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Gen 2:7 –  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Hands are an awesome creation. Infinitely more true is that the creator of those hands is much more knowledgeable about creating hands as He is in using them.

After all, a master workmen will continue to hone his craft until one day all He produces is the best possible outcome or trashes the rare mistakes and starts over while maintaining the highest efficiency and proficiency that his trade can produce.

Rest easy and assured that we all are in the awesome hands of the Master Potter and will that comes a profound and earth- shattered view of the mind of Christ on the matter. All things are yours.

Formation of all of us

During this introductory study, I hope we will all come to better understand through inspiration and revelation of the Holy Spirit, the aionios life we all have been promised and are experiencing now in this tabernacle of flesh.

Truly, God works with “awesome hands.” On urban dictionary. com, I found this as a top definition for the word awesome:

Lol. However, the word stems and has root in the word awe. From dictionary. references. com we can see a few defined facts about how this word is used now.

World English Dictionary

Here are three times where we see “awe- ness” or being in awe described in scripture.

Psa 4:4 –  Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psa 33:8 –  Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psa 119:161 –  SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Obviously, being in awe of everything means that we are encapsulated with the thing we are experiencing, seeing, feeling, etc.

There are rarely such earth quakes in our lives, and such occurrences in our lives tend to wake us up from our sleep.

Indeed, we are brought to life just like light being formed in the dark ness.  Just as we are all formed from the dust of the ground by the potter, we too are formed in the spiritual to be sharpened into the vessel of honor that we are all destined to become.

However, the timing of such a miraculous birth and life is unique to each of us and just as we as masterfully being woven into a tool which can give God total glory, we will also experience the “work” that goes into making such an exquisite piece of work.

We simply must start from the beginning of the process, and as with all healthy births, we must start with the Head.

The End from the Beginning

Mar 9:35 –  And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Mar 9:36 –  And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
Mar 9:37 –  Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Mat 13:35 –  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Luk 11:50 –  That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Joh 17:23 –  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 –  Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 –  O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 –  And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Eph 1:4 –  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 –  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Heb 4:3 –  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Heb 9:25 –  Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Heb 9:26 –  For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Heb 9:27 –  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 –  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
1Pe 1:20 –  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1Pe 1:21 –  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1Pe 1:22 –  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1Pe 1:23 –  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1Pe 1:24 –  For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1Pe 1:25 –  But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Rev 13:6 –  And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Rev 13:7 –  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Rev 13:8 –  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 13:9 –  If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Rev 13:10 –  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Patience and Faith

Christ went through a lot and that is such a short synopsis that I am almost ashamed to write “a lot”. What He did for others in the flesh, went through and still goes through spiritually is unfathomable for us to understand while carnally minded.

Yet, we can be comforted knowing and having wisdom to understand that He has now paved the Way to show us the Truth of the Life that is in us, a great mystery.

As we read through various scripture and are given spiritual sight and hearing to grasp what has been hidden to most, we start to see that since Christ is the Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End … He might have a thing or two to teach us before our vapor of smoke is extinguished.

H3335

ya tsar

Total KJV Occurrences: 64

formed, 23

Gen_2:7-8 (2), Gen_2:19, 2Ki_19:25, Psa_94:9, Psa_95:5, Isa_27:11, Isa_37:26, Isa_43:1, Isa_43:7, Isa_43:10, Isa_43:21, Isa_44:2, Isa_44:10, Isa_44:21, Isa_44:24, Isa_45:18 (2), Isa_49:5, Isa_54:17, Jer_1:5, Jer_33:2, Amo_7:1

potter, 8

Isa_41:25, Isa_64:8, Jer_18:4 (2), Jer_18:6, Lam_4:2, Zec_11:13 (2)

potter’s, 7

Psa_2:9, Isa_29:16, Jer_18:2-3 (2), Jer_18:6, Jer_19:1, Jer_19:11

maker, 4

Isa_45:9, Isa_45:11, Hab_2:18 (2)

fashioned, 3

Exo_32:4, Psa_139:16, Isa_22:11

fashioneth, 3

Psa_33:15, Isa_44:12, Isa_45:9

former, 2

Jer_10:16, Jer_51:19

formeth, 2

Amo_4:13, Zec_12:1

made, 2

Psa_74:17, Psa_104:26

earthen, 1

2Sa_17:28

form, 1

Isa_45:7

frame, 1

Jer_18:11

framed, 1

Isa_29:16

frameth, 1

Psa_94:20

make, 1

Isa_44:9

potters, 1

1Ch_4:23

potters’, 1

Isa_30:14

purposed, 1

Isa_46:11

set, 1

1Sa_18:30

Gen 2:19 –  And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
2Ki 19:25 –  Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Psa 94:9 –  He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Isa 27:11 –  When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isa 37:26 –  Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Isa 43:1 –  But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isa 43:7 –  Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isa 43:8 –  Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Isa 43:21 –  This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isa 44:2 –  Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isa 44:9 –  They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Isa 44:10 –  Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Isa 44:21 –  Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isa 44:22 –  I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isa 44:23 –  Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Isa 44:24 –  Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isa 44:25 –  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Isa 45:17 –  But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isa 45:18 –  For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isa 45:19 –  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isa 45:20 –  Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Isa 45:21 –  Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isa 45:22 –  Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 49:3 –  And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Isa 49:4 –  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Isa 49:5 –  And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
Isa 49:6 –  And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa 54:16 –  Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Isa 54:17 –  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Jer 1:5 –  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Jer 1:6 –  Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jer 1:7 –  But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jer 1:8 –  Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.Jer 33:1 –  Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Jer 33:2 –  Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
Jer 33:3 –  Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Potter Hands

Isa 41:25 –  I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Isa 41:26 –  Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isa 41:27 –  The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Isa 41:28 –  For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Isa 41:29 –  Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isa 64:7 –  And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Isa 64:8 –  But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Jer 18:1 –  The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jer 18:2 –  Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jer 18:3 –  Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
Jer 18:4 –  And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Jer 18:5 –  Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Jer 18:6 –  O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Lam 4:2 –  The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Zec 11:1 –  Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Zec 11:2 –  Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Zec 11:3 –  There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Zec 11:4 –  Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Zec 11:5 –  Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Zec 11:6 –  For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
Zec 11:7 –  And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zec 11:8 –  Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Zec 11:9 –  Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Zec 11:10 –  And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zec 11:11 –  And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Zec 11:12 –  And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Zec 11:13 –  And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Zec 11:14 –  Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Zec 11:15 –  And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Zec 11:16 –  For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Zec 11:17 –  Woe to the idol 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.

Hands of Glory

“In part one, we looked briefly over what it is to be formed by the hands of the Potter but of course this pottery making goes both ways.

Rom 9:21 –  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
1Co 15:43 –  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
2Ti 2:20 –  But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2Ti 2:21 –  If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
2Ti 2:22 –  Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2Ti 2:23 –  But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

During this study, I am hoping that we can all have opened up to us some of the mystery of Christ in us, our hope of Glory.

Col 1:27 –  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Each and every day of our lives, we have experiences, hopes, dreams, fights, thoughts, emotions, fears and a whole array of issues and problems that we deal with. Quite easily and often, we are so bombarded that we cannot help but feel powerless but even though we are powerless ourselves to change these things we know we understand the source of all things.

Before we get into why the Lord does what He does, let’s see some examples of what He has done to others throughout scripture.

When the Lord involves Himself in a matter in such a way as to let us in on what it is He is doing, we get a whole other glimpse into what He is doing according to His mind on the subject and what can be gleaned from the black and white letters we read on the paper.

When we take this to be true, we can look at a topic such has the hands or our hands and what they teach us. More importantly, we can look at what the Lord and what He chooses to put His hands to tells us about how we are to Love God, Jesus the Christ whom He has sent or our neighbor as ourselves.

Knowing how hands represent is huge in understanding how and why our Lord and God deals with us as He does.

H3027

ya d

Total KJV Occurrences: 1536

hand, 1088

Gen_3:22, Gen_4:11, Gen_8:9, Gen_9:2, Gen_9:5 (3), Gen_14:20, Gen_14:22, Gen_16:6, Gen_16:12 (2), Gen_19:10, Gen_19:16 (3), Gen_21:18, Gen_21:30, Gen_22:6, Gen_22:10, Gen_22:12, Gen_24:2, Gen_24:9-10 (2), Gen_24:18, Gen_25:26, Gen_27:17, Gen_30:35, Gen_31:29, Gen_31:39, Gen_32:11 (2), Gen_32:13, Gen_32:16, Gen_33:10, Gen_33:19, Gen_35:4, Gen_37:22, Gen_37:27, Gen_38:18, Gen_38:20 (2), Gen_38:28-30 (4), Gen_39:3-4 (2), Gen_39:6, Gen_39:8, Gen_39:12-13 (2), Gen_39:22-23 (2), Gen_40:11, Gen_40:13, Gen_41:35, Gen_41:42 (2), Gen_41:44, Gen_42:37, Gen_43:9, Gen_43:12 (2), Gen_43:15, Gen_43:21, Gen_43:26, Gen_44:17, Gen_46:4, Gen_47:29, Gen_48:17 (2), Gen_48:22, Gen_49:8, Exo_2:19, Exo_3:8, Exo_3:19-20 (2), Exo_4:2, Exo_4:4 (2), Exo_4:6-7 (5), Exo_4:13, Exo_4:17, Exo_5:20-21 (3), Exo_6:1 (2), Exo_7:4-5 (2), Exo_7:15, Exo_7:17, Exo_7:19, Exo_8:5-6 (2), Exo_8:17, Exo_9:3, Exo_9:15, Exo_9:22, Exo_10:12, Exo_10:21-22 (2), Exo_12:11, Exo_13:3, Exo_13:9 (2), Exo_13:14, Exo_13:16 (2), Exo_14:8, Exo_14:16, Exo_14:21, Exo_14:26-27 (2), Exo_14:30, Exo_15:9, Exo_15:20, Exo_16:3, Exo_17:5, Exo_17:9, Exo_17:11 (2), Exo_18:9-10 (4), Exo_21:13 (2), Exo_21:16, Exo_21:20, Exo_21:24 (2), Exo_22:4, Exo_22:8, Exo_22:11, Exo_23:1, Exo_23:31, Exo_24:11, Exo_29:20, Exo_32:4, Exo_32:11, Exo_32:15, Exo_34:4, Exo_35:29 (2), Exo_38:21, Lev_1:4, Lev_3:2, Lev_3:8, Lev_3:13, Lev_4:4, Lev_4:24, Lev_4:29, Lev_4:33, Lev_8:23, Lev_8:36, Lev_9:22, Lev_10:11, Lev_14:14, Lev_14:17, Lev_14:25, Lev_14:28, Lev_14:32, Lev_16:21, Lev_22:25, Lev_25:14, Lev_25:28, Lev_26:25, Lev_26:46, Num_4:28, Num_4:33, Num_4:37, Num_4:45, Num_4:49, Num_5:18, Num_5:25, Num_6:21, Num_7:8, Num_9:23, Num_10:13, Num_15:23 (2), Num_16:40, Num_20:11, Num_20:20, Num_21:2, Num_21:26, Num_21:34, Num_22:7, Num_22:23, Num_22:29, Num_22:31, Num_25:7, Num_27:18, Num_27:23, Num_31:6, Num_33:1, Num_33:3, Num_35:18, Num_35:21, Num_35:25, Num_36:13, Deu_1:27, Deu_2:7, Deu_2:15, Deu_2:24, Deu_2:30, Deu_3:2, Deu_3:8, Deu_3:24, Deu_4:34, Deu_5:15, Deu_6:8, Deu_6:21, Deu_7:8 (2), Deu_7:19, Deu_7:24, Deu_8:17, Deu_9:26, Deu_10:3, Deu_11:2, Deu_11:18, Deu_12:6-7 (2), Deu_12:11, Deu_12:17, Deu_13:9 (2), Deu_13:17, Deu_14:25, Deu_14:29, Deu_15:3, Deu_15:7-8 (2), Deu_15:10-11 (2), Deu_16:10, Deu_19:5, Deu_19:12, Deu_19:21 (2), Deu_23:20, Deu_23:25, Deu_24:1, Deu_24:3, Deu_25:11 (2), Deu_26:4, Deu_28:8 (2), Deu_28:12, Deu_28:20, Deu_28:32, Deu_30:9, Deu_32:27, Deu_32:39-41 (3), Deu_33:3, Deu_34:12, Jos_2:19, Jos_4:24, Jos_5:13, Jos_6:2, Jos_7:7, Jos_8:1, Jos_8:7, Jos_8:18-19 (4), Jos_8:26, Jos_9:25-26 (2), Jos_10:6, Jos_10:8, Jos_10:19, Jos_10:30, Jos_10:32, Jos_11:8, Jos_20:2 (2), Jos_20:5, Jos_20:9, Jos_21:2, Jos_21:8, Jos_21:44, Jos_22:9, Jos_22:31, Jos_24:8, Jos_24:10-11 (2), Jdg_1:2, Jdg_1:4, Jdg_1:35, Jdg_2:15-16 (2), Jdg_2:18, Jdg_2:23, Jdg_3:4, Jdg_3:8, Jdg_3:10 (2), Jdg_3:21, Jdg_3:28, Jdg_3:30, Jdg_4:2, Jdg_4:7, Jdg_4:9, Jdg_4:14, Jdg_4:21, Jdg_4:24, Jdg_5:26, Jdg_6:1-2 (2), Jdg_6:9 (2), Jdg_6:21, Jdg_6:36-37 (2), Jdg_7:2, Jdg_7:6-9 (4), Jdg_7:14-16 (3), Jdg_8:6-7 (2), Jdg_8:15, Jdg_8:22, Jdg_9:17, Jdg_9:29, Jdg_9:48, Jdg_10:12, Jdg_11:21, Jdg_12:3, Jdg_13:1, Jdg_14:5-6 (2), Jdg_15:12-13 (2), Jdg_15:15, Jdg_16:17-18 (4), Jdg_16:23, Jdg_16:26, Jdg_17:3, Jdg_18:19, Jdg_20:28, Rth_1:13, Rth_4:5, Rth_4:9, 1Sa_2:13, 1Sa_4:8, 1Sa_5:6-7 (2), 1Sa_5:9, 1Sa_5:11, 1Sa_6:3, 1Sa_6:5, 1Sa_6:9, 1Sa_7:3, 1Sa_7:8, 1Sa_7:13, 1Sa_9:8, 1Sa_9:16, 1Sa_10:18 (2), 1Sa_12:3-5 (3), 1Sa_12:9-11 (5), 1Sa_12:15, 1Sa_13:22, 1Sa_14:10, 1Sa_14:12, 1Sa_14:19, 1Sa_14:26-27 (3), 1Sa_14:37, 1Sa_14:43, 1Sa_16:16, 1Sa_16:23, 1Sa_17:22, 1Sa_17:37, 1Sa_17:40 (2), 1Sa_17:46, 1Sa_17:49-50 (2), 1Sa_17:57, 1Sa_18:10 (2), 1Sa_18:17 (2), 1Sa_18:21, 1Sa_18:25, 1Sa_19:9 (2), 1Sa_20:16, 1Sa_21:3-4 (3), 1Sa_21:8, 1Sa_22:6, 1Sa_22:17 (2), 1Sa_23:4, 1Sa_23:6-7 (2), 1Sa_23:11-12 (2), 1Sa_23:14, 1Sa_23:16-17 (2), 1Sa_23:20, 1Sa_24:4, 1Sa_24:6, 1Sa_24:10-13 (6), 1Sa_24:15, 1Sa_24:18, 1Sa_24:20, 1Sa_25:8, 1Sa_25:26, 1Sa_25:33, 1Sa_25:35, 1Sa_25:39, 1Sa_26:8-9 (2), 1Sa_26:11, 1Sa_26:18, 1Sa_26:23 (2), 1Sa_27:1 (2), 1Sa_28:17, 1Sa_28:19 (2), 1Sa_30:23, 2Sa_1:14, 2Sa_3:8, 2Sa_3:12, 2Sa_3:18 (3), 2Sa_4:11, 2Sa_5:19 (2), 2Sa_10:1-2 (2), 2Sa_10:10, 2Sa_11:14, 2Sa_12:7, 2Sa_12:25, 2Sa_13:5-6 (2), 2Sa_13:10, 2Sa_14:19 (2), 2Sa_15:5, 2Sa_16:8, 2Sa_18:2 (3), 2Sa_18:12 (2), 2Sa_18:28, 2Sa_20:9-10 (2), 2Sa_20:21, 2Sa_21:20, 2Sa_21:22 (2), 2Sa_23:10 (2), 2Sa_23:21 (2), 2Sa_24:14 (2), 2Sa_24:16-17 (3), 1Ki_2:25, 1Ki_2:46, 1Ki_8:15, 1Ki_8:24, 1Ki_8:42, 1Ki_8:53, 1Ki_8:56, 1Ki_11:12, 1Ki_11:26-27 (2), 1Ki_11:31, 1Ki_11:34-35 (2), 1Ki_13:4 (2), 1Ki_13:6 (2), 1Ki_15:18 (2), 1Ki_16:7, 1Ki_17:11, 1Ki_18:9, 1Ki_18:46, 1Ki_20:6, 1Ki_20:13, 1Ki_20:28, 1Ki_20:42, 1Ki_22:3, 1Ki_22:6, 1Ki_22:12, 1Ki_22:15, 1Ki_22:34, 2Ki_3:10, 2Ki_3:13, 2Ki_3:15, 2Ki_3:18, 