Featured Did Pharaoh's Magicians Really Change Their Rods into Real Serpents?

It's like their Bibles don't have these passages:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;,,,,,,, Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand. Rev 1: 1, 3

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown. Rev 3:11

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. Rev 12: 12

And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.,,,,,,,,,, And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.,,,,,,,, Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus. Rev 22:7,10,12,20

 

There's many such passages, but, 'there's none so blind as those that will not see', and the premil sensationalists are as blind as they come:

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished. Mt 24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished. Mk 13:30

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished. Lk 21:32

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mt 3.1-2

From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mt 4.17

And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation. Acts 2.40

And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Mt. 3:10

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. Mt 10:23

Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Mt 16 :28

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me. This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Jn 21:22- 23

For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry. Heb 10:37

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Mt 23: 34-36

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Mt 26:64

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power. Mk 9:1

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire: whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. Lu 3:17

Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. I Cor 10.11

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Phil 4:5

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; Heb 1:2

else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Heb 9:26

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake, 1 Pet 1:20

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: 1 Pet 4.7

For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God? 1 Pet 4:17

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. 2 Pet 2.3

Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour. 1 Jn 2: 18

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;,,,,,,, Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand. Rev 1: 1, 3

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown. Rev 3:11

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. Rev 12: 12

And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.,,,,,,,,,, And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.,,,,,,,, Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus. Rev 22:7,10,12,20

 

I know, because it surprises you to learn that Satan has been bound.

So did the operation of the Temple, though its standing and the execution of its rites was antichrist, Hebrews 9:8 .

Christ very clearly said, Satans house can't be spoiled until he is first bound. Your argument is with Christ. Not me.

 

Satan was 'kicked out' here:
17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. Lu 10

His time on earth was short:
12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. Rev 12

He was bound here:
1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, Rev 20

 

Exodus 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

Kind of hard for a serpent to eat a mere "sleight of hand". Noting that the "rods" are gone is key. It's the rod that goes down that gets eaten.
Also, if all that the magicians could do was mere sleight of hand, the fearful effect on them would likely have been greater. The fact that they go "ho-hum" is indication that they could do the same.
As noted by another, when it came to life from inorganic matter (lice from dust), only then do they recognize something greater than them.
A number of Bible passages teach us that devils can, and will yet, do miracles.
Lucifer is no mere Chris Angel or David Copperfield.

 

I believe the "magicians" had some kinda snake that would stiffen up so it appeared to be a rod. After all, there's no account of surprise when they did it in fronta Moe.

The magicians were able to turn water into "blood" by some kinda chemical or red dye they had, & were able to supposedly produce frogs upon the land. But they couldn't strike the dust on the ground & turn it into lice. They admitted that plague was the finger of God at work.

God intended to impress Himself upon that Pharaoh by stages. His magicians were able to appear to duplicate God's first miracles, but, beginning with the lice, He did miracles the magicians couldn't copy. And they kept growing in intensity, culminating in the deaths of all the Egyptian firstborn sons, at least up til a certain age, or having become fathers themselves. But God hardened Pharaoh's heart again after he'd let the Israelis go, despite the great devastation that'd hit all Egypt except Goshen,so that he led his army after them, so God could show him his greatest miracle at that time, the parting of the Reed Sea so the Israelis could cross it on dry ground.

But I believe God at first performed miracles that the magicians could dupe, so Pharaoh's heart became hardened against letting Israel go, then, shattered that heart of stone.

To me, the most-unforgettable line in the movie "The Ten Commandments" is when Ramses(Yul Brynner), finally broken by the loss of his charioteer corps, says to Nefretiri, "HIS God...IS God !"

 

Think was either power of Satan allowed to be at work here by God, or else was like drugged snakes that came to full life!

 

Either way, slight of hand trick, or real satanic magic here, still was showing to us the power of Yahweh crushed that of the other "god"

 

Why didn't God allow the magicians to continue their imitations. They had 3 strikes and were out, but Pharoah's heart was hardened after each of the plagues.
On another note, that was also one of my favorite lines from "The Ten Commandments". Classic!

 

Liked in the movie when Pharaoh decreed what the final judgement would be himself!

 

We see God hardened Pharaoh's heart against letting Israel go. I believe He wanted to show Egypt His power & glorify Himself. Remember, God has some love for Egypt, as He showed in Isaiah 19. He punished Egypt as He did Israel, only not-as-severely. I'd say that's cuz Egypt had some, but not general, knowledge of Him, thru Joseph, while Israel was without excuse.

 

The text says the magicians of Egypt did "in like manner" as Aaron and their rods became serpents. So, yes, real serpents like Aaron's, though not as powerful.

In like manner:
Aaron cast down his rod | they cast down every man his rod
it [Aaron's rod] became a serpent | they [their rods] became serpents

Nothing in the text directs us to suspect their rods did not actually become serpents in the same way Aaron's did.