Tag: serpents
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Daily Devotional: Exodus 7:8-13
The first sign in Egypt is the sign of the serpent. For many peoples around the world, including Egypt, the serpent represented and was said to bring long life, eternal youth, wisdom, and beauty. Pharaoh wore the image of the serpent. This is why Mosaic literature is filled with serpentine imagery from Genesis 1 onward—he…
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Christians and Control
We all want control, but why? We all want control of our own lives To be dependent on no one To have self-sufficiently won Is there purpose for such a desire? To rely on one’s self and so retire My question for you, then, is this: is there a Biblical basis for…