SAMSON OUR NAZIRITE HERO

Part one

I have spoken in the past about the life of Samson, a Judge of the Chosen People of Israel. I may have done a blog and spoken of him on radio, or both, I am not sure. But I must confess that I missed something about his life. I misjudged him. I have to write of him now as I believe is the correct way to remember him.

We read about him in the book of judges during the period of 1154BC to 1124BC according to the information I got.

He was born in Zorah to a family of the Danites to a barren woman in the land of the Philistines. Yehovah visited her and announced to her that she would give birth to a son (See Shophetim/Judges 13:2)

And the Angel of Yehovah appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have born no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to Elohim from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Shophetim/Judges 13:3-5

 In the above verse we learn that Samson was called to be a Nazir or a Nazirite from before he was conceived in the womb, but the commandment did not include to not come near the dead, because of the type of ministry he had been called.   

Let us read now about the Nazirite vow as it is described in the book of Numbers.

“When either a man or woman consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yehovah, he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin. All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to Yehovah, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separates himself to Yehovah he shall not go near a dead body. He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to Elohim is on his head. All the days of his separation he shall be holy to Yehovah.

Bemidbar/Numbers 6:2-8

Samson’s birth was announced as with Yochanan/John the Baptizer and Yehoshua. But in this case was Yehovah Himself who visited the woman.  

We know that nothing that happens to us is by accident. Yehovah knew that man is finite, but He in Infinite. He can restore any situation. Samson did not have the Ten Commandments, but the oral law that came down from Adam.

He was called to be holy. To live a life unto Yehovah and avoid sin. He has a very special call indeed. He did well. He grew up and became one of the Judges of Israel for twenty years.  Yehovah created him to be the strongest man who ever lived. He fell in his calling as we also do. He gave in to the pressure of his first wife. But that gave him the excuse to begin his ministry. He was a man called to begin to deliver Israel from the Philistines, their enemies. He was called alone, for Yehovah did not give him an army to help him. This is important to remember. One man against a nation.

You can read about all this in the chapters 13 through 16 of  Shophetim/Judges.

The part I want to talk about is the last part of his life when he gave in to Delilah nagging. He loved her, but she did not. She had been paid from the Philistines to find out the reason Samson was so strong.

She was bought from the enemy, her own people. She did it for the money, and I suppose to save her own life. This happens all the time in government. The enemy pays big money to big leaders and threatens them if they do not produce what they request. For sure, if they do not produce the information they request, they will be killed. We know this for it is happening before our own eyes.

I will continue on part 2 of this message.

 

 

 

 

TRUE FICTION

Giselle went to the Health Food Store in Paia, Maui, Hawaii. As she was shopping, she saw a lady by the counter who seemed not to be well.

She began a conversation with this lady and proceeded to pray for her. But when Giselle mentioned the Name of Yehoshua, this woman immediately said: “I am a goddess.” And looking up to Heaven she also said, “And you are also a goddess. Mother Earth is in you.” At this point the lady knelt before Giselle folding her arms in the form of being praying to Giselle. But Giselle replied: “No, I am not a god, and Mother Earth is not may God. I believe in the Elohim (God) who created the earth, and in Yehoshua who died for me, and saved me from all my sins.”

Bereshit/Genesis 1:1

In the beginning Elohim (Yehovah) created the Heaven and the heart.”

 

Yeshayahu/Isaiah 45:18

For thus says Yehovah, Who created the heavens, Who is Elohim, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited; I am Yehovah, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Ya’aqov, ‘Seek Me in vain’:  I, Yehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.”

That lady in the store, that one who thought that she is a goddess is deluded. She is ignorant of the Truth we find in the Scriptures, who our living Elohim has given us to learn of Him.

 As followers of Yehoshua, Who is the only Ben/Son of Yehovah, we have become children of Yehovah when we repented of our sins, and believed in the Mashiach (Messiah) Yehoshua.

 

Yochanan/John 1:10-13

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of Elohim, to those who believe on His Name: Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Elohim.

Please note, beloved reader, that Yehovah with His only Ben Yehoshua and the Ruach HaQodesh (Holy Spirit), created this universe which includes the earth! The earth has become an idol to many ignorant people who do not read the Scriptures. And those very people worship many idols.

 We do not worship an inanimate object, such as an idols or a piece of clay.  Idols have mouths, but do not speak. Have ears, but do not hear..  Idols need to be carried on donkeys or on any moving vehicle. They have legs but cannot walk.  I do not have to prove it with a verse of Scripture, if you have an idol, you know what I am saying.

I am sure you are intelligent person and you admit that an idol is a piece of wood, or a lump of clay, or a sculpt image of a man or of woman that is  called god, but has no  power to save or help anyone. It is useless!   

Maybe, somehow, you may have been enchanted by reading a novel, or watching some story on television that made idols to be the thing to have in your home and decided to buy some idols and you took them into your house. You may have done it in ignorance. You did not know you were rejecting the Elohim of the Universe, the Elohim of Heaven and earth Who has created you, and decided to serve Satan, the fallen angel to your own detriment.

However, since you brought this image into you house, which is an act of worship, demons have begun to visit to you.

You no longer sleep good at night. You are afraid of things and even people. You are tormented with evil thoughts. You are never at peace. You may have begun to take drugs. You may have become and alcoholic. You family is falling apart. You are ready to get a divorce. Your children are in a mess. Trouble is on every side. You do not understand why this is happening.

The reason these things are happening is because have rejected the Elohim Who has created you.

