“The angel of Adonai said to Manoach, ‘Even if I do stay, I won’t eat your food; and if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Adonai.’ For Manoach did not know that he was the angel of Adonai.”-Judges 13:16 So Manoach prepared some food for the Angel of the Lord standing in […]

“Manoach said to the angel of Adonai, ‘Tell us your name, so that when your words come true we can honor you.’  The angel of Adonai answered him, ‘Why are you asking about my name? It is wonderful.‘”-Judges 13:17-18 It has now struck Manoach like a bolt of lightning that the man standing in front […]

“The angel of Adonai said to Manoach, ‘The woman should take care to do everything I said to her.  She shouldn’t eat anything that comes from a grapevine, she shouldn’t drink wine or other intoxicating liquor, and she shouldn’t eat anything unclean. She should do everything I ordered her to do.’”-Judges 13:13-14 There’s something interesting […]

“Then Manoach prayed to Adonai, ‘Please, Adonai, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the child who will be born.”‘”-Judges 13:8 Following on the heels of yesterday’s post, since Manoach’s wife didn’t get the name of the mysterious visitor who she had encountered, […]

“The woman came and told her husband; she said, ‘A man of God came to me; his face was fearsome, like that of the angel of God. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name‘.”-Judges 13:6 Yesterday, we explored the deeper meaning of the Hebrew word MAR’EH or […]