Judges 13:6-25
The theme of this passage seems to be how bad Manoah is.
Manoah's wife tells him what the angel told her, and Manoah's reaction is to ask God to send the "man" to talk to him instead. Manoah has some sort of pretext for why he wants to see the "man", but when the angel comes he answers Manoah's question by repeating his instruction given to the woman.
Next he tries to invite the angel to dinner, still thinking it is a man. In the case of Abraham this seems to have been commendable, in the case of Manoah, the angel refused. Manoah was allowed to offer a sacrifice to God, and when he did it the angel ascended to heaven.
Then, after all this, Manoah mourned that having seen the angel he and his wife were both going to die. This doesn't make any sense at all; there is no indication in the Bible, known to me, that this should be true. Anyway, the angel had just been telling them that they would have a son. How could God's promise be fulfilled if they were both dead?
Manoah's wife showed patience and good sense, it was unfortunate for her she was married to such a faithless and dim-witted individual.
But maybe we can all be like Manoah. Horrors. When I am not spending time with God every day, meaningful time. When I am not really wasting time with God, I am out of step with His purposes and miss His opportunities. Manoah missed every beat in this story because he was not connected with God. If I want my story to be any better I need to have a real connection with God today.
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