Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: “The cycle of sin, bondage, repentance, deliverance, blessing, and sin again continued in the history of Israel. Into these times was born the next judge of Israel, Samson. In this sense Samson was truly a man of his times. He was a study in contrasts; a man of great strengths and great weaknesses. In this, he was a picture of Israel’s history both during this period and generally; a picture of great heights and deep lows.” (Guzik)
“Samson is also an important example of unfulfilled potential. Though he did great things for God, it is staggering to consider what he might have done and been for God.” (Guzik)
“We have one of the strangest stories of the Old Testament, the story of Samson. It is the story of a great opportunity and a disastrous failure in the case of a man who might have wrought a great deliverance but failed.” (Morgan)
Unfortunately we can change the verse to this:
Again the people did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the _____________ for ____________ years. Fill in the blanks.
Please pray for our country and a revival to come back to the Lord!
Blessings
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