1. Judges 13:3 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the appearance of the angel signal?

Judges 13:3 (ESV)

3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.

Israel does not cry out to the Lord for help. Therefore, God in his grace takes the initiative to awaken his people from their spiritual slumber, sending the angel of the Lord to Manoah’s wife.