Session – 95

The Book of Judges Chapter 14

In Session 94 Chapter 13 we learned that burnt offerings stemmed from paganism and carried over to Christianity.

Chapter 14

Folkloristic

If God can repeatedly find hero’s too repeatedly save the Israelites, whom repeatedly do evil, then why can’t he find a hero for all the innocent children across the world who are repeatedly abused and murdered for the pleasure of others? In there lies the falsehoods of—God, the Bible, Christianity, and Prayer.

An the angle 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 (Judg. 13:3). OK, were have I heard this story before?

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 Philis’-tines (Judg. 13:5).

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord Blessed him (Judg. 13:24).

Some have claimed that Samson was born to enhance the power of God, but in the end—he enhanced the power of the devil, by failing to save Israel and committing suicide.

One must remember the story of Samson is a folkloristic to begin with. The devil is in the details.

Samson was never ordained to save Israel from the Philistines; he was used as a puppet by the puppet master to start the deliverances process. Note the last sentence of (Judg. 13:5). And he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the Philis’-tines. The key phrase in the verse is—“he shall begin.”

Ivan Peter Kovak