What does this passage teach about God's relationship to life?
God is the Creator of life, the Sustainer of life, and the very God of life. By contrast, Satan is not the sustainer of life but the sustainer and giver of death. Death came by sin, and sin and death are almost synonymous in human experience.
Les explains that God is the Creator of life, the Sustainer of life, and the very God of life. In the confrontation with Pharaoh, Aaron's rod became a serpent by God's power, and Egypt's magicians copied it by satanic power, but Aaron's rod swallowed their rods. Les emphasizes that Satan is not the sustainer of life; he is the sustainer and giver of death. Sin brought death, and the two are almost synonymous in human experience.