROMANS 8;3-''FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT DO, IN THAT IT WAS WEAK THROUGH THE FLESH, GOD SENDING HIS SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH, AND FOR SIN CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH.''

Life involves the gift of The Holy Spirit;
and by the power of The Spirit, the regenerated person must put to death, the deeds of the body-
ROMANS 8;10, 13 [TURN].
This is accomplished by looking to The One, symbolized by The Serpent of Brass. . . .

Hence, The Remedy provided in Christ's death, heals The Repentant and believing Sinner as many times as needed--I JOHN 1;7 [TURN].

Now, having introduced The subject of JOHN 3;14-16, taken from the type of Numbers 21,
contextual evidence must first be considered, in the relation of the brass serpent to Israel, BEFORE IT IS APPLIED TYPICALLY TO THE SUBJECT OF CONVERSION IN JOHN 3.

NUMBERS 21;1-9-[TURN].
''Numbers'' is the ''Book of The Wilderness'' because it describes, the experiences of Israel in The
Wilderness.
It is the book of order, service, failure and victory.
Since service is impossible without Order, God described in detail, the order for Israel's
Pilgrimage-[Numbers 1-4].

Numbers 1-10 , portrays the truth, that, ORDER IS HEAVEN'S FIRST LAW.
No failure, that has happened, or may happen, should be allowed, to hinder Christians from seeking God's Order.
The Book of Numbers assumes that, The Israelites had knowledge of their redemption, the covenant, and their identification, with The Tabernacle.

These 3 Subjects are fully discussed in EXODUS. After The Tabernacle was completed [Exodus 40], all the detailed instructions in LEVITICUS, were given in one month, to prepare The Israelites, for their identification, with The Tabernacle, and their wilderness journey.
The entire life of Israel was built around The Tabernacle.

Likewise, The Whole life of Christians, should be built around the local church [TIME, LABOR, TALENTS, TREASURES].

The Tabernacle typifies not only THE PLACE OF WORSHIP, But, also, the place from which, we serve the Lord.

Now, get this truth; NO SERVICE APART FROM A LOCAL CHURCH, IS ACCEPTABLE TO
GOD.
We are not detached units, to do as we please.

Since NUMBERS is The Book, which narrates The History of Israel, in her testing and preparation for entering into Canaan, and it covers her history from The Law-Giving at Sinai, to The Borders of Canaan.

NUMBERS should be contemplated in Its Relation to GENESIS, EXODUS, and LEVITICUS.
This scrutiny will lead one from created Man's Fall and Depravity in GENESIS, to his redemption by blood, and deliverance by power, at The Red Sea in EXODUS, to access to God, in worship, and laws that regulate access in LEVITICUS , and then, to service and provision for it in NUMBERS.

This Book of Service records five great types of Jesus Christ, as The Son of Man, to supply the need of His people on Earth, in our pilgrimage;

[1] The Manna portrayed provision for physical sustenance [Numbers 11;7-9].
[2] The Red Heifer Offering typified provision for the daily sins of the flesh [19;1-10].
[3] Water From The Rock foreshadowed the provision of The Priesthood [20;7-11].
[4] Brass Serpent symbolized provision for revealing the nature of sin, and its remedy [21;1-9].
[5] The Star of Jacob prefigured provision for hope in wilderness journey [24].

NEXT TIME, WE WILL LOOK AT THEM.....