On another program the Crocodile Hunter crisscrosses the United States in search of different varieties of rattlesnakes. I can't believe my eyes. This guy is crawling on his belly into rock crevasses with five or six snakes in them, pulling out ten foot rattlers out by the tail, jumping back every now and then to avoid their strikes, and controlling them with a six inch twig. Snakes have a reputation, the Crocodile Hunter notwithstanding. They are the symbols of sneakiness, craftiness, hiddenness, evil, danger, and death.
Snakes are our natural enemies.
According to my friend Kyle Childress, where he grew up in West Texas the general rule was if you were on your way to a fire and came across a snake, you would stop to kill the snake. The ancient Hebrews remembered a story about what happened to them back in the days when they were wandering in the wilderness. They were grumbling again. They were recalling their days back in Egypt when they had all the food they could eat. Sometimes freedom is harder than slavery because you have to take responsibility for yourself.