Christian Education by celline gonzales https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z Samson - Surviving Irresponsible Behavior en-us 2018-04-30 02:45:42 UTC 2018-04-30 03:41:43 UTC hello@padlet.com The Life of Samson celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256388468 Samson’s name means “like the sun.” He was miraculously conceived after an Angel of the LORD appeared to his barren mother. The Messenger gave an instruction to Samson’s mother about how they should raise the child.]]> 2018-04-30 03:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256388468 Samsom Met a woman celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256390438 Samson met a woman from the Philistines. These were the enemies of the people of God. Samson’s parents tried to convince him to choose an Israelite woman to be his wife, but he refused their guidance. Even though Samson’s desires were carnal, God used this choice to accomplish His plan.

On Samson’s way to visit the woman he had chosen to be his wife, he met a young lion along the way. He was able to kill the lion with his bare hands. Apparently this was the first time the great strength from God appeared in his life. The Bible says that he did not even tell his parents about this event.
When Samson returned home from visiting the woman who was to become his wife, a swarm of bees inhabited the dead body of the lion. Samson took honey from the lion’s carcase—in violation of the Nazarite vow to avoid dead bodies.
This event of the death of the lion and subsequent inhabitation by bees became the basis for a riddle he later told.
]]> 2018-04-30 03:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256390438 celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256390773 God had planned a special life for Samson. God visited Samson’s parents through an angel to tell them that Samson would be a Nazarite from birth. The vow of a Nazarite was typically for a set period of time and was voluntary. Yet, in Samson’s case, he was to be a Nazarite all his life and it was a calling by God, not a choice that Samson made personally.
This special vow put restrictions on his life. This included the food that Samson was to eat, that he was not to cut his hair with a razor, nor to be near a dead body. In exchange for these limitations, God endowed Samson with exceptional strength. Sadly, Samson violated all these restrictions during his life which brought him to a tragic end.
]]> 2018-04-30 03:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256390773 Wedding Feast celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256390932 When preparing for the wedding feast a group of Philistine men, who apparently wanted to cause trouble, came to Samson. Samson proposed a challenge to them. He gave them a riddle that they had to answer within the week of the feast. If they answered correctly he would give sheets and clothing for each of the 30 men. Or, they would do the same for him if they could not figure out the riddle.]]> 2018-04-30 03:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256390932 celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256391092 The riddle was, “Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.”
The Philistine men were not able to answer the riddle on their own. They threatened the lives of Samson’s wife and her family to get her to discover the riddle from Samson. She pleaded with Samson for the answer during the feast. Samson finally revealed the answer to her.
The Philistine men came to Samson with the answer, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?”
To obtain the clothing he needed to pay off the debt of the riddle, Samson went and slew 30 men from Ashkelon.
]]> 2018-04-30 03:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256391092 The Wife was taken celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256391236 Samson’s wife was taken from him and he was not allowed by his father-in-law to have her. The father offered Samson a younger sister instead. Samson was not pleased with the idea of a substitute. As a punishment for taking away his wife Samson tied 300 foxes together by their tails in pairs and lit a torch between them. The foxes ran through the corn fields of the Philistines destroying their crops.]]> 2018-04-30 03:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256391236 Death of Samson celline_jg https://padlet.com/celline_jg/r26qx1ovvi4z/wish/256391788 Samson’s hair had been cut and his eyes gouged out. He was taken to the grinding wheel of the Philistines. Samson was publicly humiliated.


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