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the form of the serpent in the eyes of God. When God looked upon Jesus as He was nailed to the cross, He saw Him in the form of the serpent. Who is the serpent? Satan. What is the sin that was injected into man's body, transmuting it into the flesh of sin? The nature of Satan. Hence, the flesh of sin actually means the flesh with the nature of Satan. The Bible says that Jesus, the Son of God, became flesh (John 1:14). However, this absolutely does not mean that Jesus became the flesh with the nature of Satan, because Romans 8:3 says that He was sent in "the likeness of the flesh of sin," thereby indicating that Jesus assumed only "the likeness of the flesh," not the sinful nature of the flesh. Furthermore, 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, "Him Who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf." Although this verse says clearly that Christ was made sin, it does not mean that He was sinful in nature. He was made only "in the likeness of the flesh of sin." The brass serpent had the serpentine form of the serpent, but it did not have the poison of the serpent. It had the serpentine form without the serpen tine nature. Christ was made sin in form. Within Him there was no sin (2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15); He had nothing to do with the nature of sin. He