The angel who announced SamsonвЂ™s birth to ManoahвЂ™s wife appeared twice. Even Moses believed this as we read in Deut. The first point was that SamsonвЂ™s father, like the Israelites in general, believed Jehovah God was a mighty warrior king who killed and destroyed those who disobeyed or displeased him. Although this language gave me a few new insights I ultimately had to go to the original Hebrew to find the exact meanings I was looking for in a couple of key texts which answered the main questions I believed needed to be dealt with in this amazing story. The class I was asked to teach happened to be Spanish, so, of course, I had to study from the Spanish quarterly. Although he was not infallible his dates are accurate enough to give us a good idea of the period in which Samson lived. These dates are based upon Bishop UssherвЂ™s chronology. The book of Judges has 21 chapters and covers the time period following the death of Joshua (1427 BC) until the birth of Samuel (1171 BC). вЂњAnd what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak and of Samson and of Jephtahe of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets.вЂќ If Paul believed Samson was just as real a character as Gideon, David and many other Bible characters this was good enough for me. I prayed and asked the Lord to help me prove from the Bible that Samson was not a myth but really existed.

I was really surprised to hear my friend tell me that Samson was probably the result of Jewish fable/myth devised by the bored scribes of Israel who were constantly seeking stories, true or not, which they could use to illustrate and emphasize the superior power of their invisible Hebrew deity, Jehovah. While preparing to teach a class on this manвЂ™s life I called a friend in Seattle to get some ideas. His enduring fame is mainly due to the incredible strength he displayed on several occasions. One of the most famous or shall we say infamous characters in the book of Judges is Samson.

Supernatural strength in god