So must the Son of Man be lifted up

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:00:10 +0000

Gospel: Jn 3:13-17

JESUS said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

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To be “lifted up” points to Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross as an offering for the expiation of man’s sins and reconciliation with God. It alludes to the incident in the desert where Moses lifted the serpent mounted on the pole, and those who looked upon it after they had been bitten were healed (cf Nm 21:9).

In commemoration of the Passover event, the “lifting up”
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