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The Exodus chapter 14 verses 19 to 20

The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them

and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them.

It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel,

and so the cloud was there with the darkness,

and it lit up the night.

One did not come near the other all night.

A pillar of cloud in the darkness, lighting up the night.

God between all of me's amidst the blood and stride

A pillar of cloud in the darkness lighting up the night

God between all armies

midst the blood and stride.

So it started in the 1980s, in the midst of kind of the, what was the end of the Cold War.

So there's a lot of tension, you know, it was a very dangerous kind of situation with all

these nuclear, this different nuclear powers.

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