Samson is Shimshun which means ‘Child of the Sun;.
In Hebrew, the name Samson (Shimshon – שִׁמְשׁוֹן) comes from the word for “sun” (shemesh – שמש), meaning “child of the sun,” “little sun,” or “sun man,”
Child of The Sun
Judges 13:20 (KJV) states, “For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Bonds With An gels
by
John Presco
On December 30, 2025, I woke at 4:300 AM and looked at the darkness I am in, and and w e are in. I looked at my last blog and the my idea of founding a Sun Day. Then, I was hit by a bolt of divine knowledge. I asked myself;
“How could I forget Samson – the Nazarite! I declared myself a Nazarite in 1987, and two Dundon’s were my witness.”
I was going to blog on the idea that Bill Cornwell’s Father – was ben on destorying me – so his son who can not get a woman pregnant – coukd have my grandsaon,m Tyler Hunt. Is this guy a Bible reader? I sent him some of my blog on Facebook. Did her hho i to his Tea Party frinds. He went and saw Patruce just before he headed to Arnixona, where he took a trip om………..Route 66.
Consider Randy DElpiano not able to concievve, and the angst of Linds Constock that Heater has found her father. My daughter goes over the the Philistines, and my famiky kee;s this a secret. Did Drew know? She died childless. Linda will die childless. She demanded I get a DNA test. Will Tyler Hunt have chidren? OMG! My grandsaughter Ember was concieved during a firestorm. Consider the Alter of Manoah.
I was workig ona book about the Nazarites when an Angel showed me my daughter – in a dream. I asked my detective friend to help me find HER. He said he would. A week later, Patrice Hanson calls.
“Hello! My name is Patrice. We were nighbrs in Oakland. I have soethinbg importantd to tell you.”
:We have a chi;d.”
“How did you know?”
“My Angel instoruced us!”
Linda and Flip laughed for joy as my eyes were put out, and I was chined to threshing mill, like a beat of burden. For fourteen years I have suffered a debasement – and is Biblical!
OMG! The name of the Angel that spoke to the UNAMED wife of Manoah – is not known. I was wondering if it was Bezalial…
THE SHADOW OF GOD
Then, behold, I saw this Angel. He was The Universe in the shape of an angel. He/she, was filled with stars. There are shooting stars! This is live, This is – it! Repent!
I was born during a star shower three months after Yom Kippur ‘The Day of Judgement. This is why my mothers named me after John the Baptist – THE NAZARITE. Samson is a NAZARITE. As is SAMUEL.
I suggest everyone who is suffering from addictions, and is considering trying fentanyl – TAKE THE VOW OF THE MAZARITE.
How can there not be a name for Manoah’s wife. Consider the battle over NAMES amongst those who are in my Tree.
I declare December 30th. as the…..The Day of The Sun Child
John ‘The Nazarite’
In Hebrew, the name Samson (Shimshon – שִׁמְשׁוֹן) comes from the word for “sun” (shemesh – שמש), meaning “child of the sun,” “little sun,” or “sun man,” symbolizing power, light, and strength, reflecting the biblical figure’s immense God-given strength, notes Abarim Publications, The University of Iowa, Ancestry.com, and Wikipedia.
The Nazarite Vow (or Nazirite Vow) in Judaism, detailed in Numbers 6, is a temporary or lifelong dedication to God involving three main prohibitions: abstaining from wine/grape products, refraining from cutting hair, and avoiding contact with the dead (even family). It signifies deep holiness and separation for the Lord, requiring specific sacrifices to conclude a temporary vow, but without the Temple, it often became a permanent commitment (like Samson’s), symbolizing total devotion.
Key Requirements of the Vow
- No Grape Products: Abstain from wine, fresh grapes, raisins, vinegar, and anything from the vine.
- No Hair Cutting: Allow hair to grow long and uncut for the vow’s duration.
- No Contact with the Dead: Avoid corpses, graves, and even immediate family deaths to maintain ritual purity.
Bonds With Angels
On Decmber 28, 2025, I asked this question of myselfl
“Does God have a shadow?”
