Have you ever wondered where the “snake on the pole” medical logo or medicine symbol originated from?
Well all you have to do is just pick up your Bible to find out. 
Numbers 21: 4-9 (NIV) says . . .
The Bronze Snake
4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!â€
6 Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.†So Moses prayed for the people.
8 The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.†9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
Jesus later explained (see John 3:14 & 15) that just as the Israelites were healed of their sickness by looking at the snake on the pole, all believers today can be saved from the sickness of sin by looking to Jesus’ death and resurrection. It wasn’t the snake on pole that healed the people, but their belief that God could heal them.
I’ll take 1,000 mg dose of the Holy Spirit over any drug – any day 
3 Responses to Moses and the Origin of the Medicine Symbol
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Cary Byrd, President of eDrugSearch.com
Jesus is the Healer .
I am so happy to see this on the internet. I was reading Numbers 21 and saw this truth, and recalled this is where the medicine symbol originated…excellent. To God be the Glory!
I just read what amazing miracles Jesus did in his time here on earth. And I must say this is my favorite Jesus Is a Healer…..