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Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Collection Name | Wilford Woodruff collection, 1830-1898 |
Collection Description | A History of Masonry |
Collection Number | MS 5506 |
Collection Page | 1-20 |
Source Link | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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but above all, this rod metamorphized, was a type of Christ's death, to which indeed all Masonry, ultimately points; as by a serpent, Death came into the world—so by the death of the Son of God, the serpent or Satan, was fully vanquished & trodden under foot. 5. Moses lifting up the serpent—Thus Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- ness, that as many as looked on it, might be healed of the wounds, inflicted by firery serpents, for their disobedient murmurings, Numbers 21:5-9 & the death of Christ f upon the cross thus typiphied, was to deliver us from sin & Death, & to give a full satis faction & attonement for the sins of all mankind