WHY SAMSON (bright sun) Judges 13-16

SAMSON, GIVEN TO ISRAEL Judges 13

1. His Birth - Miraculous2. His Call - Deliverer3. His Childhood – Touched by God

SAMSON’S MARRIED Judges 14-15

4. His Betrothal – Selfindulgent5. His Feast - Prideful 6. His Revenge – Weakens the Philistines

SAMSON’S END Judges 16

7. His Moral Weakness - Lust8. His Downfall – Giving into his flesh9. His Victory – His humilty

HEBREWS 11:32-34

 And what shall I say further? For time would fail me

to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of

David and Samuel and the prophets,

 Who by faith subdued kingdoms, administered

justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the

mouths of lions,

Extinguished the power of raging fire, escaped the

devourings of the sword, out of

frailty and weakness won strength and became

stalwart, even mighty and resistless in battle…

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God spread the Judges around Israel.

Judges 13:1 And the people of

Israel again did what was evil

in the sight of the LORD, so the

LORD gave them into the hand

of the Philistines for 40 years.

THE CYCLE CONTINUES

Judges 10: 6 Then the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, …and they forsook the LORD and did not serve HIm. 7 So the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines …. 8 From that year they harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years—… so that Israel was severely distressed. 10 And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals! 11 So the LORD said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites and from the people of Ammon and from the Philistines? 12 Also others who oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. 14 “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.

He said, NO. But they cried out more and

changed their ways; Judges 10:15 And the children

of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned! Do to us

whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day,

we pray.” 16 So they put away the foreign gods from

among them and served the LORD. And His soul could

no longer endure the misery of Israel.

God’s Mercy Makes Jonah Angry

Jonah 4 (ERV)1 Jonah was not happy that God

saved the city. Jonah became angry. 2 He

complained to the LORD and said, “LORD, I knew

this would happen! I was in my own country, and

you told me to come here. At that time I knew

that you would forgive the people of this evil

city, so I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew

that you are a kind God. I knew that you show

mercy and don’t want to punish people. I knew

that you are kind, and if these people stopped

sinning, you would change your plans to destroy

them. 3 So now, LORD, just kill me. It is better for

me to die than to live.”

3 Then the Angel of the LORD

appeared to the woman .. .

you are barren and have borne

no children, but you shall

conceive and bear a son. 4 …

please be careful not to drink

wine or similar drink, nor eat

any unclean thing. 5 For

behold, you shall conceive

and bear son, and no razor

shall come upon his head, for

the child shall be a Nazirite to

God from the womb; and he

shall begin to deliver Israel

out of the hand of the

Philistines.” 

Judges 13:11, 18, 20 “ Are you the

man who spoke to the woman?”,

and He said, “I am”; But the Angel of

the LORD said to him, “Why do you

ask my name, seeing it is

wonderful?”; For it came about

when the flame went up from the

altar toward heaven, that the angel

of the LORD ascended in the flame

of the altar.

“I am.”

“Why do you ask my name,

seeing it is wonderful?” 

…and He performed wonders

while Manoah and his wife

looked on. 20 For it came

about when the flame went

up from the altar toward

heaven, that the angel of

the LORD ascended in the

flame of the altar.

When either a man or a woman takes the vow; To

separate himself to the LORD, nothing made of grapes

or strong drink, no razor shall come to his head until

the days are fulfilled of his vow, you shall not go near a

dead body, even should family die, you shall not make

yourself unclean for any reason, you are Holy to the

LORD…

The child grew up

and the LORD

blessed him…the

Spirit of the LORD

began to stir in

him…

WHY SAMSON (bright sun) Judges 13-16

SAMSON, GIVEN TO ISRAEL Judges 13

1. His Birth - Miraculous2. His Call - Deliverer3. His Childhood – Touched by God

SAMSON’S MARRIED Judges 14-15

4. His Betrothal – Self indulgent5. His Feast - Prideful 6. His Revenge – Weakens the Philistines

SAMSON’S END Judges 16

7. His Moral Weakness - Lust8. His Downfall – Giving into his flesh9. His Victory – His humilty

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He declares to his parents,

a woman I have seen in

Timnath of the daughters

of the Philistines… now

take her for me for a

wife…. For she is right in

mine eyes”…

Hill overlooking Timnath in modern day Israel, you can see the vineyards to the right as you go down the hill.

9 So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the dead lion.

Samson gets married.

Samson give his 30 companions a riddle:Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet.

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WHY SAMSON (bright sun) Judges 13-16

SAMSON, GIVEN TO ISRAEL Judges 13

1. His Birth - Miraculous2. His Call - Deliverer3. His Childhood – Touched by God

SAMSON’S MARRIED Judges 14-15

4. His Betrothal – Self indulgent5. His Feast - Prideful 6. His Revenge – Weakens the Philistines

SAMSON’S END Judges 16

7. His Moral Weakness - Lust8. His Downfall – Giving into his flesh9. His Victory – His humilty

Samson uses ingenious means to bring the Philistines pain.

Samson dwells in the cave of the rock of Etam.

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“With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”

En-hakkor’e

Fountain of the Crier

Or Callers Spring

“The Philistines are upon you, Samson!”

For Samson did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

But the Philistines laid hold of him, bored out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza and bound him and he ground at the mill in prison.

Judges 16: 22

BUT SAMSONS HAIR BEGAN TO GROW……..

Excavation of ancient Philistine building showing the typical two pillar construction in Gaza.

SAMSON PRAYED

Judges 16: 28 Then Samson called out to the

LORD and said, “O LORD God, (earnestly)

remember me, I pray You, and strengthen me, I

pray You, only this once , O God, and let me have

one vengeance upon the Philistines for both my

eyes.”

Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested,

and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and

the other with his left. 30 And Samson said, “Let me die with the

Philistines!”… So the dead whom he killed at his death were more

than those whom he killed in his life.

BY FAITH

 Who by faith subdued kingdoms, administered

justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the

mouths of lions,

Extinguished the power of raging fire, escaped the

devourings of the sword, out of

frailty and weakness won

strength and became stalwart, even

mighty and resistless in battle…

REVIEW OF JUDGES

Judges 1-3:6 Joshua’s charge, his death and Israel’s rebuke and rebellion.

Judges 3-16 Israel’s Judges, how God uses all types to deliver His people from their own apostasy.

A righteous man- OthnielAn under- handed man- EhudA woman!!! DeborahA weak and prideful man. GideonA son of a harlot. JephthahA supernatural disobedient man. Samson

Judges 17-21 A bleak picture of Israel’s spiritual apostasy. Until Samuel comes on the seen.