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Jan 4, 2022 · However, despite all of Samson’s weaknesses, he did turn back to God before he died (Judges 16:28–30). God in His sovereignty used Samson to fulfill His purpose. In reality, Samson’s death did much to impede the oppressive actions of the Philistines.
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Jan 4, 2022 · God’s purpose of defeating the Philistines was advancing through Samson, but Samson was still held accountable for his sin, and he experienced consequences for his foolishness and disobedience. Samson met and fell in love with a Philistine named Delilah .
When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. New American Bible
Rather than referring to some specific insulting action on Delilah’s part after Samson’s hair was shaved off, this statement probably means that she, through the devious actions just described, began the process of Samson’s humiliation which culminates in the following verses.
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The book of Judges says of the days of Samson and the other judges: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (17:6). Later, the book concludes with the sad statement repeated: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (21:25). What Moses had urged years e...
Sandwiched between the author’s two statements of this Philistine woman being “right in his eyes” is another significant encounter. As Samson and his parents are on their way to talk with his future bride, Samson meets a young lion on the road. Though he has nothing to defend himself, “the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him” and Samson kills the an...
After reading of Samson’s brief relationship with his Philistine wife—and with a prostitute—we are told, “After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah” (16:4). Samson’s sin will bring his story to an end. Delilah begins pressuring Samson to reveal the secret to his great strength. He lies to her three times. Finally, s...
But the story doesn’t end there. While being publicly humiliated in the temple of the Philistine god, Samson “called to the LORD and said, ‘Oh Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God” (16:28). At that prayer Samson’s strength is returned to him. He pushes against the pillars, causing the roof of the temple to fal...
More than a thousand years after the angelic visit to Samson’s mother, another angel gave a young virgin a similar prediction: “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus” (Luke 1:31). While the first angel told Samson’s parents that he would “begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines” (Judg...
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That was a visible sign of Samson's submission to God. The true source of his supernatural strength was the Spirit of the Lord. That power had been given directly by God so Samson could accomplish a mission for God (Judges 13:5).
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The Lord has left Samson, because Samson has now entirely violated every command given him by God. The one prophetic requirement given to Samson before his birth was that he never cut his hair (Judges 13:5).
