Timothy Harris

So we were able to play that. They have this center for refugees. And so 18 men came in. They were all from Iraq.

So we were able to play that. They have this center for refugees. And so 18 men came in. They were all from Iraq.

including one former muslim man that they call nicodemus because he was saved at night wow yeah so with these 18 men brandon it was so cool that i got to do an overview of um the book of numbers with them and ask them questions you know instead of just lecturing really ask them questions

including one former muslim man that they call nicodemus because he was saved at night wow yeah so with these 18 men brandon it was so cool that i got to do an overview of um the book of numbers with them and ask them questions you know instead of just lecturing really ask them questions

And there's so many great stories in there and instructive stories about, you know, the people complaining, the immorality that's talked about. Paul talks about this in 1 Corinthians 10. These things were written as instructions for us and how God punished the people. And the people were bitten with snakes, for example. And Moses was instructed to to, you know, create a serpent to put on a pole.

And there's so many great stories in there and instructive stories about, you know, the people complaining, the immorality that's talked about. Paul talks about this in 1 Corinthians 10. These things were written as instructions for us and how God punished the people. And the people were bitten with snakes, for example. And Moses was instructed to to, you know, create a serpent to put on a pole.

And if people would look at that serpent, they'd be healed. And Jesus, of course, referred to that as he then shared John 3, 16, as we know it with Nicodemus. And so it was just so cool to do this overview of numbers. And then the following Tuesday, we took these 18 Iraqi men to Mount Nebo, which is not far from Amman, Jordan, the capital.

And if people would look at that serpent, they'd be healed. And Jesus, of course, referred to that as he then shared John 3, 16, as we know it with Nicodemus. And so it was just so cool to do this overview of numbers. And then the following Tuesday, we took these 18 Iraqi men to Mount Nebo, which is not far from Amman, Jordan, the capital.

to Mount Nebo, which looks over, of course, Israel and Palestine. And we went up there and did more discipleship with them up there and related to stories from Moses and how Moses wasn't allowed to go into the promised land. And we went into reasons for that. And the most endearing memory I have

to Mount Nebo, which looks over, of course, Israel and Palestine. And we went up there and did more discipleship with them up there and related to stories from Moses and how Moses wasn't allowed to go into the promised land. And we went into reasons for that. And the most endearing memory I have

Brandon of being up at Mount Nebo with these 18 Iraqi men was that that one of those 18, as I mentioned earlier, was from a Muslim background. He went up to there's a there's a large sculpture on top of Mount Nebo. And it's it looks like it's the shape of a cross. It's so cool. And there's like a sculpture like of a serpent wrapped around it.

Brandon of being up at Mount Nebo with these 18 Iraqi men was that that one of those 18, as I mentioned earlier, was from a Muslim background. He went up to there's a there's a large sculpture on top of Mount Nebo. And it's it looks like it's the shape of a cross. It's so cool. And there's like a sculpture like of a serpent wrapped around it.

And on the bottom of it, it has those verses from John three about, you know, if they would look up at that serpent that that God had provided through Moses, they would be healed.

And on the bottom of it, it has those verses from John three about, you know, if they would look up at that serpent that that God had provided through Moses, they would be healed.

and then god so loved the world and gave his son and so we were everybody all these tourists were there and they were all doing these photo ops up by this sculpture of this kind of cross with the serpent this man this man we call nicodemus that was a former muslim he went up there to get his picture and and brandon it was so moving and endearing he knelt down

and then god so loved the world and gave his son and so we were everybody all these tourists were there and they were all doing these photo ops up by this sculpture of this kind of cross with the serpent this man this man we call nicodemus that was a former muslim he went up there to get his picture and and brandon it was so moving and endearing he knelt down

beside it, he got on his knees and embraced it with his arms and looked up to the top at the serpent. And it was just like, man, this guy gets it. This guy was symbolically looking at Jesus as his salvation, as his healing from, you know, the snake bite, the serpent bites of sin and Satan and of hell.

beside it, he got on his knees and embraced it with his arms and looked up to the top at the serpent. And it was just like, man, this guy gets it. This guy was symbolically looking at Jesus as his salvation, as his healing from, you know, the snake bite, the serpent bites of sin and Satan and of hell.

And so what a memory we had of discipling these 18 men in Numbers, the book of Numbers, and then going up to Mount Nebo and then seeing this former Muslim man just embracing the sacrifice of Jesus for him.

And so what a memory we had of discipling these 18 men in Numbers, the book of Numbers, and then going up to Mount Nebo and then seeing this former Muslim man just embracing the sacrifice of Jesus for him.