Last night I found the Angel, Bezaliel. I needed a B Angel to complete my monogram of… MOB telephone company. I looked at
The Minion of Bezailel
Answer of a Spiritual Woman Manoah’s wife was undoubtedly a woman of high spiritual calibre. When her husband realised this angel was, in fact, “the Angel,” (i.e., Angel-Jehovah, v21), he said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God” (v22). While he was right in his instinct and reverence for the presence of God (cf. Exo 33:20), it was left to the spiritual wisdom of his wife to reassure him (v23). She reasoned that far from “killing” them, there was plenty of evidence that God’s hand of blessing was upon them. Had He not “received” an offering at their hand? Had He not “shown” and “told” them glorious things? Ah, yes indeed! God had been graciously disposed towards them. And of course, the people of God today enjoy the same blessings. First, He has accepted the work of Christ at Calvary on our behalf. The fire has been spent on the sacrifice and a sweet savour has ascended to God (Eph 5:2). Second, He has given us divine revelation of our sin and shown us the beauty and
The angel who appeared to Manoah and his wife (Samson’s parents) in the Bible (Judges 13) is referred to as the “Angel of the LORD,” and while Manoah asked for his name, the angel replied, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?” (Judges 13:18), indicating a divine identity, often interpreted as a pre-incarnate Christ or God Himself in human form, rather than a specific named angel like Gabriel or Michael.
- The Messenger: An impressive stranger appeared to Manoah’s barren wife, announcing she would bear a son, Samson, who would be a Nazirite.
- Manoah’s Inquiry: When the angel appeared again to Manoah, he asked, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come to pass?” (Judges 13:17).
- The Divine Response: The angel’s response, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?” (Judges 13:18), emphasizes his divine nature, suggesting he is God.
- Identification: Manoah and his wife realized they had seen God, not just an angel, when the visitor ascended in the sacrificial flame (Judges 13:22).
Interpretation:
- Scholars and traditions often view the “Angel of the LORD” in such instances as a theophany (a visible manifestation of God) or Christ in his pre-incarnate state, as he speaks with God’s own authority and receives worship.
In Hebrew, the name Samson (Shimshon – שִׁמְשׁוֹן) comes from the word for “sun” (shemesh – שמש), meaning “child of the sun,” “little sun,” or “sun man,” symbolizing power, light, and strength, reflecting the biblical figure’s immense God-given strength, notes Abarim Publications, The University of Iowa, Ancestry.com, and Wikipedia
Some Bibles say Samson would be a Nazarite from the day he was born, until the day he died.
“Judges 13:7
New International Version (NIV)
7 But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazarite of God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
The problem is, Samson broke his Nazarite Vow several ways. He drank wine. He scooped honey from a dead lion, and thus ate honey with the flesh of an unclean animal mixed in. Jews coud not eat lion meat. Samson picked up the fresh jaw of an ass, another unclean animal. Consider this Nazarite gem tucked away in Corinthians;
2 Cor 6:17-18 “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Samson then married a Gentile woman – and draws water from a rock, an act the Lord forbid Moses to do. Samson is lawless – before the tribe of Judah turns him over to the Philistines. But, then he is REDEEMED and SAVED. Like an alcoholic, he turns his life around 180 degrees -and defeats his enemies – who were famous for fermenting alcohol!
But, what about the God’s prophecy given to Samson’s mother by the Nameless Angel?
This is why some Bibles leave out “until the day of his death”. But, what if Samson did not break his vow or draw water from a rock? Who would want him to do such things? What would the motive be? What became of the Judges that once ruled Israel – before there was a king? Some redactor has put wine in Samson’s mouth, and a crown on King David’s head – when God warned His Children about wanting a king to rule over them.
“Is David with the Philistines?”
Many men in history have proven they will do and say anything in order to be crowned – king! Jesus wore a crown. Was Jesus a Nazarite?
I believe the Nazarite Judges anointed Saul a temporary Messiah to defeat the Philistines – and thus, he never wore a crown. Uh-oh! Who allegedly put a crown on Saul’s head, then, took it off and put it on David?
Does not compute!
Jon Presco
Copyright 2012
Samson, a Nazarite of the tribe of Dan, judged Israel during the period of Philistine domination. At the feast celebrating his marriage to a Philistine woman, Samson proposed a riddle to the Philistines: “Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.” Judges 14:14 On the seventh day of the feast, the importunate bride extracted from Samson the interpretation of the riddle and related its meaning to her people, viz., that the carcass of a young lion which Samson had killed with his bare hands had attracted a swarm of bees who produced honey therein. Samson paid the wager by slaying thirty Philistines — after which his wife was taken from him. Angered by their treachery, Samson avenged himself by slaughtering many more Philistines and eventually the Philistine lords.
