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Exodus 1:7-10 – Pharaoh Is The New Serpent
Pharaoh is the new serpent, but this time God’s people are not offered a choice.
It is not surprising when looking at images of a Pharaoh, that often depicted is the Uraeus or cobra; whether on a headdress, art, in tombs and more. What is surprising, to me, is how Exodus 1 depicts Pharaoh assuming the Satanic role of the serpent of old.
Notice the comparisons between Exodus 1:7-14 and Genesis 1-3:
- Exodus 1:7 – But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.
- Genesis 1:28 – God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth
- Exodus 1:10 – “Let us”
- Genesis 1:26 – “Let us”
- Exodus 1:10 – “deal wisely (or shrewdly) with them”
- Genesis 3:1 – “Now the serpent was more crafty (more shrewd) than any beast”
Now why should I not have been surprised by this connection? Considering the open end of Genesis, Exodus is part two the continuation of the story – one cannot be understood without the other. Another reason though is while Genesis shows God’s people in general, in the beginning; Exodus shows God’s people in specific, in the beginning of Israel becoming a nation.
This means Pharaoh is the new serpent, bringing death. Both serpents will cause God’s people to leave their current home; both in fulfillment of promises made by God. In Genesis, the promise was in fulfillment of the curse of sin. In Exodus, the promise was a fulfillment of God’s blessings. God keeps telling the same stories over and over, with different characters and situations. That story is being told today as we face the same serpent.
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