'You can't unsee it, or you can't unhear it'
By WND Staff
Alea Sophia Boudodimos portrays Young Gretel in 2013's 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' (Paramount Pictures)
A popular Bible TV show is probing the notion that one of the most famous children's stories of all time is actually an unmistakable metaphor for the main storyline for human beings in Holy Scripture.
"Shabbat Night Live" recently investigated the classic tale "Hansel and Gretel," as it featured Joe Kovacs, author of the new bestseller, "Reaching God Speed: Unlocking the Secret Broadcast Revealing the Mystery of Everything."
The book opens readers' eyes and ears to the Spirit or parable level of the Bible, since the New Testament indicates Jesus Himself spoke exclusively in parables (Matthew 13:34).
On the television program, Kovacs noted while all stories we tell somehow voice the messages of Scripture, "Hansel and Gretel" is especially easy to understand.
"We're all taught this story probably in kindergarten or even earlier about children who are lost in the wilderness," Kovacs told host Scott Laird, who was filling in for Michael Rood. "They're trying to find their way home, they come across a house in the wilderness filled with all kinds of treats on the outside.