Several obscure prophecies in the Bible point to the fact that the tribe of Dan will produce the Antichrist. In the context of these prophecies, Samson’s riddle may be a prophecy that the descendants of the tribe of Dan will one day try to destroy the tribe of Judah in jealous revenge for God’s judgment on their idolatry. From the carcass of the young lion [Judaism] the tribe of Dan [typified by the bees] will attempt to produce a golden age [symbolized by honey]. The conspiracy of the tribe of Dan, aka the Synagogue of Satan, to steal the messianic birthright from the tribe of Judah and establish a false messianic kingdom in Israel is given more detailed treatment in our report, Mystery Babylon: Catholic or Jewish?
To suggest that the Antichrist will be from one of the tribes of Israel is likely to incur accusations of “anti-Semitism” from those who would like to conceal this fact. However, we believe that the Biblical admonition to bless the descendants of Abraham [Gen. 12:3] includes exposing the identity of the man of sin who will lead many Jews to their destruction.
The Merovingians, who plan to rule the world from their future throne at Jerusalem, claim to come from the tribe of Judah through Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. However, the weight of evidence indicates that they descended from the tribe of Dan. Although Scripture states that Samson was “of the family of the Danites” [Judges 13:2], Yair Davidy of Brit-Am Israel claims that his lineage includes the Messianic tribe of Judah: “Samson the superman hero came from the Tribe of Dan but his mother was from Judah. Samson, in some respects, was considered a forerunner of the Messiah who will come from Judah but his mother, according to the Midrash will be of the Tribe of Dan.” [Brit-Am Israel newsletter, 2/9/99]
It is through the agency of the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitch Movement that the Gentiles are being prepared to submit to the Noahide Laws under a restored Sanhedrin. Yair Davidy posits, “The name DAN means “judge” in Hebrew. Many lawyers and judges in the USA are of Irish descent of a particular type as is much of the police force … Descendants of Dan today appear to be concentrated in Ireland, Britain, the USA, and especially Denmark.” Merovingians are also found leading pseudo-Christian organizations as many profiles in the Council for National Policy and Discernment Ministries reveal. These Merovingian agents actively promote the Hebrew Roots / Messianic Movement as the catalyst for Judaizing Christians.
The following paper is meant to serve as a study guide for understanding the plan of Satan to introduce his false messiah through the apostate tribe of Dan. The reader will be able to review the many Scriptures which concern the tribe of Dan — the prophecies, the Danite people, their land, history, idolatry and symbols — in conjunction with relevant information from other sources.
http://watch.pair.com/dan.html
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ash’kelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
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The Eucharist ( /ˈjuːkərɪst/), also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord’s Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance. It is reenacted in accordance with Jesus’ instruction at the Last Supper as recorded in several books of the New Testament, that his followers do in remembrance of Him as when he gave his disciples bread, saying, “This is my body”, and gave them wine, saying, “This is my blood”.[2][3]
There are different interpretations of the significance of the Eucharist, but according to the Encyclopædia Britannica “there is more of a consensus among Christians about the meaning of the Eucharist than would appear from the confessional debates over the sacramental presence, the effects of the Eucharist, and the proper auspices under which it may be celebrated.”[2]
The word Eucharist may refer not only to the rite but also to the consecrated bread (leavened or unleavened) and wine (or unfermented grape juice in some Protestant denominations), used in the rite.[4] In this sense, communicants may speak of “receiving the Eucharist”, as well as “celebrating the Eucharist”.
Adopting The Lost Nazarite Mothers
This morning I watched the news on Abortion Rights, and understood this is a Religious Duality the Conservative Christian-right INVENTED to create a Religious Political Division in our Democracy, that is dependent on the Two Party System. The intent still is, to make the Democrats the party of the godless, and the Republicans the party of God, Jesus, and…..THE VIRGIN MARY?
On this day, December 15, 2024, I John The Nazarite, declare there is no Virgin Mary, and this is a false teaching created to hide the truth early members of the church were declaring themselves – NAZARITES! A million Jews were pricticing goddess worship in Rome, and all through the Greek States. This was a great threat to the strict Yahweists – from the moment they stepped foot in Canaanland. The worship of Asherah was never eradicated – until the rise of Peculiarity.
With the ruling of the Supreme Court in giving Hobby Lobby a special religious sanctuary, is the door I now enter, and declare a new religion. If any woman wants an abortion all she need do to get religious and Constitutional permission, is, to write this on a piece of paper….
I AM A NAZARITE
What a woman is accepting, is, there is a divine and spiritual AWARENESS that exists before conception, that does involve angelic beings and a Holy Spirit. No woman need study about this Spirit, or, seek an explanation in any place of worship. I believe this Spirit has a pre-existence, and, an after-life. The name of this religion is….
WOMEN OF THE WAY
I am asking the best attorneys in the world, to step forth and PROTECT THE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF WOMAN OF THE WAY!
John ‘The Nazarite’
Rejecting Mary’s Nazarite Mother
Posted on December 7, 2020 by Royal Rosamond Press
I sent my daughter an e-mail calling for peace and mutual empowerment. No response as yet. Like her mother, Heather denies me the right all grandfathers-fathers enjoy. THIS IS AN ELECTION VIA A REJECTION! I was a Nazarite – old in years – when I heard I AM A FATHER! If being REJECTED is proof of a historical existence, then being UNBORN by the child you gave life – is an election. Why would evidence Jesus was a Nazarite – be concealed? I considered myself to be a Johannite Knights Templar – before I knew I had a daughter. I get to believe – what I choose to believe! Mormons believe in things all evangelicals do not believe in.
John ‘The Nazarite’
Johannine literature – Wikipedia
Secrets of the Knights Templar: The Knights of John the Baptist
Soon after the Knights Templar founded their order in the Holy Land in 1118 AD they assimilated into a very ancient gnostic tradition and lineage known as the Johannite Church, which had been founded by St. John the Baptist more than a thousand years previously. The ruling patriarch of this ancient tradition when the Templar Order first formed was Theoclete.
The Johannites and St. John the Baptist
Theoclete met the first Templar grandmaster, Hughes de Payens and then passed the mantle of his Johannite authority to him. Hughes de Payens thus became John #70 in a long line of gnostic Johannites (the “Johns”) that had begun with John the Baptist and included: Jesus, John the Apostle, and Mary Magdalene. John was not just a name, but also an honorific title meaning “He of Gnostic Power and Wisdom.” It is related to the Sanskrit Jnana (pronounced Yana), meaning “Gnosis.”
In Christian tradition
The story of Joachim, his wife Anne (or Anna), and the miraculous birth of their child Mary, the mother of Jesus, is told for the first time in the 2nd century apocryphal infancy-gospel the Gospel of James (also called Protoevangelium of James). Joachim is a rich and pious man, who regularly gave to the poor. However, at the temple, Joachim’s sacrifice was rejected, as the couple’s childlessness was interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. Joachim consequently withdrew to the desert, where he fasted and did penance for 40 days. Angels then appeared to both Joachim and Anne to promise them a child.[2]
Joachim later returned to Jerusalem and embraced Anne at the city gate, located in the Walls of Jerusalem. An ancient belief held that a child born of an elderly mother who had given up hope of having offspring was destined for great things. Parallels occur in the Old Testament in the case of Hannah, mother of Samuel,[3] and in the New Testament in the case of the parents of St John the Baptist.
Chapter Four–The History of Anna, The Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ocoy.org)
I Am Joaquim – Risen From The Dead
Posted on March 27, 2016by Royal Rosamond Press
But they vowed, if God should favour them with any issue, they would devote it to the service of the Lord; on which account they went at every feast in the year to the temple of the Lord 1
When I began to study the Torah in 1988, I would close my eyes and find myself walking on McClure’s Beach. I would come to the cave my friends and I had stood in back in 1965. The sun is setting. At the back of the cave is the Tree of Life – filled with the cosmos! I would sit before it in the sand that sparkled like the Milky Way. Then, they came, the Monsters After The Light. I and God put up a barrier at both ends of the beach. In horror I watched them pile up against this Glass of God, their faces twisted, and full of grotesque lust for want of The Light of God. I identified these creatures as evangelical leaders who were entering politics, they coming in the back door to feed on the Tree of Life and grow powerful. As a Nazarite after Samson and John the Baptist, I have kept them at bay.
Above are the images of Joaquim and Anna holding the infant Mary, mother of Jesus. They have taken the Oath of the Nazarite because Anna was barren and could not conceive. Her womb had been shut, and is opened by God. This is the definition of ‘Virgin Birth’. This has nothing to do with the breaking of hymen. Joseph will have intercourse with Joaquim’s daughter, but, her womb has been shut – as was her cousin’s – Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. What we have here is a lineage of Nazarites! I am a Nazarite.
