{"id":55863,"date":"2019-05-21T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=55863"},"modified":"2019-05-21T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:12:22","slug":"points-to-ponder-judges-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-judges-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Points to Ponder &#8211; Judges 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"55863","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":38102,"related_cahpter":"224","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manoah\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The heroine of the chapter, yet she remains nameless.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Couple\u2019s dynamic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. How does Manoah\u2019s wife describe the revelation of the angel? What does she add? What does she leave out? What sort of tone do you think she is using in verses 6-7?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man of God or an angel of God?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The text presents him all along as an angel of God. Manoah\u2019s wife describes: \u00a0\u201cA man of God came to me; he looked like an angel of God\u201d (verse 6). But Manoah seems sure that he is a man (verse 16), until he proves that he isn\u2019t.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The savior?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Who knows that Samason is supposed to be the savior of Israel? Manoah\u2019s wife, and the readers. Manoah hears from his wife and from the angel only that he is to be a Nazirite. And what does Samson know? Good question.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that makes sense<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. See the crackerjack answer that Manoah\u2019s wife gives to her husband (verse 23) to his irrational fears of dying for having seen God. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that sounds promising<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A bay born to a barren woman + divine revelation and purpose + Nazirite status = a winning combination for something special. For what? 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