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Awesome Hands – part 158

“The LORD hath not done all this”

November 9, 2019

Deu 31:29  For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because  ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Deu 32:26  I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Deu 32:27  Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

Our study today finds us with a very revealing set of verses about how seriously the Lord takes His glory and the works He institutes to that end.

It had been revealed to Moses that the Israelites would provoke the Lord to anger through the work of their hands.

The past several studies have shown that the negative “work of the hands” is creating idols which are worshipped as gods. This can come as physical creations, or more covertly, as the works of our hands in the form of the work we do in our own spiritual lives.

We indeed create “gods” to be worshipped with the work of our own “crafty hands”.

Deu 27:15  Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Though the Israelites did fulfill this set of verses when they were told this “song of Moses”, we will see shortly that Christianity has done the same thing.

Isa 48:5  I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

We are all gods; therefore, we all create idols of our own hands.

For us personally, we too have fulfilled these verses in our own timing, but that is not the end of the story on this matter.

Deuteronomy 32:27 says, “Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy”, which alone makes it sound like the Lord could possibly “fear the wrath of the enemy”, but we know this is not what is being said simply because the Lord works all things after the counsel of His own will, and causing Himself to fear the wrath of His enemies is not something you can find witnesses to in scripture.

So, what is being said here, and why is it important to understand? Does the Lord fear “the wrath of the enemy”?

Here are the same verses in the ESV translation:

Deu 32:26 (ESV) I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,"
Deu 32:27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, it was not the LORD who did all this."'

“It is not the Lord who did all this” is the focus of these verses.

It is very important to the Lord that He has a people who represent Him. In fact, this still holds true today.

When Israel is being told, through the song of Moses, that they will betray the Lord in their actions and hearts, the Lord says He is going to take vengeance (verse 35) on them to avenge His name.

In other words, His “name” is not going to be dragged through the mud without Him having something to say about the matter.

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.
Deu 32:37  And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Deu 32:38  Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

When all this happens, the Lord is NOT utterly going to destroy His people because this is what will be used by the enemy to claim that the enemy is the one who ultimately has the power to destroy the Lord’s people, and the Lord is NOT having that!

The Lord is not going to permit His glory to be lessened by His enemy, by His enemy saying it has power to lessen the Lord’s glory.

Instead of utterly destroying His people, God will leave a remnant to show His glory through and to, and that is where Christian’s come in today.

Rom 8:35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Again, lest we think this is only a message meant for the “Jews who are outwardly”, let us examine what the “name of the Lord” is all about and who it is who carries this name with them today.

Anyone who keeps the commandments of the Lord has His name. Therefore, doing, saying, professing, claiming, calling upon or acting in accord with the name of the Lord all means you are keeping His commandments.

“For I am persuaded, that neither death”, tells us that not even the “last enemy” death will have any power of the Lord or His name.

Lam 1:8  Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Lam 1:9  Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
Lam 1:10  The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

1Co 15:25  For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
1Co 15:26  The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

When any of us do not “keep His commandments”, we are appointed to death in its various forms.

Though the Lord will no utterly destroy His people, if you are His people, then judgment must happen. For God’s people now, judgment is NOW on the house of God.

Deu 32:37  And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Deu 32:38  Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
Deu 32:39  See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Deu 32:40  For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Deu 32:41  If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deu 32:42  I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Deu 32:43  Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants,   and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to  his people.

This all seems so deadly for the enemies of God, and indeed it is. However, being that we are all the enemies of God because of the flesh that has it’s laws running through it, shouldn’t take our spiritual eyes off of the prize that we have a spiritual race to run to obtain the prize of the high calling.

I know this is a lot of verses, but I am going to read them from the ESV and hopefully this will encourage us all to keep running the race when so many of our enemies (and there are many spiritual enemies to deal with that have nothing to do with the physical) want us to stop running.

Php 3:12 (ESV) Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
Php 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Php 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Php 3:15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
Php 3:16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
Php 3:17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
Php 3:18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Php 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
Php 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Php 3:21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

What is this thing we have just exclaimed to be racing towards and trying to win referred to as the “high calling of Jesus Christ”?

Php 3:7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
Php 3:8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Php 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith--
Php 3:10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings,becoming like him in his death,
Php 3:11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

The focus of this study is to make sure that the enemies of God do not take the glory of God unto themselves.

The Lord tells the Israelites, through the song of Moses, that He will not allow His enemies to be able to claim, “the Lord has not done this”.

Deu 32:27  Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

What is the “all this” that the Lord is claimed by His enemies to have not done?

When we put it in the context of these verses, it is all the things mentioned in this chapter of Deuteronomy.

However, when we out it in the context of this race we are running the entirety of our Christian lives, it is all of the things “made from our hands”, otherwise known as “gods”, which take credit for what the Lord has done.

When combining the last few studies of the awesome hands series with this one, anything that we do of ourselves is the work of our hands. It is our own work. Where we get in spiritual trouble is that we take credit for even that work being created VIA our hands.

For example, many people cannot forgive themselves for some grievous thing that have done in their lives. This is because you only see the “you” being the cause of the “grievous thing”.

How much more clearer can the Lord make it that “you” just aren’t that powerful?

