| Must |
| “And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived” (Numbers 21:9). |
| “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (John 3:14). |
| There is no doubt as to what the serpent of brass represents. It is a type of the Lord Jesus on the cross suffering for sin, and taking on Himself the judgment that was rightly ours. Brass in Scripture gives a picture of the ability of the Lord Jesus to endure those hours of darkness when God, “made Him to be sin for us” (2 Corinthians 5:21), because of who He was, the Son of God. “Christ also suffered for us … Who did no sin … Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:21-22, 24). |
| One of the key words of John 3:14 is “must.” There was no other way that eternal life and blessing could be made possible for us apart from the work of Calvary. He “must … be lifted up.” Today, we remember a great work accomplished by a great person, at great cost. |
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