Hey my friends it's Matt this is the 10 minute Bible hour podcast and you understand the principle right of having somebody who is guarding a vulnerable position for you and you got to trust them to have your back so to speak in that regard because well you're trying to do

things out front but like you're vulnerable back there and so you find somebody you

really can count on to take care of that to make sure that

horrible things don't unfold back there. It's a rear guard. It's really important. In American football,

the left tackle is a very important position.

That's a blocker who protects the quarterback.

That's the person who usually throws the ball.

And a right-handed quarterback, they've got their back, generally speaking, to the position that the left tackle protects.

So you want somebody over there at left tackle who is of high character, high athletic skill,

high football IQ, because the quarterback needs to be comfortable and no, they have got my back.

If you understand this principle of a rear guard and what it is to maybe play that role yourself or have somebody do that for you, then you also

understand what a great opportunity there is for the person in that position to injure you should they

choose to quit guarding. That is a position of massive trust and throughout the history of everything we've got stories about

someone who was trusted to provide a rear guard who intentionally betrayed the person they were protecting.

Now historically in all cultures, this is pretty much universally regarded as the most

reviled character archetype in all of storytelling.

You got the guy who let the Persians in to the back way to go and defeat Leonidas and the

300 Spartans who were holding the pass at Thermopylae.

You got your Benedict Arnold.

I mean Benedict Arnold, that name is kind of the epitome of person who lets down the rear

guard.

You've got Aaron Burr who tried to sell America

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