Sept. 7, 2025

Exodus: The War of the Gods

Exodus: The War of the Gods

This conversation explores the themes of the Exodus narrative as a war story, emphasizing the spiritual warfare between Yahweh and the gods of Egypt. It delves into the significance of the plagues as targeted strikes against Egyptian deities, the dramatic crossing of the Red Sea, and the giving of the law at Sinai. The discussion highlights the ongoing relevance of these themes in contemporary contexts, illustrating how the battle against false gods continues today.

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All right, folks, Exodus, the War of the Gods. You

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ever read a story so old it feels brand new

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the moment you stop treating it like a children's book

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and start hearing it like a battlefield report. Well, this

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is Exodus, not a tidy morality play, not polite Sunday School.

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This is a war story. It opens with a ruthless empire,

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a river that runs through its veins, and a king

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who believes he is a god. Into that machine wats

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a shepherd with the staff and a message that rattles

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the bones of the spiritual world. Let my people go

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translation for the gods of Egypt. Your time is up.

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Welcome to broadcasting Seeds. I'm Bennett tantonund Here we look

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for the places where the visible worlds fray and the

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hidden world pushes through cryptids, conspiracies, the paranormal biblical encounters,

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and the strange blue that binds them to real life. Today,

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we're stepping into the dust and heat of ancient Egypt,

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where the plagues were not random disasters, they were targeted strikes.

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The nile runs against its worshippers. Frogs, gnats, and flies

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swamp the land like a mocking chorus. Livestock dies, boils, bloom,

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hail shreds the skies. Darkness swallows the sun that was

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supposed to be untouchable. Every hit humiliates a different god

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on the Egypt, on Egypt's roster, and exposes the system

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behind their power. Not mythology as window dressing mythology as

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a live wire behind the wall. And then there's the sea.

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People in their ancient Near East feared it for good reason.

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It was the symbol of chaos that swallows armies and memories.

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The moment that's he cracks open like a wound and

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stands at attention, the map of power redraws itself. That

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is not just a prison break. That is a military

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parade through the heart of the enemy. The finale happens

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on a mountain that looks like a volcano but behaves

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like a throne, room fire, smoke, thunder. A nation stands

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still while the commander speaks. This is where the law

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is given yes, but it is not. It is also

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where jurisdiction changes hands. Egypt no longer writes the spiritual

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rules for these people. The living God does. That is

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the part we forget when we shrink Exodus down to

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flannel board figures and polite memory versus. This is a

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hostile takeover of the unseen world, followed by the first

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steps of a free people who have to learn how

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to stay free. If you're new here, do me a

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solid like the show, share it with a friend, and

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leave a quick review. That is the fuel that keeps

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this thing in the air. If you have been writing

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with me for a while, you already know the drill

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hit the stars. Drop the line and tell someone who

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thinks the Bible is boring that they might be reading

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it wrong. So Section one, Pharaoh's Magicians, the opening skirmish.

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Picture the scene. You're standing in Pharaoh's throne room, walls

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dripping with gold, incest clouding the air, incense clouding the air,

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and the king himself sitting like a living god on

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his chair of power. Into this atmosphere strolls Moses and

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his brother Aaron to desert wanderers with nothing but a

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shepherd's staff and a message that makes the whole place tense.

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Let my people go. Pharaoh doesn't flinch. He actually smirks.

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Why should he bow to some desert deity. He's got

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his own magic men, the elite priesthood, who can summon gods,

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read omens, and bend nature's rules. The stage is set

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for what looks like a mismatch. You've got the most

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powerful sorcerers in the ancient world on one side, and

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on the other two guys fresh out of exile. But

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this isn't just politics or theater. This is spiritual warfare

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going live. Aaron tosses down the staff and boom, it

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becomes a serpent, a direct shot across the bow. In

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the language of Egypt, snakes weren't random in their culture.

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They were loaded symbols of chaos, danger, and divine power.

