Section 12
pole by Moses. Now, in chapter twelve, the Lord says that He is a grain of wheat. Here we see three figures: the Lamb of God, the serpent, and the grain of wheat. The Lord's death has three aspects. In the first aspect, He was the Lamb of God taking away our sins by shedding His blood. In the second aspect, He was the brass serpent that destroyed the old serpent as well as the ser pentine nature within us. In the third aspect, He was a grain of wheat that fell into the ground and died to produce many grains. The one death of the Lord Jesus had these three aspects: the re deeming aspect, the Satan-destroying aspect, and the life-releasing aspect. When He was nailed to the cross, He was the Lamb of God bear ing our sins and shedding His blood for our redemption. This is the first aspect, and every genuine Christian is familiar with it. However, not many Christians are familiar with the sec ond aspect of the Lord's death, which is that on the cross the Lord Jesus was crucified in the form of a serpent in order to destroy the old ser pent and the serpentine nature within our being. This is the Satan-destroying aspect. The third aspect of the Lord's death is the life-releasing as pect. The divine life was in that little man Jesus just as life is confined in a grain of wheat. Since