Visitation (The Exodus, part 7)
Holy Ghost Stories
Justin Gerhardt
4.9 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In a dire moment, Yahweh gives Moses a simple way to save the Israelites. But simple doesn't mean easy.
Text: Exodus 17:8-18:27
Players:
- Yahweh
- Moses
- Aaron
- Hur
- Jethro
What's Spooky:
- A mild battle scene
Credits:
Research, Writing, Narration, Direction: Justin Gerhardt
Season 4 Original Score: Kendall Ramseur
Sound Engineering: Joël Dollié
Manuscript Editing: JL Gerhardt
Intro Music: "Winds of Change," Four Trees
Outro Music: "Fine-Toothed Chrome," Sam Barsh
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What do you do when obedience is too much? |
| 0:11.9 | When divine directive seems unfeasible and then proves impossible? |
| 0:20.4 | What then? What. What then? |
| 0:23.6 | What do you do when you can't do it? |
| 0:31.6 | This is a story about failure, about weakness that precludes the faithful discharge of duty. It's a story about |
| 0:41.9 | a God who asks more of us than we can manage. And it's a story about why a God like ours |
| 0:51.7 | would do a thing like that. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm Justin Gerhard. |
| 1:13.6 | Welcome to Holy Ghost Stories. It was the dust cloud that tipped them off. It was the dust cloud that tipped them off. |
| 1:31.9 | A panting scout arrives with the news, perhaps, gasping as he relays what he's seen to a sharp-eyed |
| 1:38.4 | young man. A quick nod, Moses must be told immediately. They'll likely want to bring Hoor into the loop as well. |
| 1:46.8 | The young man has noticed how the brothers have recognized and encouraged Hoor's leadership in recent days. |
| 1:53.2 | It's been good for Moses. He's looked tired of late. |
| 1:57.8 | The young man rushes to his mentor's tent. |
| 2:03.6 | Moses, it's happening. Moses's face falls. |
| 2:21.8 | Thank you, Joshua. They both know it was only a matter of time. When your caravan is as vast as Israel's word of your travels travels much faster than you. And where the nation's north and east found themselves asking, are these Hebrews going to settle? Not in our land. |
| 2:30.1 | Predictably, it's the Amalekites who've been the first to find the presence of Yahweh worshippers |
| 2:36.0 | disagreeable. |
| 2:38.0 | If you're not the predator, you're the prey. |
| 2:41.0 | And so they assembled an army, kicked up a dust cloud, and bare down now on the Israelite camp. |
| 2:50.0 | How terrifying must it be for those who were slaves not two months ago, |
| 2:55.6 | unorganized and largely unarmed, |
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