DANIEL 3:27 “And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.” In the preceding chapter, verse 49 to…
JUDGES 13:2-3 “And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and bare not. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and…
JUDGES 13:4 “But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that He might seek an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time, the Philistines had dominion over Israel.” Samson had a clear understanding of his purpose. God was going to use him to break the dominion of the…
JUDGES 13:4-5 “Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; For, lo, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to…
JUDGES 13:6, 8 v.6 Then the woman came and told her husband… v.8 Then Manoah intreated the Lord, and said, “O my Lord, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.” In verse 2 of the…
JUDGES 14:5-6 “Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and behold, a young lion roared against him.” Samson was beginning his divine assignment, his ministry. He had set out in line with his calling or purpose—the reason for his very existence. He had…
JUDGES 14:5-6 “…and behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand…” Didn’t God promise that He would never leave us nor forsake us? God is not a man…
JUDGES 14:6 “…but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.” Samson was beginning his ministry. His parents, who in this case were also his spiritual parents, journeyed with him. A lion, representing the devil, roars against him. The Spirit of the Lord—the Spirit of might—comes upon him, and with nothing…
JUDGES 14:8-9 “And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and…
JUDGES 14:18b “And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.” (KJV) A heifer is a young female cow. Samson had presented a riddle to his enemies, the Philistines, confident that they wouldn’t be able to solve it, giving him a sense of superiority…
