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The Miracle Fog #RTTBROS #Nightlight #USA250 #Nation250 #America250
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- Jun 12, 2026
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The Miracle Fog #RTTBROS #Nightlight #USA250 #Nation250 #America250 The Miracle Fog And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these. — Exodus 14:20 THE STORY By the night of August 29th, 1776, the American cause was almost certainly finished. Washington's army had been routed at the Battle of Long Island. Nine thousand American soldiers were trapped on Brooklyn Heights with the British fleet waiting to close off their escape. Washington made the only decision available: retreat across the East River in small boats under cover of darkness. As dawn approached, thousands of soldiers remained on the Brooklyn shore. Daylight would expose them completely. Then the fog came in. A thick, heavy fog settled over Brooklyn Heights, so dense a man could not see ten feet in front of him. It covered the crossing completely. When the last boat, carrying Washington himself, pushed off from the shore, the fog began to lift. The British arrived at the water's edge to find nothing but empty boats. Every one of nine thousand men escaped. Not a single soldier was lost in the crossing. THE REFLECTION Washington recorded no detailed theological reflection on the fog. He did not need to. The facts spoke for themselves. But those who had read their Bibles recognized the pattern, because it was not the first time God had used a cloud to cover His people's retreat. Exodus 14 tells the story of another desperate escape, another body of water, another moment when destruction seemed certain. God placed a cloud between the Egyptians and Israel. It was darkness to one army and light to another. Providence does not always announce itself with trumpets. Sometimes it arrives as weather. We serve a God who u…