"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up," John 3:14.
Moses led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery into a wilderness on the way to the promised land. In their stubbornness, the Israelites faced terrors such as venomous snakes. Moses crafted a bronze snake and lifted it up on a pole. Anybody that looked up at it would not die from the venom. So. Jesus said that he himself, likewise, would be lifted up (on a cross). Why? So that, likewise, whoever believed in him might not die from sin but have eternal life. Born from above.
We meet a brother or sister today looking up to Jesus for healing from sin. And, together, we give thanks to God for ever for forgiving all our sin through Christ. Sky kingdom.
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