Unlikely Savior :: Religion Religious Essays

Unlikely Savior If people were asked to describe a judge or attraction for the Israelites, imaginations might conjure up a pious, older man paying strict adherence to the Mosaic laws and Codes of his people. One would not call to mind a young man with superhuman strength who drinks, fights, gambles and goes whoring whenever the spirit moves him. papal bull fits the latter description, a very unlikely vessel for the Holy Spirit. Even more extraordinary is the realization that Samson was exactly the way God wanted him to bea hell-raiser. Why would God pick such a rabble-rousing rogue to be the champion of freedom for His chosen people? Because Samson was a catalyst meant to disrupt the complacency of the Israelites with regards to their subjugation to the Philistinesthe proverbial lit match to the pulverize keg. He was also created to serve as an archetypical folk hero for his generation and those to follow, a larger-than-life symbol to remember and take h eart from when things got tough. Created is the working(a) word for Samsonhe is created for a purpose. He doesnt be arise the man he will be due to happenstance he is disposed(p) no choice. God had plans for him since before he was born. In a passage similar to others found in both the Old and New Testaments, an angel comes to Samsons mother (then barren) and announces a miraculous birth. He instructs her to abstain from wine and not to eat things from the vine or unclean things. He adds that no razor shall come to his head for the child will be a Nazarite unto God from the womb and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Samson was predestined to start a chain of events, not to see what he started to its conclusion. Note that the angel said, shall begin to deliver, not shall deliver...(Judges 133-5). Regardless of the outcome, Sampson reaches adulthood and sets forth to fulfilling his destiny with keen apl omb.