2Ki_4:29, 2Ki_5:11, 2Ki_5:18, 2Ki_5:24, 2Ki_6:7, 2Ki_7:2, 2Ki_7:17, 2Ki_8:8, 2Ki_8:20, 2Ki_8:22, 2Ki_9:1, 2Ki_9:7, 2Ki_10:15 (2), 2Ki_11:8, 2Ki_11:11, 2Ki_12:15, 2Ki_13:3 (2), 2Ki_13:5, 2Ki_13:16 (2), 2Ki_13:25 (2), 2Ki_14:5, 2Ki_14:25, 2Ki_14:27, 2Ki_15:19 (2), 2Ki_17:7, 2Ki_17:20, 2Ki_17:39, 2Ki_18:29-30 (2), 2Ki_18:33-35 (4), 2Ki_19:10, 2Ki_19:14, 2Ki_19:19, 2Ki_21:14, 2Ki_22:5, 2Ki_22:7, 2Ki_22:9, 1Ch_5:10 (2), 1Ch_5:20, 1Ch_6:15, 1Ch_11:23 (2), 1Ch_14:9-11 (5), 1Ch_16:7, 1Ch_18:1, 1Ch_19:11, 1Ch_20:8 (2), 1Ch_21:13 (2), 1Ch_22:15-18 (4), 1Ch_26:28, 1Ch_28:19, 1Ch_29:8, 1Ch_29:12 (2), 1Ch_29:16, 2Ch_6:15, 2Ch_6:32, 2Ch_10:15, 2Ch_12:5, 2Ch_13:7-8 (2), 2Ch_13:16, 2Ch_16:7-8 (2), 2Ch_18:5 (2), 2Ch_18:11, 2Ch_18:14, 2Ch_18:33, 2Ch_20:6, 2Ch_21:10 (2), 2Ch_23:7, 2Ch_23:10, 2Ch_23:18, 2Ch_24:11, 2Ch_24:24, 2Ch_25:15, 2Ch_25:20, 2Ch_26:11 (2), 2Ch_26:13, 2Ch_26:19, 2Ch_28:5 (2), 2Ch_28:9, 2Ch_30:12, 2Ch_30:16, 2Ch_32:13-15 (7), 2Ch_32:17 (2), 2Ch_32:22 (2), 2Ch_34:8-10 (3), 2Ch_34:17 (2), 2Ch_35:6, 2Ch_36:17, Ezr_1:8, Ezr_7:6, Ezr_7:9, Ezr_7:28, Ezr_8:18, Ezr_8:22, Ezr_8:26, Ezr_8:31, Ezr_8:33, Ezr_9:2, Ezr_9:7, Neh_1:10, Neh_2:8, Neh_2:18, Neh_6:5, Neh_9:14, Neh_9:27-28 (3), Neh_9:30, Neh_11:24, Est_2:21, Est_3:10, Est_6:2 (2), Est_6:9, Est_8:7, Est_9:2, Est_9:10, Est_9:15, Job_1:11-12 (2), Job_2:5-6 (2), Job_5:15, Job_6:9, Job_9:23-24 (3), Job_9:33, Job_10:7, Job_11:14, Job_12:6, Job_12:9-10 (2), Job_15:23, Job_15:25, Job_20:21-22 (2), Job_21:5, Job_21:16, Job_26:13, Job_27:11, Job_27:22, Job_28:9, Job_30:20-21 (2), Job_30:24, Job_31:21, Job_31:25, Job_31:27, Job_34:20, Job_37:7 (2), Job_40:4, Psa_10:12, Psa_17:14 (2), Psa_18:1, Psa_21:8, Psa_31:5, Psa_31:8, Psa_31:15 (2), Psa_32:4, Psa_36:11, Psa_37:24, Psa_37:33, Psa_38:2, Psa_39:10, Psa_44:2, Psa_71:4, Psa_73:23, Psa_74:11, Psa_75:8, Psa_77:20, Psa_78:42, Psa_78:61, Psa_80:17, Psa_81:14, Psa_88:4-5 (2), Psa_89:13, Psa_89:21, Psa_89:25, Psa_89:48, Psa_95:4, Psa_95:7, Psa_97:10, Psa_104:28, Psa_106:10 (2), Psa_106:26, Psa_106:41-42 (2), Psa_107:2, Psa_109:27, Psa_119:173, Psa_121:5, Psa_123:2 (2), Psa_127:4, Psa_136:12, Psa_138:7, Psa_139:10, Psa_144:7 (2), Psa_144:11, Psa_145:16, Psa_149:6, Pro_1:24, Pro_3:27, Pro_6:5 (2), Pro_10:4, Pro_11:21 (2), Pro_12:24, Pro_16:5 (2), Pro_17:16, Pro_19:24, Pro_21:1, Pro_26:6, Pro_26:9, Pro_26:15, Pro_30:32, Ecc_2:24, Ecc_5:14-15 (2), Ecc_7:18, Ecc_9:1, Ecc_9:10, Ecc_11:6, Son_5:4, Isa_1:12, Isa_1:25, Isa_3:6, Isa_5:25 (2), Isa_6:6, Isa_9:11-12 (2), Isa_9:17, Isa_9:21, Isa_10:4-5 (2), Isa_10:10, Isa_10:13-14 (2), Isa_10:32, Isa_11:8, Isa_11:11, Isa_11:14-15 (2), Isa_13:2, Isa_14:26-27 (2), Isa_19:4, Isa_19:16, Isa_22:21, Isa_23:11, Isa_26:10-11 (2), Isa_31:2-3 (2), Isa_34:17, Isa_36:15, Isa_36:18-20 (4), Isa_37:10, Isa_37:14, Isa_37:20, Isa_40:2, Isa_41:20, Isa_42:6, Isa_43:13, Isa_47:5-6 (2), Isa_48:13, Isa_49:2, Isa_49:22, Isa_50:2, Isa_50:11, Isa_51:16-18 (3), Isa_51:22-23 (2), Isa_53:10, Isa_56:2, Isa_57:10, Isa_59:1, Isa_62:3, Isa_64:8, Isa_66:2, Isa_66:14, Jer_6:9 (2), Jer_6:12, Jer_11:21, Jer_15:6, Jer_15:17, Jer_16:21 (2), Jer_18:4, Jer_18:6 (2), Jer_20:4-5 (2), Jer_20:13, Jer_21:5, Jer_21:7 (3), Jer_21:10, Jer_21:12, Jer_22:3, Jer_22:24-25 (5), Jer_25:15, Jer_25:17, Jer_25:28, Jer_26:14, Jer_26:24 (2), Jer_27:3, Jer_27:6, Jer_27:8, Jer_29:3, Jer_29:21, Jer_31:11, Jer_31:32, Jer_32:3-4 (3), Jer_32:21, Jer_32:24-25 (2), Jer_32:28 (2), Jer_32:36, Jer_32:43, Jer_34:2-3 (3), Jer_34:20-21 (5), Jer_36:14 (2), Jer_37:17, Jer_38:3, Jer_38:5, Jer_38:16, Jer_38:18-19 (3), Jer_38:23 (2), Jer_39:17, Jer_41:4-5 (2), Jer_42:11, Jer_43:3, Jer_43:9, Jer_44:25, Jer_44:30 (3), Jer_46:24, Jer_46:26 (3), Jer_50:15, Jer_51:7, Jer_51:25, Lam_1:7, Lam_1:10, Lam_1:14, Lam_2:7-8 (2), Lam_3:3, Lam_5:6, Lam_5:8, Lam_5:12, Eze_1:3, Eze_2:9, Eze_3:14, Eze_3:18, Eze_3:20, Eze_3:22, Eze_6:14, Eze_8:1, Eze_8:3, Eze_8:11, Eze_9:1-2 (2), Eze_10:7-8 (2), Eze_12:7, Eze_13:9, Eze_13:21 (2), Eze_13:23, Eze_14:9, Eze_14:13, Eze_16:27, Eze_16:39, Eze_16:49, Eze_17:18, Eze_18:8, Eze_18:17, Eze_20:5-6 (3), Eze_20:15, Eze_20:22-23 (2), Eze_20:28, Eze_20:33-34 (2), Eze_20:42, Eze_21:11, Eze_21:31, Eze_23:9 (2), Eze_23:28 (2), Eze_23:31, Eze_25:7, Eze_25:13-14 (2), Eze_25:16, Eze_27:15, Eze_30:9-10 (3), Eze_30:12 (2), Eze_30:22, Eze_30:24-25 (2), Eze_31:11, Eze_33:6, Eze_33:8, Eze_33:22, Eze_34:10, Eze_34:27, Eze_35:3, Eze_36:7, Eze_37:1, Eze_37:17, Eze_37:19-20 (3), Eze_38:12, Eze_39:3 (2), Eze_39:21, Eze_39:23, Eze_40:1, Eze_40:3, Eze_40:5, Eze_44:12, Eze_46:7, Eze_47:3, Eze_47:14, Dan_1:2, Dan_8:4, Dan_8:7, Dan_8:25 (2), Dan_9:15, Dan_11:10-11 (2), Dan_11:16, Dan_11:41-42 (2), Hos_2:10, Hos_7:5, Amo_1:7-8 (3), Amo_5:19, Amo_7:7, Amo_9:2, Mic_2:1, Mic_5:9, Mic_5:12, Mic_7:16, Zep_1:4 (2), Zep_2:13, Zep_2:15, Zec_2:1, Zec_4:9-10 (2), Zec_8:4, Zec_13:6-7 (4), Zec_14:13 (3), Mal_1:10, Mal_2:13 (2)

hands, 275

Gen_5:29, Gen_16:9, Gen_24:22, Gen_24:30, Gen_24:47, Gen_27:16, Gen_27:22-23 (4), Gen_37:21-22 (2), Gen_39:1, Gen_43:22, Gen_48:14, Gen_49:24 (2), Exo_15:17, Exo_17:12 (3), Exo_29:10, Exo_29:15, Exo_29:19, Exo_29:25, Exo_30:19, Exo_30:21, Exo_32:19, Exo_35:25, Exo_40:31, Lev_4:15, Lev_7:30, Lev_8:14, Lev_8:18, Lev_8:22, Lev_8:24, Lev_15:11, Lev_16:21, Lev_24:14, Num_8:10, Num_8:12, Num_27:23, Deu_1:25, Deu_3:3, Deu_4:28, Deu_9:15, Deu_12:17-18 (2), Deu_16:15, Deu_17:7 (2), Deu_20:13, Deu_21:6-7 (2), Deu_21:10, Deu_24:19, Deu_27:15, Deu_31:29, Deu_33:7, Deu_33:11, Deu_34:9, Jos_2:24, Jdg_2:14 (2), Jdg_7:2, Jdg_7:11, Jdg_7:19-20 (3), Jdg_8:3, Jdg_8:34, Jdg_9:16, Jdg_10:7 (2), Jdg_11:30, Jdg_11:32, Jdg_12:2, Jdg_13:23, Jdg_15:14, Jdg_16:24, Jdg_18:10, Jdg_19:27, 1Sa_5:4, 1Sa_7:14, 1Sa_10:4, 1Sa_11:7, 1Sa_14:13, 1Sa_14:48, 1Sa_17:47, 1Sa_21:13, 1Sa_30:15, 2Sa_2:7, 2Sa_3:34, 2Sa_4:1, 2Sa_4:12, 2Sa_16:21, 2Sa_21:9, 2Sa_22:21, 2Sa_22:35, 2Sa_23:6, 1Ki_8:22, 1Ki_8:38, 1Ki_8:54, 1Ki_14:27, 1Ki_16:7, 2Ki_3:11, 2Ki_5:20, 2Ki_9:23, 2Ki_9:35, 2Ki_10:24, 2Ki_11:16, 2Ki_12:11, 2Ki_13:16 (2), 2Ki_19:18, 2Ki_22:17, 1Ch_25:2-3 (2), 1Ch_25:6, 1Ch_29:5, 2Ch_6:4, 2Ch_8:18, 2Ch_12:10, 2Ch_15:7, 2Ch_23:15, 2Ch_29:23, 2Ch_32:19, 2Ch_34:25, 2Ch_35:11, Ezr_1:6, Ezr_4:4, Ezr_6:22, Ezr_10:19, Neh_2:18, Neh_4:17, Neh_6:9 (2), Neh_8:6, Neh_9:24, Neh_13:21, Est_3:6, Est_3:9, Est_9:16, Job_1:10, Job_4:3, Job_5:12, Job_5:18, Job_10:8, Job_14:15, Job_16:11, Job_17:3, Job_20:9-10 (2), Job_30:2, Job_34:19, Psa_8:6, Psa_18:20, Psa_18:24, Psa_18:34, Psa_22:16, Psa_26:10, Psa_28:2, Psa_28:4-5 (2), Psa_55:20, Psa_58:2, Psa_68:31, Psa_76:5, Psa_90:17 (2), Psa_95:4-5 (2), Psa_102:25, Psa_111:7, Psa_115:4, Psa_115:7, Psa_119:73, Psa_125:3, Psa_134:2, Psa_135:15, Psa_138:8, Psa_143:4-6 (3), Psa_144:1, Pro_6:10, Pro_6:17, Pro_12:14, Pro_14:1, Pro_21:25, Pro_24:33, Pro_30:28, Pro_31:19-20 (2), Pro_31:31, Ecc_2:11, Ecc_5:5-6 (2), Ecc_7:26, Ecc_10:18, Son_5:5, Son_5:14, Son_7:1, Isa_1:15, Isa_2:8, Isa_5:11-12 (2), Isa_17:7-8 (2), Isa_19:25, Isa_25:11 (2), Isa_29:23, Isa_31:7, Isa_35:3, Isa_37:19, Isa_45:9, Isa_45:11-12 (2), Isa_60:21, Isa_65:2, Isa_65:22, Jer_1:16, Jer_2:37, Jer_6:24, Jer_10:3, Jer_10:9, Jer_19:7, Jer_21:4, Jer_23:14, Jer_25:6-7 (2), Jer_25:14, Jer_30:6, Jer_32:30, Jer_33:13, Jer_38:4 (2), Jer_44:8, Jer_47:3, Jer_48:37, Jer_50:43, Lam_1:14, Lam_1:17, Lam_3:64, Lam_4:2, Lam_4:6, Lam_4:10, Eze_1:8, Eze_7:17, Eze_7:21, Eze_7:27, Eze_10:12, Eze_10:21, Eze_11:9, Eze_13:22, Eze_16:11, Eze_21:7, Eze_22:14, Eze_23:37, Eze_23:42, Eze_23:45, Eze_25:6, Dan_10:10, Hos_14:3, Mic_5:13, Hab_3:10, Zep_3:16, Hag_2:14, Hag_2:17, Zec_8:9 (3), Zec_8:13, Zec_13:6

next, 20

2Ch_17:15-16 (2), 2Ch_17:18, 2Ch_31:15, Neh_3:2 (2), Neh_3:4-5 (4), Neh_3:7-10 (6), Neh_3:12, Neh_3:17, Neh_3:19, Neh_13:13

power, 13

Deu_32:36, Jos_8:20, 2Ki_19:26, Neh_5:5, Job_1:12, Psa_22:20 (2), Psa_49:15, Pro_18:21, Isa_37:27, Isa_47:14, Dan_12:7, Hos_13:14

consecrate, 10

Exo_28:41, Exo_29:9, Exo_29:33, Exo_29:35, Exo_32:29, Lev_8:33, Lev_16:32, 1Ch_29:5, 2Ch_13:9, Eze_43:26

consecrated, 7

Exo_29:29, Lev_21:10, Num_3:3, Jdg_17:5, Jdg_17:12, 1Ki_13:33, 2Ch_29:31

place, 7

Num_2:17, Deu_2:37, 1Sa_15:12, 2Sa_18:18, Isa_56:5, Jer_6:3, Eze_21:19

tenons, 6

Exo_26:17, Exo_26:19 (2), Exo_36:22, Exo_36:24 (2)

coast, 5

Num_13:29, Num_24:24, Num_34:3, Eze_48:1 (2)

side, 5

Exo_2:5, 1Sa_4:18, 2Sa_18:4, Ecc_4:1, Dan_10:4

beside, 4

1Sa_19:3, 2Sa_15:2, 2Sa_15:18, Job_1:14

custody, 4

Est_2:3, Est_2:8 (2), Est_2:14

means, 4

1Ki_10:29, 2Ch_1:17, Jer_5:31, Mal_1:9

stays, 4

1Ki_10:19 (2), 2Ch_9:18 (2)

able, 3

Deu_16:17, Eze_46:5, Eze_46:11

himself, 3

Lev_25:26, Lev_25:49, 2Ch_13:9

large, 3

Jdg_18:9-10 (2), Neh_7:4, Isa_22:18

parts, 3

Gen_47:24, 2Ki_11:7, Neh_11:1

yourselves, 3

Exo_32:29, 2Ch_29:31, 2Ch_30:8

armholes, 2

Jer_38:12, Eze_13:18

at, 2

Pro_8:3 (2)

axletrees, 2

1Ki_7:32-33 (2)

because, 2

Isa_64:7, Jer_41:9

dominion, 2

1Ch_18:3, 2Ch_21:8

force, 2

Jer_18:21, Eze_35:5

ledges, 2

1Ki_7:35-36 (2)

lefthanded, 2

Jdg_20:15-16 (2)

ministry, 2

2Ch_7:6, Hos_12:10

near, 2

Jos_15:46, 2Ch_21:16

order, 2

1Ch_25:2, 1Ch_25:6

paw, 2

1Sa_17:37 (2)

service, 2

1Ch_6:31, 1Ch_29:5

state, 2

Est_1:7, Est_2:18

thumbs, 2

Jdg_1:6-7 (2)

wide, 2

1Ch_4:40, Psa_104:25

aided, 1

Jdg_9:24

better, 1

Dan_1:20

border, 1

2Sa_8:3

borders, 1

1Ch_7:29

bounty, 1

1Ki_10:13

broad, 1

Isa_33:21

brokenhanded, 1

Lev_21:19

cannot, 1

Lev_14:21

charge, 1

Num_31:49

coasts, 1

Jdg_11:26

creditor, 1

Deu_15:2

debt, 1

Neh_10:31

enough, 1

Gen_34:21

fallen, 1

Lev_25:35

fellowship, 1

Lev_6:2

handed, 1

2Sa_17:2

handiwork, 1

Psa_19:1

handstaves, 1

Eze_39:9

labour, 1

Pro_13:11

mine, 1

2Sa_14:30

ordinance, 1

Ezr_3:10

places, 1

Psa_141:6

presumptuously, 1

Num_15:30

sore, 1

Psa_77:2

strength, 1

2Ki_9:24

stroke, 1

Job_23:2

submitted, 1

1Ch_29:24

sworn, 1

Exo_17:16

themselves, 1

Eze_43:26

through, 1

Zec_4:12

throwing, 1

Num_35:17

times, 1

Gen_43:34

wait, 1

1Ch_23:28

wayside, 1

Psa_140:5

where, 1

Isa_57:8

work, 1

Exo_14:31

yield, 1

2Ch_30:8

When we put forth our hand at something, we see many results:

Gen 3:22 –  And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Gen 4:11 –  And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Gen 8:9 –  But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Gen 9:1 –  And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 9:2 –  And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Gen 9:3 –  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Gen 9:4 –  But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Gen 9:5 –  And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Gen 9:6 –  Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Gen 14:18 –  And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Gen 14:19 –  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Gen 14:20 –  And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Gen 14:22 –  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

When we put forth our hands, we see similar things happen as we put forth even more effort:

Gen 5:29 –  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Gen 16:7 –  And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 –  And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Gen 16:9 –  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Gen 16:10 –  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Gen 16:11 –  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

So, we have seen that the Lord puts forth His hands and does His works and we have also read briefly that we too put forth our hands to do works. Putting ours hands to anything means quite a lot when we compare the sum of the word to find out what we can glean about this topic.

2h 17:15 –  And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
2h 17:16 –  And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
2h 17:18 –  And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
2h 31:15 –  And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
Neh 3:1 –  Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Neh 3:2 –  And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
Neh 3:4 –  And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Neh 3:5 –  And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Neh 3:7 –  And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Neh 3:8 –  Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Neh 3:9 –  And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Neh 3:10 –  And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Neh 3:12 –  And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Neh 13:12 –  Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
Neh 13:13 –  And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

All these examples we just read are the same words translated so many times as hand or hands but now we see that this is next to him. Do you see the correlation yet?

Maybe the next group of words will help shine some light on the topic:

Deu 32:36 –  For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Jos 8:20 –  And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
2Ki 19:25 –  Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
2Ki 19:26 –  Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Neh 5:4 –  There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Neh 5:5 –  Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Job 1:10 –  Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job 1:11 –  But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 1:12 –  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Psa 22:20 –  Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psa 49:15 –  But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Pro 18:21 –  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Isa 37:27 –  Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isa 47:14 –  Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Dan 12:7 –  And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Hos 13:14 –  I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Consecrated
We have seen that we are formed from His hands, and power is represented by the thing we have set out to do, so what is one of the huge things that the Lord hands do in our lives once we have been formed and been breathed into. Some other words translated from hands can be seen below.

From the beginning, Christ has been set aside and we too, in Him, have been slain from the foundation of the world.

Exo 28:40 –  And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Exo 28:41 –  And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Exo 29:8 –  And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
Exo 29:9 –  And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Exo 29:32 –  And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exo 29:33 –  And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Exo 32:28 –  And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Exo 32:29 –  For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Exo 32:30 –  And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
Lev 8:32 –  And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
Lev 8:33 –  And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

1h 29:5 –  The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
2h 13:9 –  Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
Ezekiel 43:26 –  Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

Consecrated –

Exo 29:29 –  And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Lev 21:10 –  And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Num 3:3 –  These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
Jdg 17:5 –  And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Jdg 17:12 –  And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
1Ki 13:33 –  After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
2h 29:31 –  Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

Ministry –

2h 7:6 –  And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
Hos 12:10 –  I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

Service –

1h 6:31 –  And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

1h 29:5 –  The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

Conclusion

In the beginning, God fashioned Christ from the foundation of the world to be last among the world. The world simply does not accept nor cannot accept Christ because believing on Christ is usurping the beast from the throne.

We have many trials and tribulations which seem too hard to bare, but with love for one another … as we are commanded, we can be the Light to the world in others that we are commanded to be. This is all of the Lord, but as we are continually given the mind of Christ on the subject, we will see that all that is in the world has been conquered and defeated by He that is in the world but not of it.

Be not of the world and the devil will flee from you as the hedge is placed around you.

Today, we have simply touched on this topic of the awesome hands of the Lord. Lord willing, we will begin to search out and study the meaning of each of the scriptures where we find the work of the hands of the Lord in play and in His name and in doing so we come close to seeing Him reflected more and more in a a glass darkly as He works through our hands and works to accomplish His will all to His glory..

Even so, come quickly Lord.

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Gen 2:7 –  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Hands are an awesome creation. Infinitely more true is that the creator of those hands is much more knowledgeable about creating hands as He is in using them.
After all, a master workmen will continue to hone his craft until one day all He produces is the best possible outcome or trashes the rare mistakes and starts over while maintaining the highest efficiency and proficiency that his trade can produce.
Rest easy and assured that we all are in the awesome hands of the Master Potter and will that comes a profound and earth- shattered view of the mind of Christ on the matter. All things are yours.

Formation of all of us

During this introductory study, I hope we will all come to better understand through inspiration and revelation of the Holy Spirit, the aionios life we all have been promised and are experiencing now in this tabernacle of flesh.
Truly, God works with “awesome hands.” On urban dictionary. com, I found this as a top definition for the word awesome:

Lol. However, the word stems and has root in the word awe. From dictionary. references. com we can see a few defined facts about how this word is used now.
World English Dictionary

Here are three times where we see “awe- ness” or being in awe described in scripture.

Psa 4:4 –  Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psa 33:8 –  Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psa 119:161 –  SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Obviously, being in awe of everything means that we are encapsulated with the thing we are experiencing, seeing, feeling, etc.

There are rarely such earth quakes in our lives, and such occurrences in our lives tend to wake us up from our sleep.

Indeed, we are brought to life just like light being formed in the dark ness.  Just as we are all formed from the dust of the ground by the potter, we too are formed in the spiritual to be sharpened into the vessel of honor that we are all destined to become.

However, the timing of such a miraculous birth and life is unique to each of us and just as we as masterfully being woven into a tool which can give God total glory, we will also experience the “work” that goes into making such an exquisite piece of work.

We simply must start from the beginning of the process, and as with all healthy births, we must start with the Head.

The End from the Beginning

Mar 9:35 –  And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Mar 9:36 –  And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
Mar 9:37 –  Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Mat 13:35 –  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Luk 11:50 –  That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Joh 17:23 –  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 –  Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 –  O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 –  And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Eph 1:4 –  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:   
Eph 1:5 –  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Heb 4:3 –  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Heb 9:25 –  Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Heb 9:26 –  For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Heb 9:27 –  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 –  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
1Pe 1:20 –  Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1Pe 1:21 –  Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1Pe 1:22 –  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1Pe 1:23 –  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1Pe 1:24 –  For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1Pe 1:25 –  But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Rev 13:6 –  And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Rev 13:7 –  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Rev 13:8 –  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 13:9 –  If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Rev 13:10 –  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Patience and Faith

Christ went through a lot and that is such a short synopsis that I am almost ashamed to write “a lot”. What He did for others in the flesh, went through and still goes through spiritually is unfathomable for us to understand while carnally minded.

Yet, we can be comforted knowing and having wisdom to understand that He has now paved the Way to show us the Truth of the Life that is in us, a great mystery.

As we read through various scripture and are given spiritual sight and hearing to grasp what has been hidden to most, we start to see that since Christ is the Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End … He might have a thing or two to teach us before our vapor of smoke is extinguished.

H3335
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Total KJV Occurrences: 64
formed, 23
Gen_2:7-8 (2), Gen_2:19, 2Ki_19:25, Psa_94:9, Psa_95:5, Isa_27:11, Isa_37:26, Isa_43:1, Isa_43:7, Isa_43:10, Isa_43:21, Isa_44:2, Isa_44:10, Isa_44:21, Isa_44:24, Isa_45:18 (2), Isa_49:5, Isa_54:17, Jer_1:5, Jer_33:2, Amo_7:1
potter, 8
Isa_41:25, Isa_64:8, Jer_18:4 (2), Jer_18:6, Lam_4:2, Zec_11:13 (2)
potter’s, 7
Psa_2:9, Isa_29:16, Jer_18:2-3 (2), Jer_18:6, Jer_19:1, Jer_19:11
maker, 4
Isa_45:9, Isa_45:11, Hab_2:18 (2)
fashioned, 3
Exo_32:4, Psa_139:16, Isa_22:11
fashioneth, 3
Psa_33:15, Isa_44:12, Isa_45:9
former, 2
Jer_10:16, Jer_51:19
formeth, 2
Amo_4:13, Zec_12:1
made, 2
Psa_74:17, Psa_104:26
earthen, 1
2Sa_17:28
form, 1
Isa_45:7
frame, 1
Jer_18:11
framed, 1
Isa_29:16
frameth, 1
Psa_94:20
make, 1
Isa_44:9
potters, 1
1Ch_4:23
potters’, 1
Isa_30:14
purposed, 1
Isa_46:11
set, 1
1Sa_18:30

Gen 2:19 –  And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
2Ki 19:25 –  Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Psa 94:9 –  He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Isa 27:11 –  When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isa 37:26 –  Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Isa 43:1 –  But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isa 43:7 –  Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isa 43:8 –  Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Isa 43:21 –  This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isa 44:2 –  Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isa 44:9 –  They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Isa 44:10 –  Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Isa 44:21 –  Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isa 44:22 –  I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isa 44:23 –  Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Isa 44:24 –  Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isa 44:25 –  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Isa 45:17 –  But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isa 45:18 –  For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isa 45:19 –  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isa 45:20 –  Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Isa 45:21 –  Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isa 45:22 –  Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 49:3 –  And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
Isa 49:4 –  Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Isa 49:5 –  And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
Isa 49:6 –  And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa 54:16 –  Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Isa 54:17 –  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Jer 1:5 –  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Jer 1:6 –  Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jer 1:7 –  But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jer 1:8 –  Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.Jer 33:1 –  Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Jer 33:2 –  Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
Jer 33:3 –  Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Potter Hands

Isa 41:25 –  I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Isa 41:26 –  Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isa 41:27 –  The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Isa 41:28 –  For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Isa 41:29 –  Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isa 64:7 –  And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Isa 64:8 –  But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Jer 18:1 –  The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jer 18:2 –  Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jer 18:3 –  Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
Jer 18:4 –  And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Jer 18:5 –  Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Jer 18:6 –  O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Lam 4:2 –  The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Zec 11:1 –  Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Zec 11:2 –  Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Zec 11:3 –  There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Zec 11:4 –  Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Zec 11:5 –  Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Zec 11:6 –  For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
Zec 11:7 –  And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zec 11:8 –  Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Zec 11:9 –  Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Zec 11:10 –  And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zec 11:11 –  And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Zec 11:12 –  And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Zec 11:13 –  And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Zec 11:14 –  Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Zec 11:15 –  And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Zec 11:16 –  For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Zec 11:17 –  Woe to the idol 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.