 

Devarim/Deuteronomy 7:25-26

You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to Yehovah your Elohim.  Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.

When you brought the Idols into hour house you brought the curse into your life. And you may have begun to completely disobey Yehovah’s Commandments by offering your descendants to those idols through abortion and other means.

You are no longer able to love people but have become a gossiper destroying their identity.

You will do all kinds of evil, for you lost the way.  You will become confused about your identity and become a lesbian or homosexual. You will lose your destiny. Your life is lost and eventually  you will go to the lake of fire.

 

Chazon/Revelation 21:8

“But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Please understand Yehovah has created you and the earth. He is the only Elohim (God) in the Universe. He will not help you unless you seek Him with all your heart. You must repent of all your sins, which includes idolatry. You must get rid of all your idols, or you will end up in the lake of fire. If you have become and alcoholic, you must through all that liquor into the toilet. Throw away the drugs and leave those friends who are causing you to sin. Today you must make your choice.

Yehovah loves you so much and wants to help you, but you must choose Him above any other thing in you life.

You cannot love Yehovah and the devil at the same time.

You must be single minded. Yehovah’s love was manifested when He sent His only Son, Yehoshua, to die on the cross for your sins. When you repent, He will immediately forgive your sin.   And then you also  must stop  sinning. To repent means to turn around and begin to go the right way. Stop sinning and begin to obey your loving Creator.  Seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him.

 

Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 29:11-13

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yehovah, thoughts of peace  and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Yehoshua is our Hebrew Mashiach Who came to die for our sins about 2000 thousand years ago. He died and after three days rose again. He is alive. He went back to Heaven, but He will come back again to judge the living and the dead. He is your Savior, and He is able to keep you from going back to a life which is an abomination to Him. He loves and cares for you more than any earthly parent could ever love you. Cling to Him. Seek Him with all your heart now, and He will help you to become all He has created you to become.

 

SIMPLE TRUTH

 

YEHOVAH is our Creator. He is the self- Existing Being of the Universe. He is the Supreme Almighty King of the Universe. He is Eternal, He has no beginning and no end.  He is Master over the Universe.  He is all Powerful.  He is Full of Glory. He is Perfect. He is LOVE, He is TRUTH, He is Humility, Mercy, Kindness, Generosity, Gentleness.  He is Holy. He rules overall. He is Savior and Deliverer. He is all we need to be to us in every circumstance. He never fails us.

He is The Righteous Judge of the Universe.  We cannot dispute His Righteousness. He knows our hearts and actions before we do them. He judges righteously.

Man cannot manipulate Him with declarations or decrees. Man cannot say when two agree as touching anything it shall be done and expect to be done on their terms. This is witchcraft. We cannot control the perfect will of Yehovah. He may not be answering our prayers because of our sin. Repent first and then ask in humility according to His will.

 The Word also says, if it is God’s will. If the Holy Spirit is in agreement with our wants than we can agree, otherwise we are manipulating Yehovah to be our servant, and He will not allow this. He is not our servant. And we CANNOT tell Him how to rule in this Universe that He has authority over because He is the Creator.

We must walk in humility before Him, not in arrogance. He will not endure this attitude and will judge it.

Man is not obeying His given rules, but he expects miracles.

If we say we love God, Yehovah, we must obey His commandments.

Are we walking in love?  Are we loving Yehovah with all our hearts and loving our neighbor as ourselves?

Mattithyahu/Matthew 22:37

“You shall love Yehovah your Elohim with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all our mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hand all the Law and the Prophets.”

Are obeying Yehovah? Really? What about gossip and criticizing our neighbor? What about complaining about our government instead of praying for them? We suppose to be praying for people and not passing judgment. We must leave the judgment to the Righteous Judge. He knows everything and will deal each of us individually.

Yochanan 1/1 John 5:3

“For this is the love of Elohim (God), that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”

Once we obey Him, and keep the Commandments which include the Sabbath, and all commandments, then we can ask Him to answer our request, and if it is according to His will, He will answer us.

If you are eating pig every time, and eat all unclean animals, how can you expect to be healed?

Read the following chapter please: Wayyiqra/Leviticus 23.

If you fill yourself with sugars, get drunk, and you have encountered diabetes, immediately follow the Scriptures, and you will automatically be healed. I know sometimes sickness happen because they are the consequence of sins in the blood line. If this is the case repent of your sins of disobedience and of the sins in your blood line, and then ask Yehovah to be healed in the name of His only Son Yehoshua.   

If you have credit card debt it is your fault almost 100% of the times. The reason for it is you overspend. Repent of greed and get things you cannot afford and stop borrowing. Deprive yourself of luxury items which your income does not allow and be content with what Yehovah has given you. In everything give things in the good and the bad.

Tas’loniqim 1/1 Thessalonians 5:16—18

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, In everything give thanks; for this is the will of Elohim in Mashiach (Messiah)  Yehoshua for you.

Stop overeating and overspending!

Walk in Humility.

Ya’aqov/James 4: 13-16

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;” where-as you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If Yehovah’s wills, we shall live and do this and that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Sad to say, but such teaching is not done by most teachers! They teach now, we can have what we say, and by doing this  they make themselves gods!

Yehoshua said to Humble ourselves and He will lift us up!

Mattithyahu/Matthew 23:12

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Can we do that? It will cost all our pride! But it will be wonderful!

Ya’aqov/James 4:7-10

Therefore submit to Elohim (God). Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to Elohim and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of Yehovah, and He will lift you up.

Well, I hope this has helped you today. You will have much peace if you follow His Kingdom Rules.

Have blessed day!