What did this brazen serpent represent?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The incident is one of the best known of the Old Testament types. Christ interpreted it, saying: ‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life’ (John 3:14–15)” (McConkie, Gospel Symbolism, 75).

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