Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Nile…
This week, the river runs red—not just with judgment, but with memory, protest, and poetic justice. The first plague isn’t random wrath; it’s a calculated strike against an unholy empire that’s forgotten the days of Joseph. It’s what happens when God says enough. But sometimes liberation looks more like crisis—depending on which side of the staff you’re on.
Tucked away in this story are at least five different ways to group the plagues, several reasons why blood kicks things off, Genesis de-creation hyperlinks behind the chaos (of course), and ancient Egyptian stories of a bloody Nile—some even older than the Bible. Listen now!
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