In the book of Judges we learned how Manoah’s barren wife told him an angel said, “Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which you did send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man has appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.”, and in chapter thirteen and verse eleven of Judges, we learn how “Manoah arose, and went after his wife” where we read,
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him,
Are you the man that spoke unto the woman? And he said, I am.
The verse reads, “And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, …” The writer began with the words, “and Manoah arose” which means “and Manoah whose name means ‘rest’ and was a Danite, father of the judge Samson and inhabitant of Zorah got up, roused himself and stood”, “and went after his wife” or ”and walked, proceeded and followed his, Manoah’s, female spouse”, “and came to the man” which means “and entered and approached the male spiritual being”, “and said unto him” or “and uttered, declared, proclaimed and asked the male spiritual being” the following words. The writer shared how “Manoah” got up, followed his “wife”, approached the male spiritual being and asked the following question.
The verse goes on to say, “… Are you the man that spoke unto the woman? And he said, I am.” The writer continued with the words, “are you the man” which means “do you, the male spiritual being, exist and the spiritual envoy” “that spoke unto the woman” or “who made utterance, declarations and proclamations to the female offspring, Manoah’s wife”? “And he said” which means “and he, the male spiritual being, uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “I am” or “I, the male spiritual envoy, existed as the same”. The writer shared how “Manoah” asked the spiritual envoy whether he existed as the one who talked with his “wife”, and the envoy replied that he was the same.
When we consider the words in this verse, we learn how “Manoah” quickly responded to his “wife’s” information about the male spiritual being appearing to her again. He got up from his sitting position, followed his “wife”, approached the spiritual being and asked him whether he was the one who talked to his “wife”. The spiritual being confirmed that he was the one, and we shall see how this is part of this story in our next verses. God was in charge, and He was fulfilling His will through all those involved. God desires to have a personal intimate relationship with all of us through His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was raised from the dead after three days. When we yield our lives to Him as our “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and put His Holy Spirit within us to guide us into all truth and give us the ability to live in a manner that is pleasing to Him regardless of who He uses to fulfill His will in our lives. (See John 3:16; 16:13; Acts 1:8; Revelation 4:11)
Next time we learn how, “Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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