Beyond Understanding

Judges 13:18-24 - And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?” So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching. And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, and they fell on their faces to the ground. The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.” But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.” And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.

Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Judges 16:1 - Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.

Application:

• ·         The Hebrew for “beyond understanding” applies to One who would come as Mighty God.
• ·         Jesus’ divine power as a warrior is stressed.
• ·         While Samson certainly possessed physical strength, he lacked moral strength, which ultimately led to his ruin.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV