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Exodus 3
1. And Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock far away into the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb:
2. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed:
3. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt:
4. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses; And he said, Here am I:
Exodus 4
1. And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you:
2. And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod [mateh]:
3. And he said, Throw it to the ground; And he threw it to the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it:
4. And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail; And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5. That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you:
Continuation of the conversation with Nicodemus, regarding his taking things too literally (spiritual rebirth, how can a man be born again):
John 3
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
In Greek mythology, the Rod of Asclepius,[1] also known as the Staff of Asclepius (sometimes also spelled Asklepios or Aesculapius) and as the asklepian,[2] is a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine. The symbol has continued to be used in modern times, where it is associated with medicine and health care, yet frequently confused with the staff of the god Hermes, the caduceus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius
The Star of Life is a blue, six-pointed star, outlined with a white border which features the rod [Hebrew: mateh] of Asclepius in the center, originally designed and governed by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (under the United States Department of Transportation, DOT). Traditionally in the United States the logo was used as a stamp of authentication or certification for ambulances, paramedics or other EMS personnel. Internationally, it represents emergency medical services units and personnel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Life
Numbers 24
16. The speech of one who heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty falling down, but having his eyes open [revealed]:
17. I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near; there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a scepter [shevet] shall rise out of Israel, and shall strike the corners of Moab, and destroy all the sons of Seth:
("And he said, Throw it to the ground...")
that the world through him might be saved...
The bible talks about rightly dividing the word of truth. A read a teacher who said that the bible doesn’t tie us the authority to interpret scripture, but the scripture interprets itself if rightly divided.