The gods of Egypt in Exodus 12:12: the plagues systematically judge the deified forces Egypt worshipped, demonstrating Israel's God controls all creation.

Mike identifies the gods of Egypt as the deified natural forces and rulers that the Egyptians worshipped. Each plague targets one of these: the Nile (water god), frogs, gnats, darkness (sun god Ra), and finally the firstborn of Pharaoh (who was himself deified). The theological message is that Israel's God — the monotheistic creator of all things — controls every domain that Egypt had assigned to a specialized deity. This confronts polytheism directly, showing all the gods to be powerless.