Numbers 21:7-9 "Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived."
John 3:14 "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up"
A striking aspect of the snake story is that it is a snake that is lifted up on a pole to cure the men of snake bites. This parallels the need for the Incarnation.
Additionally, the difference between the Ascension and the Assumption is interesting and vaguely related. With the ascension that locus of action is in the person ascending. Christ is elevating Himself. Assumption, on the other hand, implies being acted upon. Mary was the first to be assumed--Christ elevated her in an elevation that we, too, can hope for.
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