Judges 16:22 says, Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.  Samson's hair began to grow again.  The Philistines thought that Samson was defeated forever, just as the people who crucified Jesus thought that He was defeated forever, and just as the people of the world today may feel that they have defeated someone who is a Christian forever.  Verse twenty-three states, Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.  The Philistines gathered together to have a great feast to their god Dagon, who they said had delivered Samson to them.  This would also show a disrespect to the God of Israel, by claiming that Dagon was stronger than Him.  People of the world today often declare other gods or things to be stronger than the only real God.  Verse twenty-four says,  And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.  The Philistines mocked Samson, and also by implication his God.  When people mock Christians today, they are by implication mocking God as well.  Verse twenty-five adds, And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.  Samson had been in prison, but they called for him to be brought out so they could use him for their amusement.  Verse twenty-six says, And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.  Samson asked the lad who led him to allow him to be placed between the pillars so he could feel them.  This seems like an innocent enough request, and the Philistines thought so little of Samson that they had a lad lead him.  We should not be surprised when the people of the world underestimate us as the followers of Christ today.  Verse twenty-seven states, Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.  There were about three thousand men and women gathered, including the lords of the Philistines, to watch Samson make sport for them.  Verse twenty-eight declares, And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.  Samson's hair had grown back, but I don't believe this was the real source of his renewed strength.  Samson called on the LORD.  We may have fallen away from our relationship with God as Samson did when he allowed his hair to be cut, but just returning to the external evidence of a renewed obedience to God will not be enough to restore our spiritual power.  We must call on the Lord once more to restore us to the right relationship with Him if we are to be spiritually strong once more.  Verse twenty-nine adds, And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.  Then verse thirty continues, And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.  Samson took hold of the two main pillars and said let him die with the Philistines, and he brought the house down, killing all the Philistines there as well as himself.  If we are willing to die for Christ, in death we may defeat more of the enemies of God than we have in life, as Samson did with the Philistines.  Verse thirty-one concludes, Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.  Samson's brothers brought his body up and buried him.  It says that Samson had judged Israel for twenty years, but we never see a time when the Philistines were really totally defeated.  We today as followers of Christ will never see a time when the people of the world, those who do not believe in God, are totally defeated, but that does not mean that God is not still in charge.  ,