Title Judges 16:28-31 Prayer for strength
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Judges 16:28-31 Prayer for strength Topic: 14. Prayer. 2007. 7. 1.
◎ Introduction
: Samson asks God to give him a chance to take revenge, even by death. In response to God's response, it exerts tremendous power, destroys the Philistines, and meets the end.
※ It is not enough to turn a millstone in prison with both eyes plucked out and tied with brass cords. After receiving such an insult, Samson seeks a chance to get revenge.
1. Samson's head grows (22)
2. Making Samson play tricks (23-27)
3. Pray for strength to take revenge (28-30)
4. Buried in Manoah's burial place (31)
1. Samson's head grows (22)
※ “began to grow again”
* It is natural for the hair to grow with a shaved head, but it means that Samson can be given a new opportunity to stand as a Nazarite. (Head means Nazarite)
※ As Samson grew hair, he remembered that he was a Nazirite, regretted his folly, repented and realized anew that he would dedicate himself.
* This realization gave us the opportunity to once again receive God's power and take revenge.
2. Making Samson play tricks (23-27)
※ The Philistines, who captured Samson and imprisoned him, held a festival of thanks to their gods with a relaxed mind, and summoned Samson to perform tricks to maximize the joy of victory.
One). The Philistines at the Feast of Victory (23-25)
※ Holding Samson to the Philistines must have been a greater joy than anything else.
Knowing that this was due to their god Dagon, they wanted to offer a great sacrifice (23-24).
※ Dagon: As the spirit of growth, it was mainly worshiped in Gaza and Ashdod.
* Dagon was originally worshiped in various places in Palestine, but was regarded by the Philistines as their patron god. (1 Samuel 5:1~2)
※ It can be seen that this event is ultimately a confrontation between the God of Israel and a false god. How much damage did they do to Samson?
① “You have ruined our land”
This is the story of Samson's taking the woman of Timnah from the Philistines and burning their fields and olive groves. (Judges 15:1-5)
② “The enemy who killed many of us”
Samson kills a Philistine three times in the Bible. (Judges 14:19, 15:7-8, 15,)
※ “Their heart was set between two pillars” (25)
* The reason Samson was summoned to perform his tricks was probably because he thought that even if he regained his strength in a state where he could not see, it would be a bad threat.
* You may have thought that it would be a better spectacle if your strength was restored from being tied with a blinding brazen cord.
2). Samson brought out as a craftsman (26-27)
※ The place where Samson was brought out to perform his tricks was a temple dedicated to Dagon, and the scale was large enough to build a pillar.
※ “Samson stretched his hands… and saw them all using his tricks”
* Because he cannot see, Samson, who was led by the boy and built between the two pillars, tells the one who leads him to lean on the pillar that supports the temple.
* At this festival, all the princes, as well as those of high rank, gathered on the roof, and the number of the Philistines reached 3,000.
* He must have felt the unspeakable humiliation of his position as a judge of Israel to please the Philistines.
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3. Pray for strength to take revenge (28-30)
※ In an indescribable humiliation, Samson prays to God for revenge
One). Prayer
※ “… Strengthen me just this one time… so that I may take revenge once and for all” (28)
* “Only this time” indicates a strong will to avenge himself even through death.
* You can see the extent of Samson's vengeance against the Philistines “at once”.
* Samson's prayer, expressed as a strong sense of revenge, shows what kind of reproach he suffered, and at the same time,
You can think of the Philistines, the enemies of God and Israel's enemies, as a ritual as a judge of Israel who must annihilate them.
* Samson's desperate prayer was answered.
2). answer
※ “…After… I want to die… and soon it will collapse… and there are more people who have killed” (29~30)
* “Soon it will fall”, grabbing the two pillars and doing everything in their power to die with the Philistines, the temple soon collapsed. There were more people who were killed by the roof than there have been so far.
* This tells the size of the temple and the number of people gathered, but also shows how great the victory Samson won in his death.
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① Samson's tragic end was foretold when he fell in love with the woman of Timnah.
② Even though Samson was born and gave birth to a Nazarite and learned the rules of a Nazarite, it was decided that his end would be miserable from the moment he put his own will before God’s.
③ The result of doing what you wanted without any wrong start being corrected is the result of being ridiculed by the adversary.
④ Failure and ruin do not come suddenly, but are the result of long-term acquiescence and insensitivity to sin.
(Proverbs 29:1, Luke 12:49, John 3:36, Romans 1:18, Ephesians 5:3-7, 2 Peter 2:9, 3:7)
4. Buried in Manoah's burial place (31)
※ Samson was buried by his relatives.
※ Samson was buried in the burial place of his father Manoah. From the fact that the location is between Sorah and Esdaol, it can be seen that he was buried where he was born.
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※ Even though Samson had the weakness of not being able to control his fleshly desires throughout his life, he was used as a judge for Israel because he trusted God completely.
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