Their gods and There's God

Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O LORD GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.-Judges 16:23-31***Samson was born into the Israelite tribe of Dan during an era of wickedness among the Israelites. Thus, the Philistines were dominant over the Israelites, according to the will of the Lord God. The angel of the Lord appeared to Samson's mother before Samson was conceived and told her that the son she would conceive and give birth to was to be set apart to the Lord God as a Nazirite and would begin to deliver the Israelites from the Philistines. The angel gave Samson's mother and father instructions for raising the child. As Samson grew, the Lord God blessed Samson and the Spirit of the Lord began to propel Samson. According to the will of the Lord God, Samson married a Philistine woman from Timnath. Due to the results of a riddle put forth by Samson, Samson's bride was given to another man. In retaliation, Samson used the tails from 300 foxes to set fire in the region. The Philistines burned Samson's bride and her father to death. Samson killed some Philistines and agreed to let Israelites from the tribe of Judah hand him over to the Philistines. As the Israelites neared the Philistines heading towards them, Samson killed 1,000 Philistines with a donkey's jawbone and was not taken into custody. Sometime thereafter, when Samson was involved with Delilah, the Philistines used Samson's relationship with Delilah to capture Samson, remove Samson's eyes, and put Samson to work in their prison. Over 1,000 years after Samson prayed to the Lord God for strength, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 6:1-27, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, Hebrews 11:1-40

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.-Hebrews 11:1...And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.-Hebrews 11:32-33

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