WHO WERE THE NAZIRITES? Part 2.

LIFETIME NAZI'RITES  were those APPOINTED as Nazi'Rites BY GOD FOR LIFE, being SINGLE OUT BY HIM FOR SPECIAL SERVICE.
Lifetime Nazi'Rites took NO VOWS and were NOT BOUND BY limited period of TIME, the days of which were recalculated from the beginning if, by any reason, the sacred appointed was voided before being completed. For these reasons GOD's COMMANDMENTS for them DIFFERED somewhat from His Requirements FOR VOLUNTARY service.
SAMSON was such a GOD-APPOINTED LIFETIME Nazi'Rite, having being divinely appointed to BE SUCH BEFORE HIS CONCEPTION. Even with HIS MOTHER it was not a discretionary matter; because her son would be a Nazi'Rite, she WAS COMMANDED BY THE ANGEL TO OBSERVE SPECIAL REGULATIONS -not to drink wine or intoxicating liquor or to eat anything unclean during her pregnancy. (Judges 13:2-14; 16:17)
Regarding Samson the regulation was that "no razor should come upon his head." However, no prohibition was placed on his touching dead bodies. Hence, Samson's killing a lion, or his slaying 30 Philistines and then stripping the corpses of their garments, did not profane his service. On still another occasion, with GOD's approval, he killed a 1,000 of the enemy "with the jawbone of a male ass."
(Judges 14 and 15)
In SAMUEL's case it was his mother Hannah, who made a Nazi'Rite Vow, setting apart her yet not conceived child for GOD's service. To GOD she said in prayer: "If you will without fail ... give to your slave girl a male offspring, I will give him to GOD all the days of his life, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor will come upon his head." (1 Samuel 1:9-11, 22, 28)
JOHN the BAPTIST is regarded as a Nazi'Rite chosen by God. Of all the vows permitted under the law there was "ONE FREE WILL VOW" that was specific and called "the Nazi'Rite Vow" meaning to separate themselves unto the LORD" and was provided by GOD AS TEACHER.
For nearly 400 years GOD had not spoken through the Prophets since they did not follow HIS TRUE WORSHIP. (Isaiah 29:10) It was GOD's will the appointment of John and not to be contaminated by the corrupt religious system of his day. He was a Nazi'Rite from birth and was filled with the Holy Spirit while still in the womb of his mother. While he was born into a priestly family, he did not take his father's name, nor his work (Luke 1). More subtly, in the Gospel of Matthew John is linked with the spirit of Elijah, especially in relation to his appearance (2 Kings 1) and his mission in the middle of the corruption of the House of Judah and Israel. John did not even know that Jesus was the promised Messiah until the specific moment that he baptized Him and The Holy Spirit let him to know. Then when he was in prison, it happened again, that he could not even recognized Him as the One. John's mission as the forerunner of Jesus was accomplished and the rest was not under his control. He as a Prophet did not perform any miracles, because his service was different in nature, he was the one baptizing with the Waters of Repentance. His Nazi'Rite appointment was specific and was fulfilled.
SAMSON, SAMUEL, and JOHN the BAPTIST were among those Nazi'Rites whom GOD Himself raised up, as HE says by the mouth of His Prophet Amos: "I GOD KEPT RAISING UP SOME OF YOUR SONS AS PROPHETS AND OF YOUR YOUNG MEN AS NAZIRITES." However, they were not always accepted or respected, and wayward Israel even tried to break their integrity to GOD.
(Amos 2: 11,12)
It is written that when the full measure of Israel's sins reached their limits and GOD removed all of them, the false and unfaithful Nazi'Rites within JERUSALEM did not escape the sweep.
Jeremiah describes how the once spiritually healthy and strong Nazi'Rites turned black as their skin shriveled up on their bones due to the terrible famine. (Lamentations 4:7-9)