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*The moral of the story is that one who looks upon Christ will be saved from spiritual death, not "don't complain or God will kill you." The sarcastic version of the story offered by the author robs it of any coherent meaning. | *The moral of the story is that one who looks upon Christ will be saved from spiritual death, not "don't complain or God will kill you." The sarcastic version of the story offered by the author robs it of any coherent meaning. | ||
| − | *The snake on the pole is a representation of Christ and the atonement. Those that simply looked at it were saved from physical death. Those that look upon and accept Christ are saved from spiritual death. What is amazing is that there were people who simply wouldn't look at it, despite how easy it would have been to do so. | + | *The snake on the pole is a representation of Christ and the atonement. Those that simply looked at it were saved from physical death. Those that look upon and accept Christ are saved from spiritual death. What is amazing is that there were people who simply wouldn't look at it, despite how easy it would have been to do so. They simply refused to believe. |
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