Brazen Serpent (The Symbol Of Our Curse) Poem by Daniel Partlow

We have murmured against the Lord,
'Why have you brought us to death in the wilderness? ' we cried.
And the Lord chastens us having sent fiery
serpents to bite us, and many of us have died.

Moses, pray before the Lord that he take
these serpents away, remove thy rebuke.
(God) Make a brazen fiery serpent and set it on a pole
and raise it up for all to look.

And it shall come to pass that anyone
to whom a sting the serpent give.
If he looks upon this symbol of
rebuke and deliverance, He shall live.

(Christ)
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up, even on a cross
That whosoever believeth in him should have
eternal life and not perish as the dust and dross.

For God so loved the world, he gave his only
begotten Son, that all who believe in him should never perish
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn,
but that through him, He might save and cherish.

He that believeth on the Son is not condemned to death:
else his soul-corpse is already rotten.
Because he hath not believed in the
name of the only Son of God-begotten.

This is the condemnation, that light
came into the world – for many an upheaval.
But men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil.

For every one that doeth evil hates the light,
and seeks that it be removed.
Neither he cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved