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The Right Hand of God's Power
God is often described in anthropomorphic terms
It has been said that all affirmations of God are analogical, understandable only because we understand such things in our own human experience (BEB).
Anthropomorphism helps us identify aspects of God by reference to our own experience.
Speaking of God's nostrils indicate God's pleasure or not - stench or aroama
They eyes of the Lord speak to God's awareness and understanding
The ears of the Lord speak to his approachability and attention
The hands of the Lord speak of his works
The right hand is descriptive of God's power
The Psalmist remembers God's right hand in his trouble
Jesus' seat on the right hand of God does not mean plurality
Heb 8.1 speaks of Jesus as a high priest on the right hand of the throne of majesty, but in Revelation he is on the throne.
God's works are associated with his right hand
The law comes from his right hand Dt 33.2
His covenant is made with his right hand Isa 62.8
His saving strength comes from his right hand Ps 20.6
The Lord's deliverance is at his right hand Ps 118.15-16
Job recognized God's left-handed works
The left hand is descriptive of deception and treachery
Latin is sinistra . . .
vs. dexter
Greek skaios - ill-omened, awkward
Other associations: clumsy, weak, wrong
Interesting facts about left-handed people in history
Spurned, discriminated, burned as witches, manipulated into right-hand compliance
Disproportionately represented in:
Art: Raphael, Michelangelo, Da Vinci
Music: Isaac Newton, Beethomven, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney
History: Rameses the Great, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria
US Presidents: Ford, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, Clinton, Obama
The story of Ehud provides a great illustration Jg 3.15-21
God is a clever, and his ways are above ours
Particular Traits of left handedness are a conseequence of using both hemispheres of the brain.
Lateral thinking
Intuition
Empathy
Left-handed works are surprising, unexpected, and off-putting.
"I don't know why God would allow that ___________ to happen."
Just wait!
Before it's all over, you might just get a glimpse of what God had been doing in that situation.
God works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform
Some Left-Handed Works of God
Promise of nations . . .
leave you home
Red Sea deliverance . . .
into a desert
Promised land . . .
with giants
The Messiah, the Kingdom . . . the crucifixion
Blessed, highly favored, mother of Jesus, the Son of the highest and heir to David's throne . . .
and a sword will pierce through your heart also
Wrath of God against those who suppress the truth in cold spirits, idolatry, immorality, reprobate . . .
judge another, and condemn yourself Rm 1-2
Abundance of revelation . . .
and a thorn in the flesh 2 Co12.7-10
Callings . . .
and lost friendships
Blessings . . .
and sacrifices
Trust the Work of God's Right, and Left, Hands
Orient Toward the Sunrise
Hebrews reckon directions by sunrise, so the left hand would be north facing (NNIBD, Left Hand).
Jb 26.7 describes the heavens as 'the north' - the place where God dwells.
Stay oriented toward God in the suprising and unexpected.
In the end, Job recognized that God's ways are higher than ours Jb 40.6-14
The beautiful thing is, when God works in you with both his right hand and his left hand, it looks and feels (like an embrace).
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