Samson was given great power by God to deliver Israel from her strong enemies. Nations are often represented by lions in God’s prophecies, and we read of Samson defeating a lion with his bare hands by God’s Spirit, no doubt to illustrate the overthrow of powerful nations by Jesus with God’s power. The consequence will be sweetness for the saints and the people of the world, just as there was honey in the lion's carcass later.
Samson afterwards represented his prior action in a riddle, just as Jesus represented in parables the overthrow of the nations and the establishment of the kingdom of God.
The Philistines could not understand the riddle and so they resorted to violence, and when the Jews could not receive Jesus’ parables they did likewise.
In the face of persecution, Samson was betrayed by his “friend” just as Jesus was betrayed by his own familiar friend Psalm 41:9.Waiting for response for Psalm 41:9
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Waiting for response for Judges 14:1-4Samson, grown to manhood, fell in love with a Philistine woman and this was God’s will, for “it was of the LORD”. As this woman pleased Samson well and he was a man of God, devoted to the LORD, she was clearly of good character. Gentile women were acceptable as wives of faithful Israelites if they worshipped God in truth, and we have a marvellous example in Ruth (see the book of Ruth). Samson’s parents were naturally upset that he was not marrying a woman of Israel, and this was the reaction of the Jews when Gentiles were given the opportunity to become part of the bride of Christ. However, the love of Samson ended in betrayal, this being a major feature of the record, to point forward to the suffering of Jesus when he was betrayed by an individual he loved.