You Shall Conceive and Bear a Son - Judges 13:5

In the book of Judges we learned how Manoah’s, ”wife was barren, and bare not. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, you are barren, and bear not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing”, and in chapter thirteen and verse five of Judges, we learn how the angel told the woman, “you shall conceive, and bear a son” where we read,

For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

The verse reads, “For, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head:” The writer began with the words, “for, lo, you shall conceive” which means “because, since and then, look and consider, you, Manoah’s wife, will be pregnant with a child”, “and bear a son” or ”and bring forth and engender a male offspring and progeny”; “and no razor shall come on his head” which means “and not a single shearing tool for cutting hair will go up, go over and ascend to his, the male offspring of Manoah’s wife, top, summit and chief part of his body”.  The writer shared how the “angel of the LORD” told “Manoah’s wife” that she would be pregnant with a male child, and she was never to cut his hair. 

The verse goes on to say, “for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” The writer continued with the words, “for the child” which means “because, since and non account that the offspring and progeny” “shall be a Nazarite unto God” or “will exist as a Nazarite which means consecrated or dove to the Supreme Deity” “from the womb” which means “separate and apart from the belly, abdomen or birthing chamber”: “and he shall begin to deliver Israel” or “and he, the male child, will start and initiate saving, rescuing and setting free Israel whose name means ‘God prevails’ and is the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob” “out of the hand of the Philistines” which means “from the power, might, strength and authority belonging to the Philistines whose name means ‘immigrants and was the inhabitants of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan”. The writer shared shared how the male offspring belonging to “Manoah’s wife” was to be a “Nazarite” in the presence of the Supreme Deity from the time he exits her belly, and he was to begin setting “Israel” free from the power and might of the of the “Philistines”. 

When we consider the words in this verse, we learn how the LORD’s messenger told “Manoah’s wife” that she would have a male child and that he was not to have his hair cut because he was to be a “Nazarite” from the time of his birth. Jehovah God would rescue the people of “Israel” through this son, and God was to be with the wife of Manoah during her time of pregnancy. God wants us to be involved in His Kingdom, and we being this process when we yield to His Son Jesus who was crucified on the cross for sins of all mankind and was raised from the dead after three days. When we put our faith and trust in 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 empower us to live according to that truth so we fulfill all that He desires and plans for us in His Kingdom. (See John 3:16;16:13; Phillipians 2:19)

Next time we learn how the woman tells her husband, “a man of God came unto me”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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