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Adventistische Schriften über: "What is the significance of Samson killing 1,000 Philistines with a donkey's jawbone instead of with a sword or a stone?"
Answer
The provided documents contain no direct interpretation as to why Samson specifically used a donkey's jawbone instead of a sword or a stone. However, the texts illustrate the general divine principle that God often deliberately chooses “weak” or “foolish” means to overcome human power, so that the glory belongs solely to God and not to human strength.
By using simple or unconventional means, it is shown that victory is not achieved through human strength, but through the work of the Holy Spirit and obedience to God. This is meant to emphasize humanity's dependence on divine help and to prevent people from relying on their own skill.
God uses weak instruments for great deeds
»God selects those whom He can use best. "Humility comes before honor." He will make them strong by uniting their weakness with His power and make them wise by combining their ignorance with His wisdom. Only a few can be entrusted with a great measure of responsibility or success without forgetting their dependence on God. Therefore the Lord, when choosing instruments for His work, passes over those whom the world honors as great, talented, and brilliant... God is also ready today to work through the efforts of His people and accomplish great things through weak instruments.«
The victory belongs to the Lord, not to human power
»No man will triumph through strength. For the Lord there is no limitation in saving through many or through few. "A king is not saved by the size of his army; a mighty man is not delivered by his great strength. A horse is a futile thing for help; and its great strength does not save." Truly, the Lord "makes nations great and destroys them; He spreads the nations out and brings them in again.«
God chooses the foolish to shame the wise
»For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise by flesh, not many powerful, not many noble are called; but God has chosen the foolish of the world to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak of the world to shame what is strong; and the insignificant of the world and the despised God has chosen, yes, and that which is nothing, to nullify that which is something, so that no flesh may boast before Him.«
Original Sources (English)
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