It makes good sense. I trust this wisdom because it is the advice given by teachers and parents and leaders of the community. My body appreciates this advice. What I don't understand is Jesus. That One is a mystery to me, and perhaps the only thing I can learn from him is astonishment.
Prudence is easy to understand.
It is rational. The prophet, in contrast, evades easy explanation. And so in my mind's eye I peer into the Passover festival in Jerusalem around 30 AD, when the city erupted with activity. A Roman census showed almost 250,000 lambs were sacrificed in the week-long ritual. The Jewish law required at least 10 men to be present for the sacrifice of one lamb.