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Cadle’s Home Fellowship October 29, 2021

STUDY GUIDE
Israeli News Weird Scripture - Samson’s Riddle
(Gen 12:3 & Ps 122:6)
Judges 14:12-14
On Oct 9th, Mohammad Eslami, Samson did what was right in his own eyes and took for
head of the Atomic Energy
himself a Philistine wife in disobedience to the commands
Organization of Iran announced
that Iran now has 120 kg of 20% of God. At his wedding feast, Samson wagered to 30
enriched uranium fuel. This Philistines that they could not solve a riddle. They agreed to
figure is alarming, since the the wager and Samson told them the riddle …
original deal was for only 3.67%
of enriched fuel. Also, this figure “Out of the eater came something to eat.

is 30% higher than the estimates Out of the strong came something sweet.”
recently given by the IAEA who
has watch dog oversight to the The Philistines conspired with Samson’s wife to get the answer
Iranian enrichment program. Iran out of him and so they solved the riddle …
claims this enrichment is not for
a bomb. However, there is no “What is sweeter than honey?

commercial application for What is stronger than a lion?”
enriched uranium at these levels.
Iran is well on its way to having This enraged Samson and he killed 30 Philistines stealing their
enough enriched uranium to garments to pay the wager. He also gave his wife away to the
create a bomb. A 90% threshold best man at the wedding. Was there a deeper meaning to this
is required for a nuclear bomb, riddle then it just being a tragic story?
but the level of effort to go from
We can see this passage as having two meanings, both
20% to 90% is minimal.
reflecting the ability of God to bring good (honey) out of evil
Conservative estimates are that
(sin & death). On one level, it foretells what is yet to come in
Iran will have enough uranium to
the life of Samson. Like the lion, sin is constantly close by
produce at least one bomb within
seeking opportunity to attack, but the Holy Spirit is our best
6 months, if not more. Israel’s
defense. Even so, God uses the circumstance of Samson’s
Foreign Minister traveled to the
disobedience (sin) to bring about his purpose of judgment upon
US the week of 18 Oct for talks
the Philistines. This does not justify the sin of Samson, it only
with Sec Blinken stating, “all
illustrates that God can bring about his will despite our
options are on the table.” Israel
disobedience. This same pattern of Samson’s will versus God’s
does not have the bunker bombs
will extends throughout his life, when at his death, he destroys
necessary to destroy the enriched
the temple of Dagon and kills thousands of Philistines.
uranium storage below ground.
They need US assistance if they On a prophetic level, this strange passage foreshadows the
will be successful. The Israeli prophetic coming of the Messiah as the Lion of Judah. This
Air Force has begun bombing reveals that the death of the lion is a prophetic symbol of the
run rehearsals and $1.5B is sacrificial death of Jesus being the Lion of Judah. Jesus Christ
requested of the Knesset to dies and is raised to new life answering the questions of “What
support this effort. See Daniel 8. is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?”
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