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Judges 14:
Every disappointment is a blessing. Samson's interest
in the Philistine woman instead of a Jewish woman was an opportunity for God to
bring the Philistines to their destruction through Samson. As long as you
are with God, even your mistakes or shortsightedness could become a blessing in
God. Samson killed a lion and ate the honey that was produced on the dead
lion by bees on his way to his bride's place. He told a riddle and gambled
about the dead lion to the philistine in-laws to be. He intentionally lost
the gamble by giving the answers to his wife and killed philistines to pay for
the lost gamble. Be careful who you associate with. Some friendship
are made with the intent to destroy you. Samson left in anger, so they
gave his wife to be to his friend instead.
Judges 15: Samson returned to sleep with his wife. Her father refused because she
is now with another, and offered the younger sister. So Samson used foxes to
destroyed their crops with fire. The Philistines then killed the wife to
be and her father. This now gave Samson the justification to kill as many
Philistines as possible. The spirit of God on Samson was the one that used
supposed love and friendship to destroy Israel's enemies. The Philistine
went after him, and he used that opportunity to kill 1,000 of them with a
donkey's bone.
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The Political & Spiritual Purpose of the
Holy Land
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Judges 16:
Samson told the secret of his strength to Delilah. He was captured, his
hair cut, and God left him. While the Philistines were mocking him at
their feast, Samson begged God to give him strength to avenge the Philistines
and die with them. That day, he killed 3,000 men by pushing the pillars of
the building. He killed more in one day at his death than he did in his
lifetime. Samson judged Israel 20 years. He succeeded in keeping the
Philistines busy from oppressing Israel.
Judges 17:
It is greed and impatience that makes people worship other gods. Micah
made a graven image and became the priest of the image. A young Levite
comes to stay and he hired the Levite to also be an idol priest with a salary
plus benefits. A Levite, priest of Israel, is accepting a salary to serve
another god. This is someone who should have corrected the error.
Do
not let the love of money (worshipping other gods) be the reason why you cannot
speak or stand for the truth of God. |
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