We’ve been studying about the office of the Nazarite and how it operated. One important thing to remember is that just because a certain Bible character had long hair or abstained from strong drink did NOT necessarily mean that person was a Nazarite. Another important point to remember is that depending on the place and […]

Some people think John the Baptist was a Nazarite because he was a lonely hermit who went off into the desert, dressed weird and subsisted on locusts and honey. However, here’s a couple of prevalent myths about a Nazarite that clash with the generally held image of John the Baptist.  –A NAZARITE HELD TO A VERY […]

Today let’s deal with the question of why the Nazarite is strictly forbidden from eating grapes. The Scripture doesn’t give us a direct answer but the Jewish scholars give us an answer that makes really good sense. The first point I want to make is that in Scripture Israel is often symbolized by the grapevine. […]

“Throughout the period for which he has consecrated himself to Adonai, he is not to approach a corpse. He is not to make himself unclean for his father, mother, brother or sister when they die, since his consecration to God is on his head.  Throughout the time of his being a nazir he is holy for Adonai.”-Numbers 6:6-8 Let’s go […]

“Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘When either a man or a woman makes a special kind of vow, the vow of a nazir, consecrating himself to Adonai; he is to abstain from wine and other intoxicating liquor, he is not to drink vinegar from either source, he is not to drink grape juice, and he is […]