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Welcome to Day 2391 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom \u2013 Theology Thursday \u2013 A Tale of Courage We Never Teach \u2013 I Dare You Not To Bore Me With The Bible Wisdom-Trek Podcast Script - Day 2391 Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps! I am Guthrie Chamberlain, and we are on Day 2391 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. \xa0 Today is the Eighth 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 the late 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. The 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 A Tale of Courage We Never Teach. Moses\u2019 encounter with God in Exodus 4:21-26 is arguably one of the strangest, most confusing events recorded in the Bible. In this passage, Moses is en route to Egypt\u2014seemingly following God\u2019s call to deliver the Israelites from Pharaoh\u2019s vice-like grip. But then something shocking happens: 21\xa0And the\xa0Lord\xa0told Moses, \u201cWhen you arrive back in Egypt, go to Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go.\xa022\xa0Then you will tell him, \u2018This is what the\xa0Lord\xa0says: Israel is my firstborn son.\xa023\xa0I commanded you, \u201cLet my son go, so he can worship me.\u201d But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!\u2019\u201d 24\xa0On the way to Egypt, at a place where Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the\xa0Lord\xa0confronted him and was about to kill him.\xa025\xa0But Moses\u2019 wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet[a]\xa0with the foreskin and said, \u201cNow you are a bridegroom of blood to me.\u201d\xa026\xa0(When she said \u201ca bridegroom of blood,\u201d she was referring to the circumcision.) After that, the\xa0Lord\xa0left him alone. This passage is not only difficult and confusing, but it raises numerous questions. Why would God want to kill Moses right after calling him to deliver Israel? In addition to this theological conundrum, there are other uncertainties. We\u2019re startled and confused when Zipporah, Moses\u2019 wife (Exod 2:21), deals with this threat by immediately circumcising her son Gershom and touching the foreskin to Moses\u2019 \u201cfeet.\u201d What does that mean? And why would her action appease God\u2019s wrath? Doing the Wrong Thing: Moses\u2019 Negligence If we look at the original Hebrew text of this passage, we would notice that the name Moses does not actually appear in the phrase translated as \u201ctouched Moses\u2019 feet.\u201d The text literally reads, \u201ctouched his feet.\u201d Consequently,...