Samson on Easter Morning

I wrote and posted this on 4-23-2000

The Old Testament story of Samson may possibly be a strange and complex metaphor concerning Christ and the Church.

Book of Judges Ch. 13

An angel appears to a barren woman and tells her she shall conceive a son, Samson (Annunciation and Virgin Birth?).

The angel tells her that the child will be the deliverer of Israel (Messiah?).

Samson encounters a lion which he slays as easily as a lamb or kid (Lamb of God?).

And a few days later (3 days?), he comes to find ’honey in the carcass of the lion" (Eucharist?).

But it is a "secret" (Mystery?) so he gives it to his family to eat but does not tell them where it is really from.

Then he is betrayed (with a kiss?).

Then he is taken prisoner and mocked.

Then he "destroys the temple" so to speak with "his arms outstretched" (Crucifixion?).