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    Samson: A Type of Christ: Search For Truth Bible Series
    Samson: A Type of Christ: Search For Truth Bible Series
    Samson: A Type of Christ: Search For Truth Bible Series
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    Samson: A Type of Christ: Search For Truth Bible Series

    By Brian Johnston

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    We might think of Samson as a flawed hero - but as Brian Johnston explores in this concise 8-chapter study, there are a number of elements of his life which are a wonderful picture of Jesus!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateAug 3, 2018
    ISBN9781386035008
    Samson: A Type of Christ: Search For Truth Bible Series
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    Brian Johnston

    Born and educated in Scotland, Brian worked as a government scientist until God called him into full-time Christian ministry on behalf of the Churches of God (www.churchesofgod.info). His voice has been heard on Search For Truth radio broadcasts for over 30 years (visit www.searchfortruth.podbean.com) during which time he has been an itinerant Bible teacher throughout the UK and Canada. His evangelical and missionary work outside the UK is primarily in Belgium and The Philippines. He is married to Rosemary, with a son and daughter.

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      Samson - Brian Johnston

      SAMSON: A TYPE OF CHRIST

      BY BRIAN JOHNSTON

      Copyright Hayes Press 2015

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, without the written permission of Hayes Press.

      Published by:

      HAYES PRESS Publisher, Resources & Media,

      The Barn, Flaxlands

      Royal Wootton Bassett

      Swindon, SN4 8DY

      United Kingdom

      www.hayespress.org

      Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE, the New King James Version® (NKJV®). Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc.  Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scriptures marked NIV are from New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scriptures marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission (www.Lockman.org).

      Table of Contents

      Copyright Page

      CHAPTER ONE: ONE BORN REMARKABLY

      CHAPTER TWO: THE NAZIRITE

      CHAPTER THREE: OVERCOMING THE LION

      CHAPTER FOUR: LONE FIGHTER

      CHAPTER FIVE: BETRAYED AND THIRSTING

      CHAPTER SIX: ONE WHO COULD NOT BE HELD CAPTIVE

      CHAPTER SEVEN: ONE WHO WAS TEMPTED

      CHAPTER EIGHT: ATTAINING HIS GREATEST VICTORY IN DEATH

      SEARCH FOR TRUTH RADIO BROADCASTS

      CONTACTING SEARCH FOR TRUTH

      Further Reading: Abraham: Friend of God

      Also By Brian Johnston

      About the Author

      About the Publisher

      CHAPTER ONE: ONE BORN REMARKABLY

      Although we may tend to think of Samson primarily as a tarnished hero; in some ways he can be viewed as prefiguring Christ. That’s the approach we want to take in this book which will focus on the life of Samson. From Judges chapter 13, the parallels begin with the news that Samson the saviour is born. Yes, he, too, was a saviour – so at his birth a saviour was born. In fact, as soon as his parents were told of his arrival in advance, they were also told what his mission would be: he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines (v.5).

      Deliverance from oppressing enemies was once again the need of the hour due to the depressing fact that the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. We say depressing because this has already become an all too familiar pattern in the book of Judges, at least for anyone who’s read it through thus far. What we find recorded is a repeating cycle of Israel falling away from their obedience to the LORD, then the LORD’s judgement of them at the hand of their enemies, and then yet another story of the LORD delivering his people when at last they cry out to him for help.

      Although, having said that, there’s a difference this time round. More precisely, there’s something missing, something we’ve come to expect. There’s no mention about Israel crying out to the LORD in this time of distress (cf. 3:9, 15; 4:3; 6:6-7; 10:10). Perhaps their cry had often been a cry for help in trouble, rather than a serious confession of sin. But even so, on this occasion, even that kind of cry is missing. Well, having noticed this, surely it’s worth registering the point that if God’s help were given to us only when we prayed for it, and actually asked for it – if God’s help was given to us only when we had sense enough to seek it, how much worse off we would be!

      But let’s get back to the story of Samson. I want to share with you the first 3 verses of Judges chapter 13. When you read, remember the point we’ve just made about them not crying out to the Lord for help, and then notice what we’re told about the woman who is to become the saviour’s mother:

      Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son. (Judges 13:1-3)

      So, yes, the next thing we meet that’s different in the story of this particular deliverer is that the mother-to-be, the wife of Manoah is barren. The heavenly messenger, who’s described as the Angel of the LORD even seems to rub it in with his first words to her: "you are barren; and have borne

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