Hands of Glory

In part one, we looked briefly over what it is to be formed by the hands of the Potter but of course this pottery making goes both ways.

Rom 9:21 –  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
1Co 15:43 –  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
2Ti 2:20 –  But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2Ti 2:21 –  If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
2Ti 2:22 –  Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2Ti 2:23 –  But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

During this study, I am hoping that we can all have opened up to us some of the mystery of Christ in us, our hope of Glory.

Col 1:27 –  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Each and every day of our lives, we have experiences, hopes, dreams, fights, thoughts, emotions, fears and a whole array of issues and problems that we deal with. Quite easily and often, we are so bombarded that we cannot help but feel powerless but even though we are powerless ourselves to change these things we know we understand the source of all things.

Before we get into why the Lord does what He does, let’s see some examples of what He has done to others throughout scripture.

When the Lord involves Himself in a matter in such a way as to let us in on what it is He is doing, we get a whole other glimpse into what He is doing according to His mind on the subject and what can be gleaned from the black and white letters we read on the paper.

When we take this to be true, we can look at a topic such has the hands or our hands and what they teach us. More importantly, we can look at what the Lord and what He chooses to put His hands to tells us about how we are to Love God, Jesus the Christ whom He has sent or our neighbor as ourselves.

Knowing how hands represent is huge in understanding how and why our Lord and God deals with us as He does.

H3027
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Total KJV Occurrences: 1536
hand, 1088
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Neh_9:30, Neh_11:24, Est_2:21, Est_3:10, Est_6:2 (2), Est_6:9, Est_8:7, Est_9:2, Est_9:10, Est_9:15, Job_1:11-12 (2), Job_2:5-6 (2), Job_5:15, Job_6:9, Job_9:23-24 (3), Job_9:33, Job_10:7, Job_11:14, Job_12:6, Job_12:9-10 (2), Job_15:23, Job_15:25, Job_20:21-22 (2), Job_21:5, Job_21:16, Job_26:13, Job_27:11, Job_27:22, Job_28:9, Job_30:20-21 (2), Job_30:24, Job_31:21, Job_31:25, Job_31:27, Job_34:20, Job_37:7 (2), Job_40:4, Psa_10:12, Psa_17:14 (2), Psa_18:1, Psa_21:8, Psa_31:5, Psa_31:8, Psa_31:15 (2), Psa_32:4, Psa_36:11, Psa_37:24, Psa_37:33, Psa_38:2, Psa_39:10, Psa_44:2, Psa_71:4, Psa_73:23, Psa_74:11, Psa_75:8, Psa_77:20, Psa_78:42, Psa_78:61, Psa_80:17, Psa_81:14, Psa_88:4-5 (2), Psa_89:13, Psa_89:21, Psa_89:25, Psa_89:48, Psa_95:4, Psa_95:7, Psa_97:10, Psa_104:28, Psa_106:10 (2), Psa_106:26, Psa_106:41-42 (2), Psa_107:2, Psa_109:27, Psa_119:173, Psa_121:5, Psa_123:2 (2), Psa_127:4, Psa_136:12, Psa_138:7, Psa_139:10, Psa_144:7 (2), Psa_144:11, Psa_145:16, Psa_149:6, Pro_1:24, Pro_3:27, Pro_6:5 (2), Pro_10:4, Pro_11:21 (2), Pro_12:24, Pro_16:5 (2), Pro_17:16, Pro_19:24, Pro_21:1, Pro_26:6, Pro_26:9, Pro_26:15, Pro_30:32, Ecc_2:24, Ecc_5:14-15 (2), Ecc_7:18, Ecc_9:1, Ecc_9:10, Ecc_11:6, Son_5:4, Isa_1:12, Isa_1:25, Isa_3:6, Isa_5:25 (2), Isa_6:6, Isa_9:11-12 (2), Isa_9:17, Isa_9:21, Isa_10:4-5 (2), Isa_10:10, Isa_10:13-14 (2), Isa_10:32, Isa_11:8, Isa_11:11, Isa_11:14-15 (2), Isa_13:2, Isa_14:26-27 (2), Isa_19:4, Isa_19:16, Isa_22:21, Isa_23:11, Isa_26:10-11 (2), Isa_31:2-3 (2), Isa_34:17, Isa_36:15, Isa_36:18-20 (4), Isa_37:10, Isa_37:14, Isa_37:20, Isa_40:2, Isa_41:20, Isa_42:6, Isa_43:13, Isa_47:5-6 (2), Isa_48:13, Isa_49:2, Isa_49:22, Isa_50:2, Isa_50:11, Isa_51:16-18 (3), Isa_51:22-23 (2), Isa_53:10, Isa_56:2, Isa_57:10, Isa_59:1, Isa_62:3, Isa_64:8, Isa_66:2, Isa_66:14, Jer_6:9 (2), Jer_6:12, Jer_11:21, Jer_15:6, Jer_15:17, Jer_16:21 (2), Jer_18:4, Jer_18:6 (2), Jer_20:4-5 (2), Jer_20:13, Jer_21:5, Jer_21:7 (3), Jer_21:10, Jer_21:12, Jer_22:3, Jer_22:24-25 (5), Jer_25:15, Jer_25:17, Jer_25:28, Jer_26:14, Jer_26:24 (2), Jer_27:3, Jer_27:6, Jer_27:8, Jer_29:3, Jer_29:21, Jer_31:11, Jer_31:32, Jer_32:3-4 (3), Jer_32:21, Jer_32:24-25 (2), Jer_32:28 (2), Jer_32:36, Jer_32:43, Jer_34:2-3 (3), Jer_34:20-21 (5), Jer_36:14 (2), Jer_37:17, Jer_38:3, Jer_38:5, Jer_38:16, Jer_38:18-19 (3), Jer_38:23 (2), Jer_39:17, Jer_41:4-5 (2), Jer_42:11, Jer_43:3, Jer_43:9, Jer_44:25, Jer_44:30 (3), Jer_46:24, Jer_46:26 (3), Jer_50:15, Jer_51:7, Jer_51:25, Lam_1:7, Lam_1:10, Lam_1:14, Lam_2:7-8 (2), Lam_3:3, Lam_5:6, Lam_5:8, Lam_5:12, Eze_1:3, Eze_2:9, Eze_3:14, Eze_3:18, Eze_3:20, Eze_3:22, Eze_6:14, Eze_8:1, Eze_8:3, Eze_8:11, Eze_9:1-2 (2), Eze_10:7-8 (2), Eze_12:7, Eze_13:9, Eze_13:21 (2), Eze_13:23, Eze_14:9, Eze_14:13, Eze_16:27, Eze_16:39, Eze_16:49, Eze_17:18, Eze_18:8, Eze_18:17, Eze_20:5-6 (3), Eze_20:15, Eze_20:22-23 (2), Eze_20:28, Eze_20:33-34 (2), Eze_20:42, Eze_21:11, Eze_21:31, Eze_23:9 (2), Eze_23:28 (2), Eze_23:31, Eze_25:7, Eze_25:13-14 (2), Eze_25:16, Eze_27:15, Eze_30:9-10 (3), Eze_30:12 (2), Eze_30:22, Eze_30:24-25 (2), Eze_31:11, Eze_33:6, Eze_33:8, Eze_33:22, Eze_34:10, Eze_34:27, Eze_35:3, Eze_36:7, Eze_37:1, Eze_37:17, Eze_37:19-20 (3), Eze_38:12, Eze_39:3 (2), Eze_39:21, Eze_39:23, Eze_40:1, Eze_40:3, Eze_40:5, Eze_44:12, Eze_46:7, Eze_47:3, Eze_47:14, Dan_1:2, Dan_8:4, Dan_8:7, Dan_8:25 (2), Dan_9:15, Dan_11:10-11 (2), Dan_11:16, Dan_11:41-42 (2), Hos_2:10, Hos_7:5, Amo_1:7-8 (3), Amo_5:19, Amo_7:7, Amo_9:2, Mic_2:1, Mic_5:9, Mic_5:12, Mic_7:16, Zep_1:4 (2), Zep_2:13, Zep_2:15, Zec_2:1, Zec_4:9-10 (2), Zec_8:4, Zec_13:6-7 (4), Zec_14:13 (3), Mal_1:10, Mal_2:13 (2)

