The Brazen Serpent
This pinacle is known to be a very sacred place for the Christians and the Jewish, for this is where the Hebrew prophet, Moses, stood and showed his people the promise land, Jerusalem.
The Brazen Serpent was created by an Italian artist, Giovanni Fantoni, and is a symbolic representation of Moses turning his staff into a bronze serpent in the wilderness( 21:4-9). The serpentine figure is dicpicted to be coiling around Jesus crucified on a cross (John 3:14).
27KM in the direction in front of the Brazen Serpent is Jericho. The Mountain of Olives in Jerusalem would be west of Jericho, at 46KM from the Brazen Serpent. On a clear day much better than this, it is said that a clear view of the promise land could be seen from this vantage point.
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