So he knows what Samson is going to do through the course of his life and how he's going to defeat the Philistines and what's going to be accomplished.

And then I think he engages in a theological interpretation of divine sovereignty and human responsibility.

So he's clearly critiquing Samson. Samson is doing

what is right in his own eyes, just like those wicked people at the end of the book. But at the same time,

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My name is Alex Duke, and with me are my two friends.

Sam Omadi and Jim Hamilton.

Hey, guys, thanks for being here.

Thanks for having us, Alex.

No problem.

Thrill to be here.

Amen. So guys, last week we talked about the tragic story of Jephtha,

the tragic consequences of not knowing your Bible, and I think we ended appropriately on the

scandalous gift of God's grace. This week, we're going to move on now to Israel's final

major judge, which is the person, of course, Samson. Before we get going, Sam, I'm sure you know what I'm going to ask.

You know what I'm going to ask.

Where are we in this overall spiral structure of the book of judges?

So if you recall, we've mentioned this a number of times, there are two sections of three.

Okay, so you've got the first three judges and then you've got a distinctive unit of

the second three major judges. And those second three major judges would be Gideon and then

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