Shephelah

 looking out over the Sorek from the hill of Zorah.

We had a lesson about Samson, a Shephela person.

The Israelites lived in the mountains, the Philistines on the coastal plain

They interacted in the Shephelah

The Shephelah is where God's people meet the pagans

where is Shephelah in our culture?

We sat in the full sun, asked not to look for a shady place

It was hard to stay fully awake

Samson's name is "light"

Delilah's name is "Darkness"

Samson, like others, had a problem with his eyes

He saw something, and he wanted it.

The Philistines took out his eyes (his light)

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Hebrews 11, the 'Hall of fame":

And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets

If Samson makes it, we have a change, let's dance!

We are Mountain People living in Shephelah

faith Question:
How is your Shephelah (how are you influencing your culture, or is your culture influencing you?)