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Lifted Up
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (John 3:14).
“When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that I am He” (John 8:28).
“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me” (John 12:32).
These three statements of the Lord all refer to His crucifixion, and are three facts worthy of consideration:
1. Through our Savior’s death, He has brought us life, just as when Moses lifted up the serpent on a pole. “If a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived” (Numbers 21:9).
2. His death proved that He was the Son of Man. “But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the Son of Man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest Him a little lower than the angels … for the suffering of death” (Hebrews 2:6-7,9).
3. His death has allowed Him to open His arms wide to draw all peoples to Himself. “Our Savior; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4).
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