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Welcome to Day 2371 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom \u2013 Theology Thursday \u2013 Even The Bible Needed Upgrading \u2013 I Dare You Not To Bore Me With The Bible\nWisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2371\n\nWelcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day 2371 of our Trek. The Purpose of Wisdom-Trek is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.\n\n \n\nToday is the third lesson in our segment, Theology Thursday. Utilizing excerpts from a book titled: I Dare You Not To Bore Me With The Bible written by Hebrew Bible scholar and professor Dr. Michael S Heiser, we will invest a couple of years going through the entire Bible, exploring short Biblical lessons that you may not have received in Bible classes or Church.\n\nThe Bible is a wonderful book. Its pages reveal the epic story of God\u2019s redemption of humankind and the long, bitter conflict against evil. Yet it\u2019s also a book that seems strange to us. While God\u2019s Word was written for us, it wasn\u2019t written to us. Today, our lesson is Even The Bible Needed Upgrading.\n\nWait a minute. The Bible needed an upgrade?\n\nThose sound like fighting words to anyone with a high view of Scripture. An upgrade implies that something needs updating, but the Bible is timeless! That\u2019s true, but in this case, I would have to excuse myself from the ring. I wouldn\u2019t want to tangle with those responsible for the improvements: the biblical writers and, well, the Spirit of God.\n\nBelieve it or not, there is evidence that the Bible was updated.- That may sound strange, but if you read closely, it\u2019s undeniable. Take Genesis 14:14 as an illustration:\n\nWhen Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer\u2019s army until he caught up with them at Dan.\n\nDid you notice the problem? This is the time of Abram, a time before Moses and Joshua\u2014before there was a promised land divided among the tribes of Israel. There wasn\u2019t even an Israel yet. So, what\u2019s up with the reference to the land that belonged to the tribe of Dan?\n\nIf we plotted out the battle between Abram described in this verse on a map, with place names appropriate for Abram\u2019s day, we\u2019d see that the writer meant that the enemy was pursued all the way to a place called Laish, not Dan.\n\nMany Bible critics would call this an error, but it isn\u2019t. Much later, in the days of Israel\u2019s judges, Laish was renamed as Dan: They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel\u2019s son, but it had originally been called Laish. (Judg 18:29). Evidently, an unnamed editor updated the text of Genesis 14:14 after the name change took place. The editor likely did this to make sure readers of his own day would understand the geography.\n\nIn other instances, an editor repurposed something already written in the Bible to make it preach to their community. Psalm 51 is well known as a record of David\u2019s repentance after his sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. The psalm, though, ends by asking God to \u201cLook with favor on Zion\u201d and, with the command, \u201crebuild the walls of Jerusalem.\u201d (Psa 51:18-19). The walls of Jerusalem were not in need of repair until after God\u2019s people were exiled,...