Battleground Earth 19: Samson 3 - David Mitts
"Then the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the LORD blessed him. And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan , between Zorah and Eshtaol ." Jdg 13:24-25 (NASB) Click here to listen to " Samson 3 " Samson, the twelfth judge of Israel in the book of Judges demonstrates the tension of government in the Kingdom of God. Samson, as we learned last week was born with a holy purpose to deliver Israel from the oppression of their bitter enemy, the Philistines . Modern-day “Palestinians” derive their name from this same ancient people who have been a thorn in the side of Israel since the earliest times. The rocky relationship begins with a covenant between Abraham and Abimelech in Genesis 21. Isaac also makes a covenant with the Philistines in Genesis 26. God honors these ancient agreements and the Philistines are left off the list of nations that Israel...