hands, 275
Gen_5:29, Gen_16:9, Gen_24:22, Gen_24:30, Gen_24:47, Gen_27:16, Gen_27:22-23 (4), Gen_37:21-22 (2), Gen_39:1, Gen_43:22, Gen_48:14, Gen_49:24 (2), Exo_15:17, Exo_17:12 (3), Exo_29:10, Exo_29:15, Exo_29:19, Exo_29:25, Exo_30:19, Exo_30:21, Exo_32:19, Exo_35:25, Exo_40:31, Lev_4:15, Lev_7:30, Lev_8:14, Lev_8:18, Lev_8:22, Lev_8:24, Lev_15:11, Lev_16:21, Lev_24:14, Num_8:10, Num_8:12, Num_27:23, Deu_1:25, Deu_3:3, Deu_4:28, Deu_9:15, Deu_12:17-18 (2), Deu_16:15, Deu_17:7 (2), Deu_20:13, Deu_21:6-7 (2), Deu_21:10, Deu_24:19, Deu_27:15, Deu_31:29, Deu_33:7, Deu_33:11, Deu_34:9, Jos_2:24, Jdg_2:14 (2), Jdg_7:2, Jdg_7:11, Jdg_7:19-20 (3), Jdg_8:3, Jdg_8:34, Jdg_9:16, Jdg_10:7 (2), Jdg_11:30, Jdg_11:32, Jdg_12:2, Jdg_13:23, Jdg_15:14, Jdg_16:24, Jdg_18:10, Jdg_19:27, 1Sa_5:4, 1Sa_7:14, 1Sa_10:4, 1Sa_11:7, 1Sa_14:13, 1Sa_14:48, 1Sa_17:47, 1Sa_21:13, 1Sa_30:15, 2Sa_2:7, 2Sa_3:34, 2Sa_4:1, 2Sa_4:12, 2Sa_16:21, 2Sa_21:9, 2Sa_22:21, 2Sa_22:35, 2Sa_23:6, 1Ki_8:22, 1Ki_8:38, 1Ki_8:54, 1Ki_14:27, 1Ki_16:7, 2Ki_3:11, 2Ki_5:20, 2Ki_9:23, 2Ki_9:35, 2Ki_10:24, 2Ki_11:16, 2Ki_12:11, 2Ki_13:16 (2), 2Ki_19:18, 2Ki_22:17, 1Ch_25:2-3 (2), 1Ch_25:6, 1Ch_29:5, 2Ch_6:4, 2Ch_8:18, 2Ch_12:10, 2Ch_15:7, 2Ch_23:15, 2Ch_29:23, 2Ch_32:19, 2Ch_34:25, 2Ch_35:11, Ezr_1:6, Ezr_4:4, Ezr_6:22, Ezr_10:19, Neh_2:18, Neh_4:17, Neh_6:9 (2), Neh_8:6, Neh_9:24, Neh_13:21, Est_3:6, Est_3:9, Est_9:16, Job_1:10, Job_4:3, Job_5:12, Job_5:18, Job_10:8, Job_14:15, Job_16:11, Job_17:3, Job_20:9-10 (2), Job_30:2, Job_34:19, Psa_8:6, Psa_18:20, Psa_18:24, Psa_18:34, Psa_22:16, Psa_26:10, Psa_28:2, Psa_28:4-5 (2), Psa_55:20, Psa_58:2, Psa_68:31, Psa_76:5, Psa_90:17 (2), Psa_95:4-5 (2), Psa_102:25, Psa_111:7, Psa_115:4, Psa_115:7, Psa_119:73, Psa_125:3, Psa_134:2, Psa_135:15, Psa_138:8, Psa_143:4-6 (3), Psa_144:1, Pro_6:10, Pro_6:17, Pro_12:14, Pro_14:1, Pro_21:25, Pro_24:33, Pro_30:28, Pro_31:19-20 (2), Pro_31:31, Ecc_2:11, Ecc_5:5-6 (2), Ecc_7:26, Ecc_10:18, Son_5:5, Son_5:14, Son_7:1, Isa_1:15, Isa_2:8, Isa_5:11-12 (2), Isa_17:7-8 (2), Isa_19:25, Isa_25:11 (2), Isa_29:23, Isa_31:7, Isa_35:3, Isa_37:19, Isa_45:9, Isa_45:11-12 (2), Isa_60:21, Isa_65:2, Isa_65:22, Jer_1:16, Jer_2:37, Jer_6:24, Jer_10:3, Jer_10:9, Jer_19:7, Jer_21:4, Jer_23:14, Jer_25:6-7 (2), Jer_25:14, Jer_30:6, Jer_32:30, Jer_33:13, Jer_38:4 (2), Jer_44:8, Jer_47:3, Jer_48:37, Jer_50:43, Lam_1:14, Lam_1:17, Lam_3:64, Lam_4:2, Lam_4:6, Lam_4:10, Eze_1:8, Eze_7:17, Eze_7:21, Eze_7:27, Eze_10:12, Eze_10:21, Eze_11:9, Eze_13:22, Eze_16:11, Eze_21:7, Eze_22:14, Eze_23:37, Eze_23:42, Eze_23:45, Eze_25:6, Dan_10:10, Hos_14:3, Mic_5:13, Hab_3:10, Zep_3:16, Hag_2:14, Hag_2:17, Zec_8:9 (3), Zec_8:13, Zec_13:6
next, 20
2Ch_17:15-16 (2), 2Ch_17:18, 2Ch_31:15, Neh_3:2 (2), Neh_3:4-5 (4), Neh_3:7-10 (6), Neh_3:12, Neh_3:17, Neh_3:19, Neh_13:13
power, 13
Deu_32:36, Jos_8:20, 2Ki_19:26, Neh_5:5, Job_1:12, Psa_22:20 (2), Psa_49:15, Pro_18:21, Isa_37:27, Isa_47:14, Dan_12:7, Hos_13:14
consecrate, 10
Exo_28:41, Exo_29:9, Exo_29:33, Exo_29:35, Exo_32:29, Lev_8:33, Lev_16:32, 1Ch_29:5, 2Ch_13:9, Eze_43:26
consecrated, 7
Exo_29:29, Lev_21:10, Num_3:3, Jdg_17:5, Jdg_17:12, 1Ki_13:33, 2Ch_29:31
place, 7
Num_2:17, Deu_2:37, 1Sa_15:12, 2Sa_18:18, Isa_56:5, Jer_6:3, Eze_21:19
tenons, 6
Exo_26:17, Exo_26:19 (2), Exo_36:22, Exo_36:24 (2)
coast, 5
Num_13:29, Num_24:24, Num_34:3, Eze_48:1 (2)
side, 5
Exo_2:5, 1Sa_4:18, 2Sa_18:4, Ecc_4:1, Dan_10:4
beside, 4
1Sa_19:3, 2Sa_15:2, 2Sa_15:18, Job_1:14
custody, 4
Est_2:3, Est_2:8 (2), Est_2:14
means, 4
1Ki_10:29, 2Ch_1:17, Jer_5:31, Mal_1:9
stays, 4
1Ki_10:19 (2), 2Ch_9:18 (2)
able, 3
Deu_16:17, Eze_46:5, Eze_46:11
himself, 3
Lev_25:26, Lev_25:49, 2Ch_13:9
large, 3
Jdg_18:9-10 (2), Neh_7:4, Isa_22:18
parts, 3
Gen_47:24, 2Ki_11:7, Neh_11:1
yourselves, 3
Exo_32:29, 2Ch_29:31, 2Ch_30:8
armholes, 2
Jer_38:12, Eze_13:18
at, 2
Pro_8:3 (2)
axletrees, 2
1Ki_7:32-33 (2)
because, 2
Isa_64:7, Jer_41:9
dominion, 2
1Ch_18:3, 2Ch_21:8
force, 2
Jer_18:21, Eze_35:5
ledges, 2
1Ki_7:35-36 (2)
lefthanded, 2
Jdg_20:15-16 (2)
ministry, 2
2Ch_7:6, Hos_12:10
near, 2
Jos_15:46, 2Ch_21:16
order, 2
1Ch_25:2, 1Ch_25:6
paw, 2
1Sa_17:37 (2)
service, 2
1Ch_6:31, 1Ch_29:5
state, 2
Est_1:7, Est_2:18
thumbs, 2
Jdg_1:6-7 (2)
wide, 2
1Ch_4:40, Psa_104:25
aided, 1
Jdg_9:24
better, 1
Dan_1:20
border, 1
2Sa_8:3
borders, 1
1Ch_7:29
bounty, 1
1Ki_10:13
broad, 1
Isa_33:21
brokenhanded, 1
Lev_21:19
cannot, 1
Lev_14:21
charge, 1
Num_31:49
coasts, 1
Jdg_11:26
creditor, 1
Deu_15:2
debt, 1
Neh_10:31
enough, 1
Gen_34:21
fallen, 1
Lev_25:35
fellowship, 1
Lev_6:2
handed, 1
2Sa_17:2
handiwork, 1
Psa_19:1
handstaves, 1
Eze_39:9
labour, 1
Pro_13:11
mine, 1
2Sa_14:30
ordinance, 1
Ezr_3:10
places, 1
Psa_141:6
presumptuously, 1
Num_15:30
sore, 1
Psa_77:2
strength, 1
2Ki_9:24
stroke, 1
Job_23:2
submitted, 1
1Ch_29:24
sworn, 1
Exo_17:16
themselves, 1
Eze_43:26
through, 1
Zec_4:12
throwing, 1
Num_35:17
times, 1
Gen_43:34
wait, 1
1Ch_23:28
wayside, 1
Psa_140:5
where, 1
Isa_57:8
work, 1
Exo_14:31
yield, 1
2Ch_30:8

When we put forth our hand at something, we see many results:

Gen 3:22 –  And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Gen 4:11 –  And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Gen 8:9 –  But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Gen 9:1 –  And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 9:2 –  And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Gen 9:3 –  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Gen 9:4 –  But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Gen 9:5 –  And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Gen 9:6 –  Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Gen 14:18 –  And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Gen 14:19 –  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Gen 14:20 –  And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Gen 14:22 –  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

When we put forth our hands, we see similar things happen as we put forth even more effort:

Gen 5:29 –  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Gen 16:7 –  And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 –  And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Gen 16:9 –  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Gen 16:10 –  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Gen 16:11 –  And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

So, we have seen that the Lord puts forth His hands and does His works and we have also read briefly that we too put forth our hands to do works. Putting ours hands to anything means quite a lot when we compare the sum of the word to find out what we can glean about this topic.

