Hello! and happy good first day of the week to all of us, GUYS. Our "daily bread" this Monday:
THE GOOD NEWS (19 December 2016)
"There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife could not bear children. The Angel of YAHWEH appeared to this woman and said to her, 'You have not borne children and have not given birth, but see, you are to conceive and give birth to a son. Because of this, take care not to take wine or any alcoholic drink, nor to eat unclean foods from now on, for you shall bear a son who shall be a Nazirite of YAHWEH from the womb of his mother. Never shall his hair be cut for he is consecrated to YAHWEH. He shall begin the liberation of the Israelites from the Philistine oppression." - Judges 13:2-5
Samson, The Nazirite
(Samson seems to have been a man from the countryside who had extraordinary strength and fought on his own account against the Philistines. Legend attributes to him numerous feats.
Samson is said to have been miraculously born of a barren couple. This was in accordance with GOD's ways, as seen in the case of Abraham's son [Genesis 18], and in the case of Samuel [1 Samuel 1], and still later John the Baptist [Luke 1:5].
The child must be a Nazirite, i.e., consecrated to GOD, according to a very ancient rite in the Bible [Numbers 6:1]. The consecration to GOD is the source of his strength.)
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