Angel Appeared To Manoah
Angel Appeared To Manoah
Angel Appeared To Manoah
Sunday School
Alexandria, Virginia
References:
Judges 13:1-25
• There was a certain man of the tribe of
the Danites, whose name was
Manoah, and his wife was barren and
had no children. The man and his wife
prayed all the time and asked the Lord
to give them a son. The angel of the
Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife and
said to her, “Behold you are barren
and have no children, but you shall
conceive and bear a son.
• Therefore beware, and drink no
wine or strong drink, and eat
nothing unclean, because you will
have a baby son. You should not
cut the hair of his head, for the
boy shall be a Nazirite to God
from birth”.
• Then the woman came and told her
husband, “A man of God came to me.
I did not ask him whence he was and
he did not tell me his name. Then
Manoah entreated the Lord, and said,
O Lord, I pray to You, let the man of
God whom You sent come again to
us, and teach us what we are to do
with the boy that will be born”.
• And God listened to the voice of
Manoah, and the angel of God came
again to the woman as she sat in the
field, but Manoah her husband was
not with her. And the woman ran in
haste and told her husband, “Behold
the man who came to me the other
day has appeared to me”,
• and Manoah arose and went after his
wife and they sang the hymn, “white
as white as a pigeons glittering,
glittering exactly as light. O angel,
how beautiful you are how sweet you
are”.
• And Manoah came to the man
and said to him, “Are you the man
who spoke to this woman?” And
he said, “I am”. And Manoah said,
“Now when your words come true
what is to be the boy’s manner of
life and what is he to do?” And the
angel of the Lord said to Manoah,
“Of all that I said to the woman let
her beware.
• She may not eat of anything that
comes from the vine neither let her
drink, or eat any unclean thing, all that
I commanded her let her observe”.
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord,
“Pray let us detain you, and prepare
sheep for you”. And the angel of the
Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me
I will not eat of your food, but if you
make ready a burnt offering, then offer
it to the Lord”.
• And Manoah said to the angel of
the Lord, “What is your name so
that when your words come true
we may honor you?” And the
angel of the Lord said to him,
“Why do you ask my name, seeing
it is wonderful”.
• So Manoah took the sheep with
the cereal offering and offered it
upon the rock to the Lord and
when the flame went up toward
heaven from the altar, the angel
of the Lord ascended in the flame
of the altar while Manoah and his
wife looked on, and they fell on
their faces to the ground.
• The angel of the Lord appeared
no more to Manoah and his wife.
Then Manoah knew that he was
the angel of the Lord, white…
white like a pigeon.
Conclusion
• Manoah used to entertain strangers so he
could entertain the Lord, and offer him a
sacrifice. Whenever we deprive ourselves
of entertaining strangers, and when we
despise the poor and the needy, we
deprive ourselves of entertaining the Lord
Jesus Himself.
• We can meet the Lord Jesus and entertain
Him when we honor His brothers the poor,
the strangers and the weak.
Movie Clip
Show a short movie clip about the story, if
available.
Pop Quiz
Which tribe was Manoah from?
Who appeared to his wife?
What did the angel of the Lord warn
Manoah’s wife of?
What did Manoah do?
Did the Lord answer Manoah’s prayer?
What happened, and where did the angel
appear to the woman for the second time?
Pop Quiz
What did Manoah say to the angel?
What was the angel’s reply?
What was the offering offered by Manoah?
What happened to Manoah and his wife?
Who remembers the verse?
Next Week
We will learn about
Thankful leper.
May the love of God the Father and the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.