Part 26 of: Workout your own salvation with fear and trembling

Instead of the leadership team of Grace Message Church Ministries dealing with Samson the prophet in drawn out details in this lesson, we will bypass him, because everyone knows what’s what concerning him; and yet they lie to themselves by holding on only to certain parts in which they choose to agree with; and God’s Word does not work that way; for you have to accept it all, or you’re setting yourselves up, even as Eve did in time past. But, if we had to magnify anything, and any behavior in which was strange about Samson, in which most pastors would leave out of their message; it would be three mind-blowing things. First, Samson’s parents; even after all of the experience in which they encountered with the angel of the LORD, all of the information in which he gave them concerning their child, they still did not agree with the way God was using their son, in which God lent to them. As a matter of fact, they knew not it was the LORD using Samson in the manner in which he was used, as is revealed in the 4th verse of the 14th chapter of the book of Judges. The second thing in which the LORD used Samson in was his hidden strength; he looked like the average nobody. Because Samson’s strength was hidden from the eyes of even his brethren; for we are able to see that the men of Judah went down to bind Samson for their enemies: while their enemies had to come up to them, but the men of Judah’s fear had them so terrified that they could not see themselves having dominion/strength over their enemies; because they could not control the God given ability of deliverance; as is seen in verses 10-13 of the 15th chapter of the book of Judges. Even though the men of Judah went down to bind Samson as is pointed out in the 12th verse of the 15th chapter of the book of Judges; but to get to Samson, on their way down in believing what God was doing; they had to climb up to arrive where Samson dwelt as is pointed out in the 11th verse of the 15th chapter of the book of Judges, because he wasn’t down because of the enemy; for he dwelt in the realm of the sun. For the people of God, in whom Samson was trying to help as the people of God are today, being the 2018th year, they refuse the process of helping and part of the process is having patience. This long drawn out process of waiting, it will terrify blind people of God. We know that God’s people refusing to believe that things will get rougher for the whole, before they get better. Those leaders, being men of Judah and from the very tribe in which Yhowshua comes through, they knew not their help, even as the enemies of Judah knew not where Samson’s strength accumulated from, for they did not acknowledge the God of Israel; even as most people in the world today, they refuse to acknowledge that we serve the God of the Israelite and His name is YHWH, and His Son’s name is Yhowshua. The third method in which was God given unto Samson, it was a strong unshakable love and desire for strange Philistine women; and only Philistine women which were considered as the worse of the worse among their own people, as is clearly pointed out in the 1st verse of the 14th chapter of the book of Judges in these words: and Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. The title Timnath, its meaning from the Strong’s Concordance of the Bible, which is found under the Hebrew number 8553 means: a portion assigned; and under the Hebrew number 4487 the meaning is: appoint, and allot, even weigh out. We reiterate, these women were not of his people, they were Gentile women. In spite of all of the known idolatry which were imbedded in these women; and the knowing were of the Israelites; but they were portions assigned and weighed out of the LORD unto Samson only. Keep in mind, they were considered as being defile and they were undoubtedly used because the LORD sought occasion against Judah’s enemy, as is revealed in the 4th verse of the 14th chapter of the book of Judges. Here’s the hurting part of being used in that manner, Samson truly LOVED those types of foreign women, for he had to be secretly made to love them, because it was in his DNA not to; Selah!!!! So, God’s influence upon Samson’s emotions and flesh had to override Samson’s Divine DNA given instructions in which his parents knew of. So much was this true, that he was even connected in relations to a harlot of the Philistines, as is pointed out in the 1st verse of the 16th chapter of the book of Judges; and this harlot was to make Samson’s presence known to the enemy. At one time, Samson had to allow himself to be set up by a foolish, emptied, oppressed, not equal, and impoverished woman, as is pointed out in the 5th verse of the 16th chapter of the book of Judges by the offer of the eleven hundred pieces of silver for the betrayal of her husband; her name was Delilah. She was so stupid, she kept revealing her hand before Samson ever became trapped; for she kept announcing her plot, as can be seen in verses 9 &14 of the 16th chapter of the book of Judges in these words: the Philistines, who are “the wife” people, but her “husband’s” enemies, they be upon thee. Nevertheless, Samson, who represented the strength of God, he at times would shine bright as light; and discombobulate her scheme numerous times in the eyes of her true lord, her people; when in fact, her husband was supposed to have been her lord. This was the blow to get Samson into position of laying down his own life and the destruction of Judah’s enemies. We reiterate God used strange, forbidden women in Samson’s life, to deliver Israel, in which Israel had a problem with, Selah!!! These strange women or woman, pointed back at Jephthah’s mother, who was considered foreign by Jephthah’s own brothers from a different mother, but of the same father; as being a strange woman. So, we of the leadership team must address that name calling; of being strange women, or a strange woman. Jephthah’ mother, she was just another woman, other than his brother’s mother, which made her a concubine to their father; which made Jephthah’s brothers feel as if their father thought that their mother and them were inadequate in a few ways as in bringing forth a deliverer or not loving them. But these brethren not understanding the purpose and plan of God, that Jephthah was their father’s way of showing them love and raising up a deliverer all at the same time, Selah!!! In turning our attention to a very known scripture which reads: King Solomon loved many strange women; these strange women of Solomon’s; they were considered as outlandish, foreign, women of calamity; even as the women in which Esau loved, just to piss his parents off, as is pointed out in verses 8-9 of the 28th chapter of the book of Genesis. It would have been alright if Solomon had led these strange women to the LORD God of Israel and they were converted, even as Rahab the harlot was. But Solomon’s strange women turned his heart after their gods. This turning in which is spoken of, the nation of Israel; BKA the church, they were constantly warned would happen, if they inter acted with strange women. When speaking concerning concubines being allowed in Israel, BKA the church; the church of today being the 2018th year, they act like these scriptures are not in their Bibles. For the 3rd verse of the 11th chapter of the First book of Kings reveals that Solomon had three hundred concubines; and Solomon was after King David, and we all know that David represented Yhowshua the Messiah. In case some believers don’t know what’s a concubine; she’s a woman who cohabits with a man, as was Hagar to Abram. And there are many in the household of God today being the 2018th year, who are cohabiting with their friend; who get plenty of benefits. Some of the cohabiters are kept mistress’ who have their own apartments, or their own homes, and their own single families in which their children are bastards and that’s according to God’s Word; and these types of women do not want to answer to anyone being over them and their other man’s children. We are not trying to promote anything, we just face all of the Word of God; for we are quick to quote, that God cannot be tempted with sin; but the Word of God clearly states through the mouth of Nathan the prophet unto King David I gave thee Saul’s wives, as can be read in the 8th verse of the 12th chapter of the Second book of Samuel; and we all would agree, God did not sin, nor was He causing David to sin by giving him those wives. These types of people who overlook these scriptures with eyes wide open, they are in the church and the reason why this topic is brought up in this food for thought is this. Yes, we said all of that just to get to this; if we turn our attention unto the 1st verses of the 19th chapter of the book of Judges; we see there, there was a certain Levite who sojourned on the side of mount Ephraim. Ephraim, is the realm of double fruit, in case some didn’t know. This Levite took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah “Bethlehemjudah is the house of bread mixed with celebration, praise and worship of God. This means that those people should have had it all together!!! This certain man, being a Levite, and a Levite is the tribe which was set aside from the work in the tabernacle and the temple. They were men who were selected by God to partake in the holy sacrifices and offerings of incense, which represented the praise and prayers of God’s people being lifted up to the God of Israel. But watch what takes place with this certain Levite in our next food for thought, for enough has been said to make you go hmm!!! Until then, sayonara!!!!