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Pharaoh's magicians laughed, tossed down their staffs, and sure enough

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they slither into serpents too. Score one for Egypt. Right, Well,

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not so fast. Aaron's serpent eats theirs, and in that moment,

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the room shifts. It's subtle, but everyone knows these aren't

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parlor tricks. This is a bigger gun entering the room,

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and the magicians aren't out yet. Though they duplicate. They

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duplicate the nile turning to blood, They conjure up frogs.

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For a minute, it looks like Yahweh is just another

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god on the roster, another regional spirit flexing its muscles.

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But then the wheels come off by the third plague.

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When Aaron strikes the dust and it swarms into gnats.

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The magicians tap out. They literally tell Pharaoh this is

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the finger of God. Translation bus, We're outclassed. We can't

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touch this. Here's the thing an ancient warfare. The first

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battles set the tone. If your Chancempian lost the opening

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duel and the whole campaign was already slipping. That's what

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happens here. The magicians, Egypt's frontline defense, the priestly special forces,

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get exposed as small time operators against Yahweh's power. Their

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tricks are just smoke compared to the actual fire. Think

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about the psychological impact. Pharaoh's entire system is built on

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the belief that he is divine, backed by gods, and

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reinforced by the magicians who prove it with ritual and

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power displays. Suddenly that scaffolding starts to wabble. The magicians,

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the guys who are supposed to be untouchable, admit there's

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a force they can't explain our control. It's the equivalent

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of the Pentagon saying, yeah, our nukes don't work against

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this enemy. That's not just embarrassing, that's destabilizing. This wasn't

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about Moses winning a talent show. It was about Yahweh

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dismantling Egypt's spiritual backbone in public, on stage with everyone watching,

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by humiliating the magicians, God shows Egypt's elite that their

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gods weren't gods at all, just cardboard cutouts waiting to

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be knocked over. And that's just the first salvo. The

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war hasn't even started yet. Section two the plagues as

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precision strikes. Let's get one thing straight. The plugs weren't random.

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They weren't God throwing dice and hoping the numbers spook Pharaoh.

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They were deliberate, tactical strikes. Each one was aimed like

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a laser at the heart of Egypt's spiritual operating system,

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and when you zoom out, you see something wild. Yahweh

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was dismantling Egypt's gods one by one like a hit list.

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Start with the Nile. Egypt didn't just rely on the

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river for survival, they worshiped it. The god Happy or

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happy Api, was thought to control its annual flood, bringing

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fertility to the land. So when the Nile turned to blood,

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it just wasn't an environmental disaster. It was a direct

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attack on Hoppy they thought was a lifeline turned into

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a death sentence. Fish died, the stench filled the land,

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and Egypt's god of abundance bled out in front of everyone.

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Next came frogs. Annoying, yes, but also humiliating. Frogs were

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sacred to Hequit, the goddess of fertility, who had the

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head of a frog. Egyptians carveter image into charms for

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safe births. Yahweh floods the land with so many frogs

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that people can't even walk without stepping on them. Suddenly,

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the sacred system, sorry, the sacred symbol of fertility, becomes

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a stinking curse. Imagine your nation's lucky charm turning into

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a nationwide in station. That's the level of mockery going

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on here. Then the dust of Egypt turns into gnats

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and later swarms of flies. These weren't just irritating bugs.

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The gnats likely came from the dirt itself, undermining Geb,

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the earth god. The flies they were a direct shot

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at Kepri, a solar deity often depicted with the head

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of a scare beetle. The gods of Earth and air

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were supposed to protect Egypt's space, but the space turned

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against them. Livestock dying in the fields wasn't just bad

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for food supply. It struck at Hathor, the cow headed

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goddess of love and motherhood. The Apists, the bull god

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worshiped and Apist, the bull god worshiped in sacred temples.