2h 17:15 –  And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
2h 17:16 –  And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
2h 17:18 –  And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
2h 31:15 –  And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
Neh 3:1 –  Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Neh 3:2 –  And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
Neh 3:4 –  And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Neh 3:5 –  And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Neh 3:7 –  And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Neh 3:8 –  Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Neh 3:9 –  And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Neh 3:10 –  And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Neh 3:12 –  And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Neh 13:12 –  Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
Neh 13:13 –  And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

All these examples we just read are the same words translated so many times as hand or hands but now we see that this is next to him. Do you see the correlation yet?

Maybe the next group of words will help shine some light on the topic:

Deu 32:36 –  For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Jos 8:20 –  And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
2Ki 19:25 –  Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
2Ki 19:26 –  Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Neh 5:4 –  There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Neh 5:5 –  Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Job 1:10 –  Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job 1:11 –  But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 1:12 –  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Psa 22:20 –  Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psa 49:15 –  But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Pro 18:21 –  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Isa 37:27 –  Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isa 47:14 –  Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Dan 12:7 –  And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Hos 13:14 –  I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Consecrated

We have seen that we are formed from His hands, and power is represented by the thing we have set out to do, so what is one of the huge things that the Lord hands do in our lives once we have been formed and been breathed into. Some other words translated from hands can be seen below.

From the beginning, Christ has been set aside and we too, in Him, have been slain from the foundation of the world.

Exo 28:40 –  And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
Exo 28:41 –  And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Exo 29:8 –  And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
Exo 29:9 –  And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Exo 29:32 –  And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exo 29:33 –  And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Exo 32:28 –  And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Exo 32:29 –  For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Exo 32:30 –  And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
Lev 8:32 –  And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
Lev 8:33 –  And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
                       
1h 29:5 –  The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
2h 13:9 –  Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
Ezekiel 43:26 –  Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

Consecrated –

Exo 29:29 –  And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Lev 21:10 –  And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Num 3:3 –  These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
Jdg 17:5 –  And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Jdg 17:12 –  And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
1Ki 13:33 –  After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
2h 29:31 –  Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

Ministry –

2h 7:6 –  And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
Hos 12:10 –  I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

Service –

1h 6:31 –  And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
           
1h 29:5 –  The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

Conclusion

In the beginning, God fashioned Christ from the foundation of the world to be last among the world. The world simply does not accept nor cannot accept Christ because believing on Christ is usurping the beast from the throne.

We have many trials and tribulations which seem too hard to bare, but with love for one another … as we are commanded, we can be the Light to the world in others that we are commanded to be. This is all of the Lord, but as we are continually given the mind of Christ on the subject, we will see that all that is in the world has been conquered and defeated by He that is in the world but not of it.

Be not of the world and the devil will flee from you as the hedge is placed around you.

Today, we have simply touched on this topic of the awesome hands of the Lord. Lord willing, we will begin to search out and study the meaning of each of the scriptures where we find the work of the hands of the Lord in play and in His name and in doing so we come close to seeing Him reflected more and more in a a glass darkly as He works through our hands and works to accomplish His will all to His glory..

Even so, come quickly Lord.

Hi Mike and Sandi,

Just dropping by to say hello…. and mention something that crossed my mind while reading an article on the website.

Mat 24:3 b: Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

The word ‘world’ as you know, is translated from aion, an age. The coming of Christ means the end of an age. What I understand from this is that for the chosen ones in this lifetime, the aion ends at the moment Christ takes his rightful place within. At that moment we do not longer belong to the people of whom Christ said “let the dead bury their dead”, but we belong to the group who are dragged out of darkness into His wonderful light.

Mat 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Luk 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
1Pe 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

The end of the world, of this age already ended for God’s chosen ones the moment God’s grace opens their eyes for His truths. Does this mean that we are home free? Nope, on the contrary… then God will start his burning of our wood, hay and stubble. The moment Christ takes His rightful place is when the burning begins. This is exactly what will happen to the rest of humanity in the second resurrection. Christ (The Word) takes His rightful place, and the burning will begin. You and I know already that this burning only brings forth good, although it is hard sometimes on the inside. The rest of humanity will in time, in that lake of spiritual fire, realize also that this burning is a good thing… a very, very good thing, because when it is finished, we all will be as He is.

Give my best to the family.
Your brother in Christ,
R____

Hi R____,

It is good to hear from you and to share your insights.
Yes, the coming of Christ is the beginning of His fiery judgments within our hearts and minds. The beginning of the mystery of Christ in us is the ending of the mystery of the man of sin who, up to that time, has been standing in the temple of our hearts and minds declaring himself to be God. That is the battle ground, and that is where the torments of that fire rage.

Luk 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

If we felt we had it made, we would not be hoping for salvation. On the other hand, if we are required to remain diligent, sober, vigilant and zealous, then we will continue to hope with confidence that He who has begun a work in us will perform it until the day of the Lord.

Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Php 1:7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

So “the day of Jesus Christ” is both present spiritually, and it is future dispensationally. We all partake of the same grace… until the day of Jesus Christ. So “the day of the Lord” has both a spiritual, inward, present application, as well as an outward, dispensational, future application for the end of the age.
The phrase “end of the age” itself has both an inward and an outward application, and both are valid and essential to understand if we believe in a consummation of the ages.
Most people will never understand the inward application at all in this age and will never understand how Christ could say:

Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Mat 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

These “nations” are all seen only outwardly by the multitudes who come to Christ and not as inward “powers and principalities”.

Eph 6:12 Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world- rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual [ forces] of the wickedness in the heavenlies [ or, heavenly [ realms]]. (ALT)

That is where the nations and rulers reside to whom we must take the gospel before the end will come. The multitudes of Christianity simply are not yet given to see or hear these spiritual matters. So they are dumbfounded by Christ declaring that the generation in which He lived would not pass until all these things were fulfilled, including the gospel going to all nations, and the end of the world.

Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [ even] at the doors.
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

What does this mean? It means that even though ‘the mystery of God… Christ in you the hope of glory… should not be finished… until the seven plagues of the seven angels is fulfilled’, nevertheless, the opening of the seven seals and the blowing of the seven trumpets are all part of and must precede the fulfilling of the seven plagues of the seven angels.

Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27 T o whom God would make known what [ is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Rev 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

So while Christ is already in us in “earnest” and we are “saved by hope” and while we are even now His Sons, we still look forward to “the redemption of the purchased possession”.

1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

So “we are Sons now”, and He is living in us now, and yet “it does not yet appear what we shall be”. In other words, the reason the seals, trumpets and vials are so closely and inseparably connected is because they are all those words which “are, were and will be” and which will “gather us all together” in sharing the one mind of Christ”, and they are those words of Christ which “will never pass away.”

Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

When is all of this “near, even at the doors”? It is always so, because Christ’s Words do not pass away. You are right in that the burning out process does not begin until Christ comes into our lives, but that is simply a matter of perspective. Again, this is the fact of the matter even for those who are unaware of the chastening they are receiving at the hand of God:

Luk 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Hag 2:17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye [ turned] not to me, saith the LORD.

I hope this helps you to see that the groaning and travailing is being experienced by “the whole creation”, while only a few are given to understand and benefit from understanding the hope these birth pains gives us and the purpose for the pain we all endure.
Your brother in Christ,

Mike

B____ wrote:

Hey Mike,

This is B____. We met at the Nashville conference last year. I was just looking at your website and it seems like you are now a Preterist. I was just wondering when and how you came to become a Preterist.

Hope all is well with you,

B____

Hi B____,

It is good to hear from you.

If you mean that I believe that Christ and His Word have an application which includes the ‘was’ part of…:

Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

… then I suppose you could ‘call’ me a preterist. But since I believe that the emphasis here is on the is, I would have to say that calling me a preterist would be a stretch. Like I said in Nashville, a preterist knows one third of Christ. A dispensationalist also knows one third of Christ. But since “Christ is not divided” neither preterist nor dispensationalist knows the “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending… which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

I’m trying to understand why you would consider me a preterist. All I can figure is that you confused Gary Amirault’s letter to me as a letter I wrote. I exposed preterism for the one- third truth that it is. But it was a long read, and I can see how that could have happened. Sorry to disappoint you. Check out that entire exchange. I will cut and past the conclusion, which is nothing less than a ‘trumpet sounding’ for both preterists and dispensationalists. Christ is not divided. “The time is at hand” is just as true today as it was in 70 A. D., simply because what is true of Christ is true also of His Words:

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty

Here is Gary’s introduction, followed by my concluding remarks. Let me know if you still think I’m a preterist.

Mike

I was browsing through your site and came across your comment:

The “imminent return of Christ” was inward and before the millennium. The “rod of iron” is the millennium, and it and the resurrection that precedes it are yet future. Preterists just cannot distinguish between things of the spirit and the things of this age.

While Preterism does not solve all problems for me, it DOES solve a lot of time statements which most dispensationalists put to the end of time, or our generation as most think. I’m not quite sure what it is you believe, but tell me, the following verses, do they apply to the generation in which the New Testament was written or do they apply some time in the future or do you have some other kind of scenario?

And after a detailed explanation of the nature of all scripture, here is the ‘trumpet sounding’ against both preterism and dispensationalism of which I spoke. As I said above, Christ Himself emphasizes and puts the ‘is’ first and foremost. The book of Revelation is a book of which we are to”keep the sayings…”

Rev 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

It is neither preterist or dispensationalist.

Yours in Christ,

Mike