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David (a.k.a. Batman) Just like Batman, David didn’t really have any supernatural ability. He was however quite resourceful and good at winning fights that he seemingly had no chance to win. He admitted to killing lions and bears in order to protect his sheep. Right afterwards he went and killed the 9-foot giant known as Goliath with his utility belt (or sling). He also lurked in the shadows like the Caped Crusader. When Saul went to relieve himself in the cave where David was hiding, David crept up behind him and cut off a corner of his robe, though he confessed he could have killed Saul.
See: 1 Samuel 17 and 24


Elijah (a.k.a. The Flash)
Elijah’s incredible speed allowed him to outrun a chariot over a distance of about 13 miles. Of course he did possess a few powers that the Flash lacks, such as the time when he called down fire to consume 51 men who came to capture him. Of course, they sent another 50 after that to try again and they fell to the same fate.
See: 1 Kings 18:44-46 and 2 Kings 1


Moses (a.k.a. Captain Planet)
Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! Moses used all of those as he led the Israelites out of captivity. Moses’ superpower, like Captain Planet, allowed him to control nature. It started with the plagues of blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock disease, boils, hail mixed with fire, locusts, darkness and death. He controlled the wind and water when he split the Red Sea and later caused water to stream out of a rock by hitting it. And though I always thought the Planeteer with the Heart ring got screwed, Moses found a way to use heart during the battle with the Amalekites. He stood on a hill watching the battle and whenever he held his arms up the Israelites would begin winning the fight.


Josheb-basshebeth, Eleazar and Shammah
(a.k.a The Fantastic Four)
I know there are only three guys not four (just leave out the Invisible Woman), but David actually had 30 “mighty men”. However as the author makes it known multiple times, none of the thirty attained to these three. Josheb-basshebeth, the captain of the three, used his spear to kill 800 men at one time. Eleazar found himself facing the hated Philistines alone, but he fought them until he was exhausted and when the rest of his army came to help him, they found Eleazar had already slain them all. Shammah stood his ground against an army when his own fled. As it turned out, the rest of his army was unnecessary. Once King David said he would love a drink from the well of Bethlehem, which at the time happened to be at the base camp for the Philistines. So the three men together broke into their garrison and drew him some water from the well while fighting off the Philistines.
See: 2 Samuel 23

Samson (a.k.a Superman)
Samson is the ultimate superhero of the Bible, just like Superman is the number one superhero of all time. Remember the time he killed a lion with his bare hands or the time he killed 30 men who threatened his wife. How about when he killed 1000 men with the jawbone of a donkey? My favorite is when the men are waiting by the city gates to kill him, so Samson goes and rips the gates off their hinges and carries them to the top of a hill. Just like Superman though, Samson had one weakness. Hair was Samson’s Kryptonite. But after Delilah shaves his head and he is captured, they forget that hair tends to regrow and in his last show of strength he pushes out on two pillars that hold up the building where he is being judged. The building collapses killing all 3000 of those who came to watch him die.
See: Judges 13-16
 
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Those are some pretty amazing stories about the power of God. Samson is one of my favorites, because it shows very clearly what the main point is - the power didn't come from him, it came from God.
As long as he preserved some little shred of obedience and submission, the power remained and God used it to protect Israel from the Philistines. Even though Samson disobeyed every other command he'd been given! He drank wine even though a Nazarite was not allowed to. He ate honey out of the carcass of a dead animal even though a Nazarite was not supposed to. He married a foreign woman even though NO Israelite was supposed to do that. Yet God overlooked those things because he had a purpose for Samson's life.

His uncut hair was the only part of the Nazarite vow that Samson kept. Yet like so many spoiled children, he began to take God's mercy for granted, became too complacent in his own strength, and gave it up just because a woman nagged him about it and cried a little.
He learned a lesson about pride and arrogance that day! He was taught humility in the dungeons of his enemies until he knew that he couldn't do anything on his own. In the end he finally cried out to God (the only time in his life he ever did that!) And God granted him his last request.

Amazing power, amazing grace!
 
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Those were the good ol' days when god just obliterated anyone who opposed him. He's gone soft....and quite shy these days.
 
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There are many superheroes of the OT. I think the common thread was that they relied upon God, even when or after they sinned terribly. It shows that we aren't perfect, and need God to accomplish anything, great or small. David was a man after God's own heart, remember? Even with the sin he committed, God used him greatly.

Perhaps one could say He's gone soft, but I like to think it is the age of grace we live in. Soon God will eradicate all the evil in the world. Anyone who has rejected Christ will not have their evilness covered, and probably will go "poof."

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Gotta love Abigail (1Samuel 25). No superpowers, but still my favorite.
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