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Egypt's symbol of strength and nurture lay rotting in the sun,

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and then came the human body itself. Boils broke out

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on the skin of Egyptians and their animals. This was Yahweh,

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humiliating set sec Met, goddess of healing, and Imhotep, the

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god of medicine. Egypt's doctors, trained in rituals and remedies,

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stood powerless, scratching at their own sores. The sky itself

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fell next. Hail mixed with fire, smashed crops and shredded

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Egypt's agricultural gods like Osiris, who was believed to control

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harvest and fertility of the land. By now every layer

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of life, the river, earth, animals, humans, sky had turned

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traitor against Egypt's gods. Then darkness, not a cloudy day, thick, smoldering,

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can't see your hand, darkness for three days straight. This

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was the ultimate insult to Ra, the sun god, Egypt's

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most powerful deity. Pharaoh himself was considered the sun of

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raw and yet Ra's light was snuffed out, leaving Pharaoh

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and his people groping in the dark. The empire's golden

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God blinked and nothing happened. Finally, the knockout punch, the

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death of the firstborn. This was a direct strike at

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Pharaoh himself, who was worshiped as divine. His air, his

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living proof of godhood, was taken. In one night. Every

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household in Egypt, from palace to prison, felt the collapse

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of their god's protection. This wasn't natural disaster. This was

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dismantling a spiritual empire. Piece by peace. The plagues revealed

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that behind Egypt's wealth, power and prestige was a hollow

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scaffolding of false gods. Yahweh didn't just free Israel from slavery.

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He stripped Egypt's gods of their thrones and showed the

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watching world who really ruled. The war wasn't over, though.

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Egypt still had one card to play, raw military power, chariots, soldiers,

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Pharaoh's pride, and that leads us straight into the next battle.

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Not on land, but on water, the sea, the ancient

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world's deepest symbol of chaos. Section three, The Exodus and

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the Sea of Chaos. So picture this Pharaoh finally breaks

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after the death of the first born he lets Israel go.

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Two million people give or take, pack up and march

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out of Egypt with gold, livestock and the bones of

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their ancestors. It's a mass exodus, a jailbreak on a

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scale that the world's never seen. But Pharaoh, true to form,

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can't stand the thought of losing, so he rallies his army,

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hundreds of chariots basically the tanks of the ancient world,

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and charges after them. Israel's caught on one side, the

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Egyptian army thundering closer, the sound of hoofs and wheels

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shaking the earth, And on the other the Red Sea,

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a wall of water stretching into the horizon. No bridges,

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no fairies, just chaos. Now Here's where the story cracks

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wide open. To the ancient Near Eastern mind, the sea

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wasn't just water. It was the great Unknown, the home

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of chaos, monsters, untamable, the untamable abyss. Cultures all around

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Israel told stories of their gods wrestling with sea creatures,

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the Babylonian Tiama, the Canaanite Leviathan, the Egyptian chaos servant

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ap Office. The sea was feared as the ultimate symbol

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of disorder and death. No one controlled it, no one

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except Yahweh. Moses stretched out his staff and the sea

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splits like a zipper being opened. Pulled open, walls of

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water rise on both sides, and Israel walks straight through

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on dry ground. This isn't just a miracle of convenience.

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It's God's taking the most feared symbol of chaos and

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bending it into a highway for his people. It's like

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driving a parade down the throat of an enemy's monster.

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Then comes the finale. Egypt and their army barrels into

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the seabed, chariots, racing soldiers shouting for a heartbeat. It

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looks like maybe they'll catch Israel after all. But then

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the chaos that Yahweh controlled turns back against them. The crash,

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chariots are swallowed, horses vanish, and the greatest military power

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in the world drowns without a fight. Israel I guess

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this is the kicker. Israel never lifts a sword, not

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one spear, not one shield. God fights the battle himself,

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using creation as his weapon. This is cosmic warfare. The

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God of Israel doesn't just humiliate Egypt's magicians and gods.

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He humiliates their army, their pride, their might. He takes

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the realm of chaos, the one place no deity was

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supposed to have control, and shows absolute mastery. So Psalm

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seventy four later remembers this moment with the languag that

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strips away any doubt. You divided the sea by your strength.

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You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the water.

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For Israel, the Red Sea wasn't just survival, it was

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a revelation. There. God wasn't one, It wasn't just the

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tribal and to deity. He was the lord of chaos,

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and one who makes the sea itself obey. When the

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last Egyptian chariots sings beneath the waves, Israel doesn't just

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breathe relief. They erupt in song. Exodus fifteen records what

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might be the first worship anthem in history. Quote, the

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Lord is a warrior, The Lord is his name, Pharaoh's

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chariots and his army he was hurled into the sea.