Today is Easter Sunday. I will not hear from any member of my family. Yesterday I found a family art show I was not invited to. It was held by Stacey Simons-Pierrot who titles herself “custodian”. She reads from her ghost writers book ‘The Book of Drunks’ by Julie Lynch ‘The Parasite’. My niece, Drew Benton was there. She did not attend her mother’s funeral. Vicki Presco told me she has no fond feelings for Christine Rosamond, whose name is misspelled. To her credit, Drew shows her art for the first stunt. But, in my opinion, she should be hooked up to a Lie Detector and quizzed about her mother’s death. Why haven’t we heard her account? Is she protecting her late father, Garth Benton – who may have dropped Drew off at Rocky Point?
Was my daughter, Heater Hanson, there? She is her mother’s Immaculate Conception born to meet Rosamund one day, and inherit the gauntlet of Fame. Heather un-born me when she disappeared from my life when she was seventeen so she could be with my family. She told my aunt that her unborn child was going o be name after her Lily-Rose. All this is not supposed to hurt me, because I am not fully human. They believe I lost my humanity when I got caught up in a sibling rivalry with a word famous – female artist. Yesterday I wrote an open letter to Michael Dundon, where I set the record straight. These Liars break the Oath of the Nazarite by getting near a dead body, and by having the fake custodian read drunken stories to Christine’s and my daughter.
I have been elected by their exclusion!
She shall, according to your vow, be devoted to the Lord from her infancy, and be filled with the Holy Ghost from her mother’s womb; 3
11 She shall neither eat nor drink anything which is unclean, nor shall her conversation be without among the common people, but in the temple of the Lord; that so she may not fall under any slander or suspicion of what is bad.
Several days ago I told Marilyn about seeing a flying saucer on the horizon of the sea – after I saw God. He was sitting on a rock with one foot in the water, and the other on the sand. This ship is His Ark. He is coming to take His Children home. The first to board will be my Foundling-Child, Amy Sargent, who called me “Daddy” and wished I was in her home for Easter Sunday Dinner. I was not going to reveal anything this day, until she called me a father. I am no longer an orphan!
The Fatherhood of Joaquin, his been rubbed out, disappeared, all but forgotten. This morning, The Father of Mary Rose of the Word’…….came out if his cave! The countdown has begun! My Zulu Nazarites gather on the Mount to behold Elijah and his Chariot of Fire. Until the Ninth Judge is chosen, God Himself fills the vacancy! Repent!
Jon
‘The Nazarite
He also established a yearly pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain of Nhlangakazi, an event that was central to the Nazarites.
Song of Nazarite Women
Posted on December 7, 2020 by Royal Rosamond Press
In 1988 I set out to prove there was a historical Jesus. I believe I have – almost succeeded! If all there is – is literary proof – then the literature I have looked at and compiled have produced….JESUS THE REAL CONTENDER!
The big proof that Jesus was the Messiah of the Jews, is….THEY REJECTED HIM! Huh? In searching for the Historical Jesus, one is forced to look for his ACCEPTANCE amongst the Jews, because so many of Jesus riddles have answers in The Torah – that Jews could read and understand – verses the Picts in Britain. When I first read the Bible at forty I was very confused. Why was Jesus being rejected by the Jews – A GOOD THING!
The Lost Nazarite Teaching of Jesus | Rosamond Press
John ‘The Nazarite’
Songs of the Nazarite Women
Posted on October 20, 2019by Royal Rosamond Press
This is where the Evangelical End Time Heresy come to a end! This is a message from my New Radio Church.
Here is the song the father of John the Baptist allegedly sang. It is similar to Hannah’s song who took the vow of the Nazarite, as did her son, Samuel the Nazarite. John was a Nazarite for life. Even while in his mother’s womb, he was filled with the Holy Spirit. John did not prepare the WAY for Jesus, but the “WAYS” of the Lord.
“And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:”
Mary’s song is titled a reversal. The Catholic church has juggled with these children and the truth – even while these babes were in their mother’s wombs! I have found a lineage of Nazarite women that includes Mary’s mother, Anna, that is the same as Hannah! Both women were Nazarites.
The Great Reversal of the Nazarites has arrived! Drink no wine as blood. Do not get near a dead body, or eat of dead flesh in a symbolic way. Repent!
John the Nazarite
nuke 1:46-55
New International Version (NIV)
Mary’s Song
46 And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
from generation to generation.
51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
but has lifted up the humble.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful
55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,
just as he promised our ancestors.”
Hannah praises Yahweh, reflects on the reversals he accomplishes, and looks forward to his king.
