2009-09-20T17:22:21-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/snakes/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2021:4-9&version=NIV 2009-09-20T17:22:21-05:00 Plagued by snakes sent to punish them for their ceaseless complaining, the Israelites were told to look at a bronze statue of a snake to be saved from the serpents. All who looked at the snake lived. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2016:17-18&version=NIV 2009-08-25T13:47:43-05:00 Among the identifying traits of the early evangelists of the church were resistance to poison and other dangers like snakes. There is debate today about whether this applies to modern believers or not; most Christians believe this is not a reference to Christians today.