God’s controlling power here cut off the channel through which Satan worked, and caused even those through whom Satan had wrought so wonderfully to feel His wrath. Sufficient evidence was given to Pharaoh to believe, if he would. Moses wrought by the power of God. The magicians wrought not by their own science alone, but by the power of their God, the devil, who ingeniously carried out his deceptive work of counterfeiting the work of God. {1T 292.2}

Guds styrende magt skar her den kanal væk hvor igennem Satan virkede og fik dem som Satan havde virket i til at mærke hans vrede. (293) Der var tilstrækkeligt bevis for at Farao få til at tro, om han så ville. Koglerne arbejdede ikke kun ved deres egen kundskab, men ved deres gud, djævelen, som sindrigt fremførte sit bedrageriske arbejde i at efterligne Guds værk.