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The Cycle of Apostasy:
- Sin– Israel did evil.
- Servitude – God gave them over to the Philistines for 40 years.
- Supplication – We don’t see it this time, but it is implied.
- Salvation – God chooses a barren family to raise an unconventional Judge.
Samson is the Judge raised by God in the conflict with the Philistines.
Samson’s mother was given stipulations for raising him:
No wine, alcohol, or unclean food.
No razor for the boy’s head.
Again in Chapter 13 we see a Theophany.
- Form of a man.
- THE angel of the LORD.
- I Am.
- Name that no one can comprehend.
- Rises into heaven from the flames of the offering.
- Manoah & his wife eventually realize they had been in the presence of God.
Adult Samson’s greatest weakness: self-control.
Main Point:
- God created all things and He uses them for good.
- Satan uses them for evil.
We have been given the free will to decide how we will use them.