Category Archives: Did the Old Testament Greats Understand God’s Plan?

Recap of Part 38: David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew […]

Recap Part 37: “And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them” (1 Samuel 8:7). Samuel gives Israel their requested king; Saul. Saul fails God and […]

Recap Part 36: The Lord allowed Jephthah success. He defeated Ammon. “And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel” (Judges 11:33). When Jephthah returned […]

Part 35 recap: Samson’s faith defeated the Philistines and aligned himself with God. He had ups and downs throughout his life, but in the end, he knew that God was most important to him. God also had a plan for Samson, he knew he would have a heart toward a Philistine woman, and he allowed […]

Recap of Part 34: Delilah has Samson captured and the Philistines put out his eyes because he trusted her. He messed up by giving his weakness to her. She worked her charm and over time succeeded in his deceit. She deceived her husband for money. “And when Delilah saw that he had told her all […]

Recap of Part 34: Delilah has Samson captured and the Philistines put out his eyes because he trusted her. He messed up by giving his weakness to her. She worked her charm and over time succeeded in his deceit. She deceived her husband for money. “And when Delilah saw that he had told her all […]

Recap Part 33: We left off last week speaking of Samson’s story. “The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and […]

Recap Part 31: Deborah a prophetess of the Lord called Barak and instructed him to take 10,000 men and fight against the army of Jabin.“…And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled […]

Recap of Part 30: Gideon’s faith led him to fight the Midianites. “And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon” (Judges 7:20). The […]

Recap Part 29: Last week we spoke of Joshua and the harlot Rahab. “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace” (Hebrews 11:30-31). Part 30 Some time had […]