Author: Kimberly Rogers-Brown

Whereas the story of the harlot in Judges 16:1-3 prophesied of the current condition of Israel, it also prophesied about Israel’s future state as a nation and as the Northern House of Israel’s future state AND how Yeshua would bear the cross to save and restore her back to His righteous nation.

The story of Samson is entirely prophetic. It is not about the weaknesses of the flesh from which we fall into sin. Rather it is the story of the sorry spiritual state of Israel which require detailed prophecies about Israel’s Messiah yet to come, details that were not given heretofore in the lives of the forefathers, Joseph and Moses.

The parallels between Samson and Yeshua continue in this chapter as Samson presents himself with a goat which parallels Yeshua BEING the goat!

In this chapter, the life of Samson will continue in the messianic theme while simultaneously symbolizing the defiled state of Israel before YHVH.

Just as in the account of Yeshua, there are many years – childhood years – missing from Samson’s life. But his adult life begins to tell his connection to Yeshua.

Samson was Israel’s 12th and most notable Judge in the Book of Judges. He is one of the most mysterious characters of scripture. He had a divine calling on his life from before his conception. This is not unlike many of YHVH’s specially chosen men, including Yeshua the Messiah.

Wicked Israel was so wicked that her next Judge needed to be almost super human to save her but, even then, his ability to save her was limited. His ability was limited by YHVH Himself. Israel had gone too far and YHVH would no longer save Israel from her enemies. It was time for Israel to suffer and struggle for a while.

The Ephraimites turned on Jephthah. They turned out to be a wicked tribe and one YHVH would later remove from authority. Ephraim’s confrontation with Jephthah has many lessons for us to learn from today.