Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Jehovah made the sea dry land and Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned ( Exodus 14:21, 27). Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness ( Exodus 10:21, 22) Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt ( Exodus 9:22, 23) Indeed hand was so significant of power that it became also its representative, as is evident from the miracles that were done in Egypt, when Moses was commanded to stretch forth his rod, or hand, and so they were done as in Exodus:. That by hand is signified power is now plainly manifest from these passages. Israel saw the great hand which Jehovah executed upon the Egyptians ( Exod. Thus saith the Lord Jehovih, In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up Mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made My self known unto them in the land of Egypt I lifted up Mine hand unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt ( Ezekiel 20:5, 6, 23). That Israel was brought out of Egypt with a strong hand and with a stretched out arm, is often said. Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power and by Thy stretched out arm and didst bring forth Thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm ( Jeremiah 32:17, 21),ĭenoting the Divine power power being named in (verse 17), and band in the twenty-first. Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? ( Isaiah 50:2),ĭenoting the Divine power. Where hand and right hand denote omnipotence. Mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath measured the heavens with the palm ( Isaiah 48:13), The regenerate are often called in the Word the work of the hands of Jehovah. Jehovah stretched out His hand, all are consumed ( Isaiah 31:3),Ĭoncerning the work of My hands command ye Me My hands have stretched out the heavens and all their army have I commanded ( Isaiah 45:11, 12),ĭenoting the Divine power. Jehovah, Thy hand is lifted up ( Isaiah 26:11), As hands in general signify power, hands are many times in the Word attributed to Jehovah, or the Lord, and then by hands is understood in the internal sense Omnipotence, as in Isaiah:. That this is the source of evils and falsities is evident enough from the nature of man's Own, which is nothing but evil and falsity (AC 39, 41, 141, 150, 154, 210, 215). Evils are from the Own of man's will, falsities are from the Own of his understanding. Because hands signify powers, man's evils and falsities are continually called in the Word the works of his hands. Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened ( Zechariah 11:17). Where hand denotes their own power in which they trust as their god. Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds when the morning is light they practise it, because their hand is their god ( Micah 2:1),
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with stupefaction, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled ( Ezekiel 7:27), Here he hath no hands, means that he has no power. Shall the clay say to the potter, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? ( Isaiah 45:9). Their inhabitants were short of hand, they were dismayed and put to shame ( Isaiah 37:27) Where hands denote man's own power, from regarding himself as above others, thus from pride. Moab shall spread forth his hands in the midst of him, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim, and he shall lay low his pride together with the cataracts of his hands ( Isaiah 25:11) Where hand manifestly denotes his own strength to which he attributed what he did, and this was the cause of the visitation upon him. I will visit upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria, because he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent ( Isaiah 10:12, 13), That by hand is signified power, also authority ( potestas), and the derivative self confidence, is evident from many passages in the Word, as in Isaiah:. For example, to put forth his hand and take the dove and bring her in to himself, is to apply and attribute to himself the truth meant by the dove.
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