This episode explores Judges 16, which recounts Samson’s tragic downfall and final victory: after falling in love with the ill-intentioned and persistent Delilah, in a moment of weakness, he revealed the secret of his strength—his uncut hair as a Nazarite vow—allowing the Philistines to shave, capture, and blind him. At a great feast honoring their god, Dagon, the Philistines brought the blinded Samson out to entertain the crowd; he prayed for strength “only this once,” grasped the two central pillars, and collapsed the temple, killing more of Israel’s enemies in his death than he had in his life. Samson’s outstretched arms between the pillars and voluntary death picture the Lord Jesus Christ, Who was also slain in the moment of victory on the Cross, destroying our enemies of sin, death, and Satan through His finished work.