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Text: from Jeremiah and John  http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Lent/BLent5_RCL.html For two weeks in a row now, Jesus has talked about being lifted up. Last week he compared what is going to happen to him, being lifted up, to that time when Moses put a bronze serpent on a pole and lifted it up for people to look at after they had been bitten by snakes themselves, so that they might be healed.  This week he says that when he is lifted up from the earth he will draw all people to himself. Both references, of course, are to the cross and also his ascension after his death. When he is lifted up onto the cross, everyone will look upon him and see the glory of God who is willing to die for those he loves, who is showing that he will be with them in their own suffering and shame.  Being lifted up will be an exaltation. His rising from the dead will show us the true power of God. And his ascension will be a way for people to be reconciled with God. But despite the lofty language Je

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