Verses 4-5 contains three reversals. Stanley D. Walters notes that one is a “reversal of macho male prowess”, one a “reversal of female longing” and one is “gender-neutral and universal”.[1]
There is a movement in this song from the particular to the general. It opens with Hannah’s own gratitude for a local reversal, and closes with God’s defeat of his enemies – a cosmic reversal.[2]
Through the theme of reversal, the Song of Hannah functions as an introduction to the whole book. Keil and Delitzsch argue that Hannah’s experience of reversal was a pledge of how God “would also lift up and glorify his whole nation, which was at that time so deeply bowed down and oppressed by its foes.”[3]
The reference to a king in verse 10 has provoked considerable discussion. A. F. Kirkpatrick argues that this does not imply a late date for the song, since “the idea of a king was not altogether novel to the Israelite mind” and “amid the prevalent anarchy and growing disintegration of the nation, amid internal corruption and external attack, the desire for a king was probably taking definite shape in the popular mind.”[4]
Walter Brueggemann suggests that the Song of Hannah paves the way for a major theme of the Book of Samuel, the “power and willingness of Yahweh to intrude, intervene and invert.”[5]
Hannah’s Song – 1 Samuel 2
And Hannah prayed, saying…
Triumphant my heart in Yahweh!
A high place my horn in Yahweh!
Wide is my mouth over my enemies,
for I delight in your deliverance.
None holy beside Yahweh!
For there is none except you,
and no Rock like our God!
Stop making much of your speech of pride, pride
goes out loose from your mouth,
for El of knowledge is Yahweh
and it is he who reckons every deed.
The bow of the valiant is shattered,
but the feeble are prepared to be strong.
Those who have feasted, in bread will be paid,
while those who have hungered – no longer!
She who was barren has now borne seven,
while the mother of many dwindles.
Yahweh brings about death and life,
casts to She’ol and lifts up.
Yahweh brings about poverty and wealth,
makes low and lifts high.
He raises from the dust the weak,
from the ash-heap lifts the poor
to seat them with nobles
and a throne of glory grant.
For Yahweh’s are the foundations of the earth,
and he orders upon them the world of men.
The footsteps of his devoted he watches,
but the wicked in darkness are silenced –
for not by power grows mighty a man.
Yahweh shatters his contenders –
against them from the heavens he thunders!
Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth
giving might to his king,
lifting high the horn of his anointed.
The Benedictus (also Song of Zechariah or Canticle of Zachary), given in Gospel of Luke 1:68-79, is one of the three canticles[1] in the opening chapters of this Gospel. The Benedictus was the song of thanksgiving uttered by Zechariah on the occasion of the birth of his son, John the Baptist.
The whole canticle naturally falls into two parts. The first (verses 68-75) is a song of thanksgiving for the realization of the Messianic hopes of the Jewish nation; but to such realization is given a characteristically Christian tone. As of old, in the family of David, there was power to defend the nation against their enemies, now again that of which they had been so long deprived, and for which they had been yearning, was to be restored to them, but in a higher and spiritual sense. The horn is a sign of power, and the “horn of salvation” signified the power of delivering or “a mighty deliverance”. While the Jews had impatiently borne the yoke of the Romans, they had continually sighed for the time when the House of David was to be their deliverer. The deliverance was now at hand, and was pointed to by Zechariah as the fulfilment of God’s oath to Abraham; but the fulfilment is described as a deliverance not for the sake of worldly power, but that “we may serve him without fear, in holiness and justice all our days”.
The second part of the canticle is an address by Zechariah to his own son, who was to take so important a part in the scheme of the Redemption; for he was to be a prophet, and to preach the remission of sins before the coming or the Dawn from on high. The prophecy that he was to “go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways” (v. 76) was of course an allusion to the well-known words of Isaiah 40:3 which John himself afterwards applied to his own mission (John 1:23), and which all three Synoptic Gospels adopt (Matt 3:3; Mark 1:2; Luke 3:4).
he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
So they said to him, c“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”
So they said, d“Into John’s baptism.”
And it happened, while aApollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through bthe upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
So they said to him, c“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”
So they said, d“Into John’s baptism.”
4 Then Paul said, e“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”
5 When they heard this, they were baptized fin the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had glaid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and hthey spoke with tongues and prophesied. 7 Now the men were about twelve in all.
8 iAnd he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading jconcerning the things of the kingdom of God. 9 But kwhen some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil lof the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And mthis continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
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