Tag: Samson
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The sojourners
Judges 16:30 “And Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines.’” Psalm 39:4-5, 12-13 “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a…
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He died with his enemies
Judges 16:30 “And Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines.’” Samson was such an enigma. Here was one who was set apart to God as a Nazirite “from the womb to the day of his death” (Judges 13:7). He was set apart for the work of saving Israel from the hand of the Philistines…
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Tough love
Judges 16:4-5; 15-18 “After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ‘Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we…
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Two kinds of strength
Judges 14:1-3 “Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. Then he came up and told his father and mother, ‘I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. Now get her for me as my wife.’ But his father and mother said to him, ‘Is there not…
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The sun of God
Judges 13:24-25 “And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.” The other day I was reading Psalm 84 and I came across verse 11 which says, “For the LORD God is a sun and…
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Wonderful, wonderful . . .
Judges 13:17-20 “And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, ‘What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?’ And the angel of the Lord said to him, ‘Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?’ So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to…
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A wonderful Savior
Judges 13:3-5 “And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, ‘Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son . . . the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”…
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