Samson loses his hair, his strength, and his eyes

Judges 16:18-21: And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

Samson was not a big, strong, muscular looking man, for if he had been that, then the Philistines would not have been surprised by his strength, nor would they have spent so much time trying to discover the secret of his strength. It was the Spirit of God moving mightily upon Samson at certain times that gave him the ability to perform the tremendous feats of strength that he did.

Samson was born a Nazarite (Judges 13:5) and was not to cut his hair at all. The seven locks of his head were a visible sign of him being a Nazarite, and as long as those seven uncut locks were there, then God was with him and would move mightily upon him. When Samson finally revealed to Delilah the secret of his strength, then he lost his seven locks, and consequentially, the Spirit of God that had been the source of his great strength left him, so that he was captured by the Philistines who then put out his eyes.

Samson lost three things on that sad and fateful day; he lost his hair, his strength, and his eyes. The story of Samson and what he lost has a unique connection to the Church in the last days, for the seven locks of hair represent the full revelation of the Word by a message of seven thunders that gives the Church Her tremendous supernatural strength as a powerhouse for the living God. Samson’s eyes represented the prophet in these last days who could look into the unseen world and reveal to the Church the very secrets of God.

Judges 16:22: Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. Whilst the Philistines had taken Samson prisoner and used him as their slave and for their own entertainment, they failed to realize that the hair of his head was growing back, and that the Spirit of God was returning back upon him as those seven locks grew longer. Samson never got his eyesight back, but with his new crop of hair and the Spirit of God upon him again, he was able to pull down the stronghold of the enemy and experienced his greatest victory at the moment of his death (Judges 16:30: And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.).

The eyes of the Church were taken away when the prophet went off the scene in 1965. As the decades rolled by after the prophet had gone, a new crop of hair began to come forth. This crop of hair was the next generation of believers who grew up and caught the revelation of the message in this great final ride of the Bride of Jesus Christ. The supernatural that was so prevalent when the prophet (the eyes) was on the earth, it has returned in these last days, and God is achieving mighty things by and through the members of His Bride body around the world.

Samson never did get his eyesight back, but he did fulfil the commission that he was raised up for. And when we compare Samson’s experience with our day, we come to realize that the prophet (the eyes) has gone off the scene and is not coming back. He fulfilled his ministry and gave us the entire message of God. Now it is the Bride’s time to rise up and fulfil Her commission as detailed in Revelation 10:8-11. And She will fulfill Her commission without the prophet being present. As Samson achieved his greatest victory before he died, so the Bride will do tremendous exploits (Daniel 11:32: And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.) and achieve Her greatest victory in this present time, shortly before She leaves this world via the translation of the saints.