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That's not just praise, that's victory talk. That's the soundtrack

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of a nation watching their God rewrite the laws of reality.

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But the war of the gods isn't finished. Because freedom

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isn't just about escaping chains or armies. Freedom has to

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be anchored somewhere. And that anchoring happens not at sea,

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but on a mountain, a mountain wrapped in fire and smoke.

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Section four. The Sinai, the Mountain of fire and Smoke.

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Now I've actually been there, to the traditionally held Mount

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Sinai in Egypt, in egypt Sinai Peninsula. I lived in

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Egypt for about a year and let me tell you,

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the place feels heavy with history. Now. At the base

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of the mountain sits Saint Catherine's Monastery, one of the

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oldest functioning Christian monasteries in the world. Built in the

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sixth century by the Emperor Justinian, it guards a library

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second only to the Vatican. And I've been in there

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and it is crazy, a treasure chest of ancient manuscripts

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and priceless icons. And right there within its walls is

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the site of the biblical burning bush, which we got

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to see as well. It's pretty yeah, anyway, it was.

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You can walk into that monastery, stand in that desert

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air and feel like the line between heaven and Earth

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is thinner than almost anywhere else. Now imagine that landscape

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three thousand years ago. Israel camps at the base of

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mind Sinai. The mountain is jagged, harsh, rising out of

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the desert like a fortress of stone. And then it

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comes alive. Thunder shatters the silence. Lightning cracks across the sky.

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The whole mountain trembles as smoke and fire poured down

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like a volcano, erupting. The people stand at the base,

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staring up in terror, while the mountain itself becomes a

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throne room. In the ancient world, mountains were never just rock.

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They were sacred olympus zaffroon errat, the dwelling places of gods.

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And here in the middle of the desert, Yahweh claimed Sinai.

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Not with statues, not with idols, but with creation itself.

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Set a blaze from the fire and smoke. He speaks,

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not vague whispers, not a priest mumbling incantations. His own

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voice thunders down the slopes. What he gives isn't just

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moral advice. It's a covenant, the kind of treaty a

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conquering king gives his people. I am the Lord your God,

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who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land

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of slavery. That opening line isn't about fear, It's about identity.

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God is saying I rescued you. Now you are mine

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for Israel. This wasn't just about receiving laws. It was

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about transferring allegiance. Pharaoh was no longer their ruler. Egypt's

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gods no longer wrote their fate. Their king was now

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the one who shook Sinai and spoke from fire. This

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was the occupation phase of the War of the Gods.

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Egypt was crushed, the sea was tamed, and now Yahweh

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planted his banner on a mountain for the whole world

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to see. Standing there myself years later, I could almost

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feel the echoes of that moment, the desert wind whipping

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down the slopes, the silence of the monastery library, those

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ancient manuscripts whispering the same story over and over. Down

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on this mountain, Heaven met Earth in a way that

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changed history forever. Sinai wasn't safe, but it was holy,

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and it was there that Israel's freedom was anchored to

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something unshakable, the Living God. Section five, The Legacy of

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the War here's the thing about Exodus. It isn't locked

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in the past. It's not just a story about one empire,

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one river, one mountain. It's a template, a pattern that

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repeats itself again and again through the Bible and honestly,

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through history itself. The war of the Gods didn't stop

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when Israel marched away from Sinai. Its legacy echoed forward,

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like aftershocks from an earthquake. The psalms pick up, pick

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it up first, over and over. The poets of Israel

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sing about the Exodus like it it just happened yesterday.

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Psalm seventy war talks about God smashing the heads of

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sea monsters. Psalm seventy seven describes the waters trembling at

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his presence. It's their way of saying, don't forget what

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he did in Egypt. The same God who split the

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sea is the God who still fights for us. The

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Exodus becomes Israel's battle anthem, a way to remember that

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no idol, no empire, no spiritual power is safe. When

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Yahweh shows up. Then the prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, they

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all call back to Exodus when they warn Israel or

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comfort them when Babylon rose up centuries later, swallowing d

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Jerusalem and dragging people into exile. The prophets reminded them

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God once broke Egypt, he can break back on two.

