Direct
points forward to · look and live
Jesus names the link himself. The bitten Israelite was healed not by effort but by looking at the thing lifted up; John 3 makes that the shape of faith in the crucified Son of Man.
symbol · Old Testament
The bronze serpent
Numbers 21A snake of bronze lifted on a pole; whoever looks at it lives.
SacrificeProphecy
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Prophecy
Echo
points forward to · the serpent defeated
The image is startling: the very thing that killed is raised up harmless. Genesis 3:15 promised a bruised heel and a crushed head, and both scenes turn the serpent's power into the place of rescue.