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High as the Cross (Alma 33:19-20; Helaman 8:14-15)
Title
High as the Cross (Alma 33:19-20; Helaman 8:14-15)
Book Title
The Glory of the Son
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Year of Publication
2019
Authors
Anderson, Sharon Price (Primary)
Number of Pages
17
Publisher
Time Lines Etc.
City
Orem, UT
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High as the Cross
Poisonous serpents
obstruct our path,
inflict wilderness pain.
We perish from
their fiery sting.
Venom of revenge courses
through our veins.
Enmity enervates our limbs.
Behold the cure,
scaled and feathered,
like Moses’s staff,
caduceus high.
Except we look, we die.
Subject Keywords
Poetry
Brazen Serpent
Fiery Flying Serpent
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