Yesterday I talked about how it is NOT good to attach our faith to some outward symbol like the Star of David or a crucifix for example. However, there’s another side to that coin. Just because we shouldn’t make idols out of God-ordained symbols doesn’t mean we should take them lightly either. Again, a perfect […]

Men have always had a tendency to misuse symbols. The problem is we either emotionally or intellectually transfer our faith from the invisible God of Israel who resides in the heavens to some physical symbol here on earth. A perfect example is the bronze serpent on that pole that Moses erected out in the wilderness […]

Out of all the things that Samson did, why was losing his hair the one thing that caused him to lose his strength? It was because he had made light of and treated in a condescending fashion the one thing that SYMBOLIZED his set-apart relationship with the Lord. When he allowed the enemy (Delilah) to […]

“Every day she kept nagging at him and pressing at him, till it bothered him to death, so that he finally told her everything. He said to her, ‘No razor has ever touched my head, because I have been a nazir of God since I was born. If someone shaves me, then my strength will […]

“D’lilah said to Shimshon, ‘Till now you’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies. Tell me what it takes to tie you up.’ He said, ‘If you weave the seven locks of my hair across thread on a loom.’  So she fastened her cloth work in the loom with a pin and wove […]