Murals (2008) by PHANTAST - Graffiti - Cultural Music & Art Association inc. - 98 Milne St. Benleigh
"JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE IN THE DESERT,
SO THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP, THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE" ( JOHN 3:14).
Snakes? I hate them; they're repulsive, disgusting, detestable. I want to run away every time I see one. But what does this verse have to do with snakes? Well, Jesus must have had a reason for using the words "snake" and "Son of Man" in the same sentence. I guess He was likening Himself to the brass serpent which Moses put on a pole - a serpent which mortally wounded people - gazed upon in order to be saved. So Jesus made Himself to be a serpent... a serpent of sin. Jesus likened to a snake? Never! Snakes are too disgusting. Too...evil. Ah, but Jesus BECAME sin for me... It suddenly dawned on me why Jesus used a snake to describe His own pending crucifiction - a despised servant of sin. God Father turned away from His Son, forsaking Him.
Sin is a horrible offense to God. I hate snakes. I only wish I hated sin half as much.(Joni Tada)