Exodus 7: A Heart of Mud Gets Hardened With Light

Pharaoh resists the Lord's word and God uses his hardness to multiply his miraculous signs and wonders. God begins by humbling Egypt's gods by swallowing the magician's snakes and contaminating the venerated Nile river for seven days. He is briging his fist down on Egypt to ensure all nations know that He is God and there is none like Him. This humiliating showdown with Pharaoh foreshadows the fulminant exposure and defeat of the forces of darkness by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.