JUDGES CHAPTER 13 (13 OF 21)
Scripture: Judges 13:1-25
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Judges Chapter 13 (13 of 21)
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Here is the story of Samson, the man who could have been; the man with wasted potential. Here we also see the same old sinful pattern of Israel once again. They forsook the Lord after their great promise to follow Him as we saw in chapter 10. It’s a worthless promise that has been, and is still being made, by multitudes of people throughout redemptive history. 40 more years of bondage; but as we have already seen, Israel has adapted to their bondage and afflictions, just as many do today in their defiance against God and in their defiance against God’s demands of holiness.
2 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.
3 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 bear a son.
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
5 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 deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Here is the miracle son to be born to Manoah's wife who was barren, her womb was sterile. The instructions were very clear to her that she was not to drink any alcoholic beverages or eat anything ceremonially unclean. Her son would be a Nazarite from the womb, meaning that he would be a consecrated one, separated unto God. His mission would be to begin to deliver Israel from the bondage of the Philistines.
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an an ...
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 13
1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Here is the story of Samson, the man who could have been; the man with wasted potential. Here we also see the same old sinful pattern of Israel once again. They forsook the Lord after their great promise to follow Him as we saw in chapter 10. It’s a worthless promise that has been, and is still being made, by multitudes of people throughout redemptive history. 40 more years of bondage; but as we have already seen, Israel has adapted to their bondage and afflictions, just as many do today in their defiance against God and in their defiance against God’s demands of holiness.
2 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.
3 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 bear a son.
4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
5 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 deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Here is the miracle son to be born to Manoah's wife who was barren, her womb was sterile. The instructions were very clear to her that she was not to drink any alcoholic beverages or eat anything ceremonially unclean. Her son would be a Nazarite from the womb, meaning that he would be a consecrated one, separated unto God. His mission would be to begin to deliver Israel from the bondage of the Philistines.
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an an ...
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