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The Exodus became the lens through which Israel understood every

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new empire, every new oppressor. Egypt was the blueprint, and

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God's victory over Egypt was the proof he could do

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it again. Fast forward to the New Testament. Suddenly you've

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got Jesus stepping into the scene, and he starts doing

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things that sounds suspiciously like Exodus all over again. He

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casts demons into pigs, chaos, animals rushing into the sea.

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He walks on water, mastery over the chaos that ancient

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people thought untamable. He multiplies bread in the wilderness manna

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two point zero, and at the Last Supper he lifts

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a cup of wine during Passover and says, this is

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my blood poured out for you. He ties his own

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death to the Exodus, framing it as a second deliverance,

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not from Pharaoh this time, but from sin and death itself.

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And then there's revelation. The final book of the Bible

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doesn't just echo Exodus. It gives full it goes into

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a full remix. Plagues return, but global sees roar beasts rise,

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and Babylon, the stand in for every corrupt empire falls.

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It's the Exodus turning turned cosmic. The same God who

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once humiliated Egypt's gods now dismantles the spiritual powers behind

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every empire that ever tried to flay God. Here's where

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it lands for us today. The war of the God

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didn't end with Egypt, Babylon, Rome, or any ancient empire.

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It's still raging, only now the idols wear modern clothes

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instead of statues of raw or hathor you've got idols

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of money, power, technology, celebrity, and self. Pharaoh doesn't show

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up with a crown. He shows up with the system

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that enslaves people with debt, addiction, or fear. The battlefield

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looks different, but the war is exactly the same. Who

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gets to rule creation, who gets our allegiance, and who

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we believe is truly God. That's why Exodus matters right now,

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because every generation faces its own Egypt, a power that

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looks unbeatable, a system that feels eternal, and every generation

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has to decide whether they bow to that false God

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or trust the one who turns rivers to blood, split seas,

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and descends on mountains wrapped in fire. Exodus is more

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than history, its prophecy, a reminder that the war of

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the gods is ongoing, and that the God who won

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then is still winning right now. Exodus the war of

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the gods, all right. So there you have it, Exodus

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stripped down to its bones, not as a children's story

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with felt board figures, but as a war report, a

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campaign of precision strikes against the gods of Egypt, a

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scene turned into a battlefield, a mountain shaking like the

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throne room of the universe, and a legacy that stretches

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from ancient deserts to the headlines we're living in right now.

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If Exodus teaches us anything it's this false gods don't

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go down easy, but they do go down. Empires, rise blecks,

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and promise to last forever. But history says otherwise. The

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living God doesn't just topple idols. He exposes them for

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what they are and the best art. His people don't

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win by their own strength. They stand still and watch

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him fight. That's a lesson we need as much today

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as Israel did three thousand years ago, Because here's the

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uncomfortable truth. We've all got our Egypts, our pharaohs, our

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false gods dressed up in power suits, glowing screens or

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dollar signs. And Exodus isn't just calling us to marvel

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at what God did back then. It's asking whether we're

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ready to let him dismantle the false gods we've led,

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we've let into our own lives. Now, all right, this

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has been broadcasting seeds on Benettantin. If you got something

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share and leave a quick review. That's how the show grows,

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and it's how these seeds get planted in more people's minds.

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Tell a friend who thinks the Bible is boring that

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it's actually one of the most supernatural, worst s ory

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he's ever told. Next time, we'll crack open another story,

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another place where the veil between the natural and supernatural

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is thinner than you think. Until then, remember history is

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in debt and neither is the war behind. Stay awake,

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just stay sharp and keep your eyes log I.

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the lords Chios, thou dude, the Lord commanded mountains stream,

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the scot chock flame, the world lame his hold through

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the body, through the heavy. The boss say, it's a

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proud jack, the same as our God is a sport,

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his manner, his man this false gosp the thros a

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snowball supported. Prob's a sad play. The Stoneys top. They

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stampers a shake, the passats a broad kistas. Hasler has

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