Crystallization-Study of Leviticus
Message Seven
The Reality of the Sin Offering, the Bronze Serpent,
and the Destruction of the Devil
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that everyone who believes into Him may have eternal life.- John 3:14-15
He who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. -1 John 3:8
Since therefore the children have shared in blood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil. -Heb. 2:14
Word of Appetizer
As the reality of the sin offering, How He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil?
As the reality of the sin offering, Christ the Son was sent “in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin” so that God could condemn sin in the flesh; For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might undo and destroy the sinful deeds of the devil, that is, condemn, through His death on the cross in the flesh, sin initiated by him, the evil one; destroy the power of sin, the sinful nature of the devil ; and take away both sin and sins.
Spiritual Burden
As sinners, we need God’s salvation, and as those who are snared and troubled by the devil, we need the Lord Jesus to destroy the works of the devil. As the reality of the sin offering, Christ the Son was sent “in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin” so that God could condemn sin in the flesh; It was through His being a serpent in form that the Lord Jesus crushed the head of the old serpent, the devil; . Hallelujah, through Christ as the reality of the sin offering, the devil has been destroyed!
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
As the reality of the sin offering, Christ was “made sin on our behalf.
As the reality of the sin offering, Christ the Son was sent “in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin” so that God could condemn sin in the flesh.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up”.
“For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil”.
“Since therefore the children have shared in blood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil”.
The Experience of Life
As sinful human beings, we actually are serpentine; in our fallen nature we are children of the old serpent, the devil; serpents; because we are such serpents, we needed a Substitute; we needed Christ to die for us in the form of a serpent but without the poisonous element of the serpent.
As sinners, we need God’s salvation, and as those who are snared and troubled by the devil, we need the Lord Jesus to destroy the works of the devil.
Practice and Application
The manifestation of the Lord Jesus destroyed the works of the devil, and the death of the Lord Jesus destroyed the devil himself（1 John 3:8）
We must believe that through death the Lord Jesus has destroyed him who has the might of death, the devil (Heb. 2:14). The manifestation of the Lord Jesus destroyed the works of the devil, and the death of the Lord Jesus destroyed the devil himself. Through His death on the cross Christ has destroyed the devil. This is an accomplished fact, a fact that is included in the holy Word as the testament bequeathed to us. We need to take this bequest by faith according to the holy Word.
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View over the Whole Outline
Key Verses (1)
Him who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.- 2 Cor. 5:21
For that which the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin,condemned sin in the flesh. -Rom. 8:3
As the reality of the sin offering, Christ was “made sin on our behalf”
Christ the Son was sent “in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin”
so that God could condemn sin in the flesh
I. As the reality of the sin offering, Christ was “made sin on our behalf”
. Christ did not know sin in an experiential way by contact or by personal experience, for in His nature and substance there was no sin.
. Christ died on the cross not only for our sins but also as sin itself, having been made sin on our behalf by God.
II. As the reality of the sin offering, Christ the Son was sent “in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin” so that God could condemn sin in the flesh.
. As the Word that was with God and that was God, Christ became flesh.
. God sent His Son only “in the likeness of the flesh of sin”; the Son did not actually have the flesh of sin but only the form, the likeness, of the flesh of sin.
Key Verses (2)
Then Jehovah said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; And everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the pole; and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.- Num21:8~9
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that everyone who believes into Him may have eternal life.- John 3:14-15
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up”
III. “As Moses lifted up the serpentin the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up”
. As the One who was sent by the Father in the likeness of the flesh of sin, Christ is typified by the bronze serpent in Numbers.
. The incident in Numbers 21 was sovereignly prepared by God to reveal a particular type of Christ; As a serpent in form, the bronze serpent lifted up on a pole is a type of Christ lifted up on the cross for us; As sinful human beings, we actually are serpentine; Because we are such serpents, we needed a Substitute; we needed Christ to die for us in the form of a serpent but without the poisonous element of the serpent.
Key Verses (3)
He who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested , that He might destroy the works of the devil .- 1 John 3:8
Since therefore the children have shared in blood and flesh , He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil .- Heb. 2:14
Now is the judgment of this world ; now shall the ruler of this world be cast out.- John 12:31
The Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil, He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil
IV. “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil”:
. As sinners, we need God’s salvation, and as those who are snared and troubled by the devil, we need the Lord Jesus to destroy the works of the devil.
. When the Son of God was on earth, He destroyed the works of the devil.
V. “Since therefore the children have shared in blood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil”:
. The manifestation of the Lord Jesus destroyed the works of the devil, and the death of the Lord Jesus destroyed the devil himself.
. It was through His being a serpent in form that the Lord Jesus crushed the head of the old serpent, the devil.
. In His crucifixion Christ destroyed the devil.
Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week
D1
T1Christ in His nature and substance there was no sin (2 Cor. 5:21)
（Please illustrate that God made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us.）
T2 After God laid our sins upon the crucified Christ, God considered.（1Pet2:24，2Cor15:3，Heb9:28）
（Which three verses are very clear concerning that Christ bore our sins on the cross?）
D2
T1flesh denotes fallen man（Gen1:26，6:3）
（Please illustrate that The Bible tells us that God created man, but God did not create the flesh. ）
T2Christ became a man in the likeness of the flesh of sin.（Rom8:3）
（Please illustrate that Christ did not have the flesh of sin, but only the form, the likeness, of the flesh of sin.）
D3
T1God has condemned sin in the flesh (Rom8:3)
（In His death Christ as a man in the flesh caused sin to be condemned in the flesh by God.）
T2 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.”(John3:14)
（Please illustrate that The Lord as the Son of Man was a serpent, but only a serpent in form, in likeness, not a serpent in poison. ）
D4
T1Christ who died on the cross in the form of a serpent to deal with our serpentine nature.（Num21:8~9，John3:14）
（Please illustrate that the significance of the type of the bronze serpent in Numbers 21:8 and 9 and its fulfillment in John 3:14.）
T2in our fallen nature we are children of the old serpent, the devil (1 John 3:10 😉
（Please illustrate that we needed Christ to die for us in the form of a serpent but without the poisonous element of the serpent.）
D5
T1The manifestation of the Lord Jesus destroyed the works of the devil, （Matt16:22~23，Mark1:23~28，Luke13:10~17）
（Please give examples to illustrate When He was on earth, He destroyed the work of the devil wherever He went. ）
T2the death of the Lord Jesus destroyed the devil himself.（Heb2:14）
(Please illustrate that through the death of the lord He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil)
D6
T1The serpent is a symbol of the devil(John3:14，Gen3:15）
（Please illustrate that It was through being crucified as a serpent in form that the Lord Jesus crushed the head of the old serpent, the devil.）
T2through Christ as the reality of the sin offering, the devil has been destroyed (Heb. 2:14)
（Please illustrate that In His crucifixion Christ destroyed the devil）
