Moses had to deal with strife and contention in Number 21:
4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.
5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”
6 So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
Moses was instructed by FATHER to make a bronze serpent so that when people saw this bronze serpent they would be healed and that was a good thing. FATHER will have us do things in the natural to make a Spiritual point. Cutting down the groves is a perfect example of removing idol worship so we can “see”. It is all about exposing and revealing what needs to be dealt with.
FATHER sent judgment and then sent the solution to be healed for the people needed to learn a valuable lesson. If you are worshipping an idol, FATHER will conduct a corrective interview with some form of judgment as needed. Those who are quick to repent once the idol have been revealed tend toward less correction. Those who are bull-headed will suffer a greater correction and cleansing process. It’s your choice.
Hezekiah earned quite a compliment:
2 Kings 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.
What brought on such an accolade?
4 He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the groves and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.
When ordained by FATHER the bronze serpent served a purpose… but not forever. A revelation becomes stale and turns into a tradition with no power or anointing yet people still exalt the former revelation and place it in a high place- in their thinking. We must set aside any revelation, custom, or other thing that is no longer relevant. FATHER will not be reduced to a bronze serpent or any other manmade, temporary thing. When you know HIM as FATHER, you won’t digress to some lower state.
The anointing of the gift of healing had to subside because people exalted the person operating in the gift rather than the Gift Giver. At meetings people would run to get a front seat when the doors opened as though the closer to the front, the more probable you would receive healing. FATHER is not restricted to the front row nor is HE restricted to the vessel HE has used in the past. Focus on HIM and not some person or thing to receive the solution to your problem whether it be healing, finances, peace, etc.. A piece of bronze did not do the healing, FATHER Divine Intent of Love did.