The Red Thread Bible Podcast

The Red Thread Bible Podcast

by Cody Cowan

The Red Thread Bible Podcast Introduction

What is The Red Thread Bible podcast? Join me as we go throughout the Bible to find the connecting thread through all of these stories. Through God's Word we can build a relationship with the creator of the Universe and it doesn't have to be a chore or a boring task. This supernatural book is the key to understanding the world we live in.

6. Genesis 1: 14-15 - The Greatest Story in the Stars

God has placed the lights into the heavens for signs, but what if the constellations are telling us His story? Journey with us through the Stars and how they align to tell the greatest story of all time.

7. Genesis 1: 16-19 - The Sun and the Moon

Wrapping up day 4 and we get the Sun and Moon on the scene. God continues making his creations but we humans yet again take it too far!

8. Genesis 1: 20-23 - Blessed are the Great Sea Creatures?

We know about the birds and the fish on day 5, but what about the "great sea creatures" that God creates? The first blessing is here and it's time to fill the sky and seas up with life.

Genesis 2: 1-3- Day Seven: When God made Time Holy

God can finally rest, but what does that look like for Him? We look at what day seven has for us and how God is blessing time now that humans are here and ready to make history.

Genesis 2: 4-17- Now Arriving: Garden of Eden

Adam has been formed, but what is this breath of life he has received? The ultimate choice is looming in the future for Adam, what will he do? This is now personal, God is inviting mankind into a relationship and it starts here.

Genesis 2: 18-25- A Bride from His Side

Before the garden is broken, something is opened. In Genesis 2:17–25, death is named before sin enters the story. The command is given. The warning is spoken. And then, in the middle of a world called good, God says there is something that is not good. The man is alone. So the Lord brings Adam into a deep sleep. A side is opened. A bride is built. And what begins in Eden as the first marriage quietly becomes a pattern that will echo through the rest of Scripture. A man sleeps. A wound is made. A bride is brought forth. And the two become one flesh. But this mystery does not end in the garden. Long after Eden, another Man will have His side opened. Blood and water will come forth. And from His wound, another Bride will be gathered. Before the fall, before the fig leaves, before the serpent’s question, God gives us a picture of love, union, and covenant — a hidden thread that runs from Adam and Eve to Christ and His Church.

Genesis 3: 1-7- The Whisper in the Garden

A whisper moves through Eden. Before the fruit is taken, before their eyes are opened, before shame enters the human story, the serpent asks a question that begins the unraveling: “Did God really say?” In Genesis 3:1–7, we watch the first lie take root. God’s Word is questioned, desire is awakened, and humanity reaches for wisdom apart from the One who gave it. The garden becomes the place where trust is traded for suspicion, innocence is covered with fig leaves, and silence proves costly. But beneath the tragedy, a deeper pattern begins to form — one that will stretch from Eden to the wilderness, from a forbidden tree to a Roman cross, and from the first Adam to the last.

Genesis 3: 8-13- Where are You?

The garden is no longer quiet. The man who once walked with God now hides among the trees. Fear has entered the story. Shame has covered what innocence once left uncovered. And then the Lord asks the question that echoes through the rest of Scripture: “Where are you?” It is not because God has lost Adam. It is because Adam has lost himself. The first trial begins. Adam blames the woman. The woman blames the serpent. But beneath every excuse is the same fracture: sin has broken trust, love, and communion. Yet even here, in the hiding and the accusation, the Red Thread has not disappeared. The God who exposes sin is also the God who comes looking for the lost.

Genesis 3: 14-20- The Wounded Heel

A curse falls over Eden. The serpent is cast down. The ground is broken. Thorns rise from the earth, and death enters the story. Yet hidden within the judgment is a promise. A coming Seed. A wounded heel. A crushed head. Long before Bethlehem, long before Calvary, and long before an empty tomb, the first whisper of redemption is spoken in the garden. What appears to be the end of paradise becomes the beginning of a war that will stretch across all of Scripture. The thread has been revealed.

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