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. 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. Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name”, and in chapter thirteen and verse seven of Judges, we learn how the woman told her husband that the angel, “said unto me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son” where we read,
But he said unto me, 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.
The verse reads, “But he said unto me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son;” The writer began with the words, “but he said unto me” which means “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover he, the angel, uttered, declared and proclaimed to me, Manoah’s wife”, “behold, you shall conceive” or ”lo, look and consider, you, Manoah’s wife, will engender and be pregnant”, “and bear a son” which means “and bring forth and engender a male offspring or progeny”. The writer shared shared how “Manoah’s wife” said the “angel of the LORD” told her to consider that she would be pregnant and engender a male offspring.
The verse goes on to say, “and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing:” The writer continued with the words, “and now drink no wine” which means “and at this time do not imbibe any fruit of the vine” “nor strong drink” or “no and not any intoxicating beverage”, “neither eat any unclean thing” which means “no and not in any way consume and devour a single impure”. The writer shared how the “angel” told “Manoah’s wife” not to imbibe any fruit of the vine nor intoxicating beverage, and she was not to consume any impure food.
Finally the verse says, “for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.” The writer concluded with the words, “for the child” or “because, since and on account that the young lad or boy” “shall be a Nazarite to God” which means “will exist as a Nazarite which means consecrated or devoted to the Supreme Deity” “from the womb” or “separate and apart from the belly or abdomen” “to the death” which means “till the time the child is breathless, inanimate and expired”. The writer ended this verse by sharing how the “angel” told “Manoah’s wife” that her son would exist as a “Nazarite” who was consecrated to the Supreme Deity from the time he was within her belly until the time that he would take his last breath.
When we think through the words in this verse, we learn how “Manoah’s wife” told “Manoah” that the “angel of the LORD” who came to her told her that she would be pregnant with a boy, and she was not to drink any fruit of the vine or intoxicating beverage and was not to consume any impure food. This son was to exist as a consecrated “Nazarite” to the Supreme Deity from the time he was in the belly till the time he expired. God knew what the life of the “son” of “Manoah’s wife” would be like, and because he would use him in His Kingdom, He told his mother how to manage his life. God knows us as well, and when we receive His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was resurrected from the grave after three days as our personal “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 help us to live in a miraculous way before Him all the days of our lives. (See 3:16; Acts 1:8: Revelation 4:11)
Next time we learn how, “Manoah intreated the LORD”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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