Promise 28 from Numbers 21:8

Numbers 21:8 - "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and let it come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live'." - Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on the top of a staff, just as God instructed. The people realised their sin and repented of it. They came to Moses to repent of their sins. Now God could have, with just one word, removed the poison from everyone's bites and they would be healed, but He didn't. In God's Sovereignty and His ability to see the big picture, from beginning to end, He tells Moses to make a prophetic symbol which will hold significance not only for the Israelites at that moment, but for God's people for all time. The bronze serpent is a symbol of the healing and saving nature of Jesus. "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up" Jn. 314. When the Israelites looked on the snake, they were given life, they were healed, they were saved. The Israelites had to do their part by looking at the snake. God could've just saved them all, but after their awareness and repentance of sin, they needed to look toward the snake for the healing. The same is for us, just realising we sin and say "I'm sorry!" isn't enough, we need to then look to the One who can give back our lives, heal us and save us, Jesus! The bronze is a metal made up of two alloys; copper and tin. When the two are mixed together they form a strong bond that can never be separated. When we look to Jesus and call Him to become a part of us, He brings the strength of the power of His Spirit which holds us together, a bond that can never be broken. We must turn to Him first in order for this to happen.