Wanna know one of the biggest mistakes Christians make when it comes to understanding idolatry? They think it means complete and total rejection of God… But Biblically speaking, that’s not the case… This misunderstanding even carries over to how Christians interpret the Hebrew Bible (what they call the “Old” Testament). They’ve got this mental picture […]

“As Sh’mu’el was presenting the burnt offering, the P’lishtim advanced to attack Isra’el. But this time, Adonai thundered violently over the P’lishtim, throwing them into such confusion that they were struck down before Israel.”-1 Samuel 7:10 So the Israelites are praying and sacrificing to the Lord… And just when Samuel offered up a young lamb… […]

“So they gathered together at Mitzpah, drew water and poured it out before Adonai, fasted that day, and said there, ‘We have sinned against Adonai.’ Sh’mu’el began serving as judge over the people of Israel at Mitzpah.”-1 Samuel 7:6 The ceremony described in verse 6 of 1st Samuel 7 has been something that has confused […]

Recall back in the Book of Judges, we witnessed the Israelites repeatedly go through the cycle of living in harmony with God, then falling into apostasy, then being oppressed, then repenting and then finally being delivered… Until the cycle started up all over again. Well, the Israelites during Samuel’s time were also going through the […]

There’s something important I need to remind you about when I talk about the idolatrous behavior of the Hebrews. It wasn’t like they had stopped believing in YAHWEH…even during their gloomiest times. They never stopped believing in the Lord… They had never renounced the Law they were given at Mount Sinai… They never denied God’s […]