<P> Jesus applied it as a foreshadowing event to his own execution on a stake stating, "And 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 . For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3: 14 - 16). </P> <P> Charles Spurgeon preached a famous sermon on "the Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent" and this passage from John's Gospel in 1857 . </P> <P> In the Book of Mormon, two prophets make reference to this event . The first is the prophet Nephi, son of Lehi in a general discourse, the second is many years later by the prophet Alma . Nephi tells the people that many of the Israelites perished because of the simplicity and faith required . In the latter narrative, Alma tells the people of Antionum that many of Israelites died because they lacked the faith to look at the brazen serpent . He then compared the brazen serpent to a type of Christ and exhorted the people to look to Christ and spiritually live . </P> <P> There is a Brazen Serpent Monument on Mount Nebo in Jordan created by Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni . The Cardston Alberta Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints has a handpainted mural depicting Moses and the brazen serpent. . Similarly, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted a mural of the Israelites' deliverance from the plague of serpents by the creation of the bronze serpent . </P>

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