{"id":7845,"date":"2016-01-08T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=7845"},"modified":"2016-01-08T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:23:10","slug":"satan-can-work-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/08\/satan-can-work-miracles\/","title":{"rendered":"Satan can work miracles, but only to a certain point\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Exodus 8:18,<\/b> <b><i>But they could not<\/i>. <\/b>The Egyptian magicians were able to replicate in some similitude the first two plagues, but not the third plague, or any more from this point on. This teaches us two things. Satan\u2019s is able to imitate YHVH\u2019s miracles only to a point. Beyond that, his powers are limited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/08\/satan-can-work-miracles\/egipet6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7846\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7846\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/egipet6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"egipet6\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/egipet6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/egipet6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/egipet6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/egipet6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the magicians were able to bring two plagues on, but they were not able to reverse the plagues. 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