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There were three judges that ruled Israel during the
25 years prior to Samson. Yet the people returned to paganism and
God wanted to do something special for His disobedient and
rebellious people. This is why Jesus personally appeared to Samson's
parents before he was conceived. Samson would be a Nazarite and free
his people from the Philistines. His parents didn't know it then, but Samson would
also be gifted with supernatural strength to aid him in the task of
presiding over Israel. He singlehandedly prevailed against a
thousand Philistine soldiers and carried off the city gate of Gaza
upon his shoulders, but his weakness for heathen women, despite
God's prohibition, would be his downfall and eventually lead to his
death. Jesus heralded the birth of Samson and children grow
up learning about his great strength and how he dealt with the
Philistines, but instead of being a powerful man of God that led
Israel back to the Lord, Samson ended up in the arms of women that
discarded him. Delilah was the last one and she used her sexual
prowess to uncover the source of his great strength. Samson entered
the world as a champion for God, but he spent his life in vanity and
left as a fool. |
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