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NOTHING breaks that covenant but death! Romans Moreover, after Moses had commanded them, "You
7:2, 3 and I Corinthians 7:39 clearly say, the woman is shall have neither a carved nor a molten [cast] statue
BOUND to her husband until death, and ONLY at death for your God," yet he makes one himself TO SHOW A
is the marriage considered ended. TYPE OF JESUS. Moses, therefore, made a carved
serpent, and set it up conspicuously, and called to-
Fornication, which can ONLY OCCUR between UN- gether the people by proclamation. So they came to-
MARRIED persons having NO MARRIAGE COVE- gether and begged Moses to offer a prayer for their
NANT, is the only exception allowing divorce, and this recovery. But Moses said to them, "Whenever one of
was given in Matthew's gospel to the JEWS ONLY! you," he said, "is bitten, let him come to THE SER-
Mark is a gospel written to the Romans, and Luke is a PENT THAT IS PLACED ON THE TREE, and let him
gospel written to the Greeks and NO MENTION of the hope and believe that, though dead, the serpent is able
exception clause is given because they HAD NO to vivify, and he shall immediately be saved." -- 12:67.
SUCH REQUIREMENT to divorce a fiancé' for the
cause of fornication during the betrothal. In fact, Mark Exodus 21:39 says "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on
being written to the Romans, had in their society al- a pole [standard, upright support]; and it shall be that
lowance for the woman to divorce the husband accord- everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.
ing to Roman law, and this is why ONLY IN MARK is So Moses made a bronze serpent, and PUT IT ON A
it written that a woman cannot divorce her husband and POLE [STANDARD, UPRIGHT SUPPORT]; and so it
remarry without being an adulteress, just as the man was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at
couldn't divorce his wife without becoming an the bronze serpent, he lived."
adulterer!
The serpent was supposed to be made out of bronze,
A.U. but the Epistle of Barnabas 12:67 says "You shall have
neither a carved nor a molten [cast] statue for your
Hi, God," yet he makes one himself TO SHOW A TYPE
OF JESUS. Moses, therefore, made a carved serpent,
I read your web page and I have a question on the part and set it up conspicuously, and called together the
about Moses making the snake: people by proclamation. So they came together and
begged Moses to offer a prayer for their recovery. But
"What could be clearer? CHRIST WAS NAILED TO A Moses said to them, "Whenever one of you," he said,
LIVING TREE!!" "is bitten, let him come to THE SERPENT THAT IS
PLACED ON THE TREE, and let him hope and believe
The Book of Exodus mentions the occasion when that, though dead, the serpent is able to vivify, and he
Moses was told by the Lord to "Make a fiery serpent, shall immediately be saved."
and set it on a pole [standard, upright support]; and it
shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at It says "You shall have neither a carved nor a molten
it, shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and [cast] statue for your God," no images, then Moses
PUT IT ON A POLE [STANDARD, UPRIGHT SUP- carves a serpent. He doesn't make it out of bronze
PORT]; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, since bronze cannot be carved.
when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived."
(21:89). Don't you think it contradicts with Exodus that said that
Moses made a serpent of bronze?
What's so significant about this? "And as Moses lifted
up [on the "upright support"] the serpent in the wilder- We can see that Exodus is an inspired book and the
ness, EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE Epistle of Barnabas, of a non-divine origin, contradicts
LIFTED UP." (John 3:14). The WAY the serpent was with the inspired book. This makes the Epistle a non-
set on the upright support was to be INDICATIVE OF inspired book, and you are trusting a man-written book
HOW CHRIST WAS ATTACHED TO HIS "UPRIGHT rather than an inspired one. I'm not saying Jesus didn't
SUPPORT." And what exactly was Moses' serpent at- die on a tree or stake, but I think those two sources
tached to? contradicted each other. I thought I should let you
know that, since this has to do with salvation.
Let us go to the Epistle of Barnabas again: G.H.

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