Handling Snakes: Moses, Jesus, and the Church

Moses asks God what the Lord will do to prove his messenger to the Israelites. “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” God inquires about the staff in Moses’ hand and tells him to “throw it on the ground.” When it became a snake, Moses ran in fear.

Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and ta…