fire-breathing serpents
(Paid Version), The Fourth Sunday in Lent- Year B; Numbers 21:4-9 Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21
Painting by William Blake, “Moses Erecting the Brazen Serpent,” About 1800-1803
This week’s readings can be found here.
Numbers 21:4-9 1
Our Old Testament reading is from the book of Numbers. Up until this point, the children of Israel have had a pattern of rebelling against God. Here, they are complaining about the manna which God has provided for them. Th…