Samson Part IV: The Burned and Blinded

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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# 137 - Samson Part IV: The Burned and Blinded - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samson’s strength once shook kingdoms, but pride and desire led him to ruin, blindness, and chains. In his final moments, he finds redemption not through power, but through surrender to the God he had long forgotten.Episode 137 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by James 4:10, "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:19) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:30) Samson Part IV: The Burned and Blinded(26:25) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People.
0:03.0	Samson's path was not one of heroism, but of destruction.
0:08.0	A road paved with his unchecked passions and untempered pride.
0:13.0	Oh ha! Come, beast!
0:17.0	Let's see who is stronger! The Philistines froze, stunned into silence. Samson turned to them,
0:27.2	his gaze alight with fury. Fight me! Wave after wave came, but the spirit of the Lord did not wane.
0:37.1	Each swing of the jawbone was a judgment.
0:40.2	Each fallen soldier, a testament to God's might. With the jawbone of a donkey, I have slain a thousand
0:50.5	men, heaps upon heaps.
0:55.0	Yet, even in his ignorance and folly, the hand of God moved through him.
1:02.0	He was not a saviour, not a man of noble character or steadfast courage,
1:08.0	but a tool, sharp and brutal, used to tear down the oppressors of Israel.
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2:25.3	The tragedy of Samson, to wield God's strength, yet to be ruled by his own desires.
2:32.9	Shalom, my friends, from here in the Holy Land of Israel, I'm Yel-Extein with International
2:37.5	Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and welcome to the chosen people.
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