![]() ![]() Want to hold him?But he's so small.I might drop him.- Amen. And a name that is never spoken.The one true God.Do you. Deliverance was at handfor the children of Israel.Their prayers had been heardby the God with no face. Or worship the false idolsof their masters.But after 40 long years. With no one but you, Manoah.The child will be ours.And a gift to our people.And the land yielded its harvest.And upon it, God began to sowthe seeds of justice for his people.For they did not bow downtheir heads. You are barren.You know that.I have lain. I would conceiveand give birth to a son.And if he said we were rich,would you believe that too?He was an apparition. Listen to me.He appeared to me at the well.- A Philistine?- No.No.Ī stranger.- What are you talking about?- Listen to me.' The Lord of life, ' he said.He said. ![]() And of his consecration to him.His strength resides in the Lord.This secret is his and yours alone.Do not break this pactwith the almighty.Manoah!A man back there at the well.A strange man. His hair shall never be cut.This shall be the symbolof his alliance with God. Of your people from the Philistine.Look through me, and you will seewhere his future lies.As a mark of obedience to the Lord. But he did not abandon them.And their faith grew in their struggleagainst their Philistine oppressors.Do not fear, woman.The Lord of life has not forgotten youin your barrenness.I am the messenger come to tell youthat your womb will bear fruit.You will conceive a son,a Nazarite dedicated to God.He will eat no unclean foodand drink no strong drink.And he will grow strongerthan a hundred men.He is the Lord's gift,chosen to begin the liberation. They exploited their empirewith cruel efficiency.But they were alsoan advanced people.In a world of bronze,they had discovered the secret of iron.And with this, they crushed anydisobedience swiftly and without mercy.God's punishmentof the people of Israel was severe. To all things, there is a purpose.It was the time of the judges.The Lord had punished the childrenof Israel for their sins against him.He had delivered theminto the hands of the Philistines.Conquerors of the people of Israel. ![]()
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