![]() 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. Since then Naomi has not only been in mourning, but.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. When she was a small child, her village was exterminated by the Philistines and her whole family butchered. During a walk Samson learns the young woman's story. Naomi, a pretty but rather melancholic girl, falls deeply in love with him. As time passes, Samson becomes an attractive young man and young women begin to interest him more and more. Samson is born and as foretold he grows into a boy with amazing strength. ![]() The stranger tells her that as one chosen by God Samson will fight the Philistines, will have immense strength at his disposal, but that he may never cut his hair (or drink alcohol) otherwise this gift will be lost. One day, a mysterious stranger appears to Mara and promises her that she will bear a son whom she is to call Samson. Much to their regret, they have not been able to have children. Mara and her husband Manoa are both upstanding and religious Israelites living under the harsh and unjust rule of the Philistines. ![]()
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