We just read that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ in Romans, yet we somehow think we are powerful enough to do that in SOME WAY? Listen again to the Lord in Deut 30 to see just how powerful the “god” you are is.

Deu 32:39  See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Simply put, we cannot kill nor make alive ……. our OWN SELVES in and of ourselves. It simply is not given to us to do this and have this power.

The Lord does not share His glory with another in this way.

If we start evaluating the things in our heavens that we struggle with, and place it under this same spiritual microscope, we will discover that the Lord indeed has things under His control.

This should give us great comfort, and when it doesn’t, it is because “we” have somehow injected ourselves into the scenario as somehow not having the power to stop things as they are preceding or to get things going in the “right direction”.

What part of “BE STILL” is hard to understand? Stand in AWE of the Lord. Though “awesome” is not in the scripture, this is the word (AWE) which inspired the title of this series, “Awesome Hands”.

Psa 46:8  Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psa 46:9  He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Psa 46:10  Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psa 46:11  The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psa 4:1  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psa 4:2  O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Psa 4:3  But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psa 4:4  Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psa 4:5  Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Psa 4:6  There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psa 4:7  Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psa 4:8  I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

What are the “sacrifices of righteousness” we are to offer? I just so happened to highlight it before, but could it be so simple? Yes, indeed it is, because there is simplicity in the Lord.

Php 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes  from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith--

The real eye-opener and kicker is that EVEN faith is a GIFT from God, so the righteousness we are to sacrifice is FROM THE LORD! Amen!

Lack faith? Ask for more. We all need more faith, not less! Ever feel like you’ve been cast into the fire or water to be destroyed?

Mar 9:22  And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.
Mar 9:23  Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mar 9:24  And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I  believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Lord, I believe, but help me with the rest of my unbelief … my un-faith. Amen, “father of the child”, amen.

I hope this study will bless you to know who fights on your side.

Psa 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? 
Psa 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 
Psa 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 
Psa 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 
Psa 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 
Psa 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 
Psa 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 

This part of our study opens with a rhetorical question, “Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?”. This is a question God’s elect expect to see the world asking in various ways, and Christ identified certain categories of people who would ask “Where is now their God?” in Matthew 16:13-19.

Mat 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one ofthe prophets. [the 4 groups represent the whole of the deceived world with the emphasis on the religious world, who God says “blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in” (Rom 11:25, Eze 16:55)]
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee [those four groups ] , but my Father which is in heaven. [Christ says the same thing to Thomas as he did to Simon Barjona(Joh 20:29).God’s elect see God doing this invisible work within our hearts and minds and are granted to continue in the faith (Joh 8:31-32, Rom8:14-16)]
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto theethe keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. [the foundation of God’s government ‘the body of Christ’ must have their eyes open from our Father in heaven so that we can believe without seeing, and in so doing be built upon “this rock” that we know represents Christ, our Lord, who is working in us both to will and to do, the binding and loosing on this earth within our heavens (Php 2:13, Php 4:13) which is why “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” the mind of Christ (1Co 2:16) within the church, which is Christ’s body (Col 1:24)].

Humanity has been blinded by the god of this world “from the beginning of the creation” (2Co 4:4-5) as per God’s will (Eph 1:11), keeping them from being able to recognize His sovereignty which is being acknowledged in the first verse of this Psalm (Psa 115:1). God has predestined the deception and strong delusion the world finds itself in today, and prophecy, along with the signs and wonders in the heavens where prophecy is perceived correctly or incorrectly (Rev 13:13-16, Mat 24:24, Jud 1:17-19), has been used to deceive humanity as a parable that causes our fleshly reasoning to continue to look without ourselves to interpret and understand the inward significance of what prophecy is supposed to be telling us about ourselves (Mat 13:17, Mat 13:34-35). 

Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. [we do not worship the image of the beast any longer, considering ourselves dead to sin and alive in Christ (Rev 11:8, Rom 6:11)]
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 

When understood with the mind of Christ, prophecy should encourage, enlighten, comfort and quicken God’s people (1Co 14:3, Joh 6:63) as we learn how all the symbolic imagery explained in His word reveals what is within ourselves, while at the same time we see it create strong delusion toward those who are looking outwardly to interpret where the beast and the false prophet and the anti-Christ are now residing (2Th 2:9-10, 1Jn 2:18-25). Overcoming the mark of the beast, the man of perdition within us, is a gift given to those whose names are written in the book of life (Rev 15:2, Rev 20:13-15). Christ prophesied from the cross to two thieves who witness against our flesh and its natural tendency to doubt and deny Christ who won’t deny himself (2Ti 2:13). God has made provision through Christ in the midst of these two men to prophecy to us (1Co 10:11), to encourage us, as we see ourselves now as all three men in this story, hearing words that apply to us inwardly (Luk 23:39-43, Gal 2:20, Mat 4:4). The patience and faith of the saints is the gift which will give us victory over this flesh that must endure until the end as we learn to be confident that Christ will finish this work of faith within us, even while we are imprisoned in these weak and marred vessels which need be this way for the time being (Php 1:6, Rev 2:10, 1Co 15:52).

In regard to the man of perdition:

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders (Mat 24:24),
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [if we are blessed to have eyes and ears that receive and love the truth, it will be a witness that we have the hope of glory within us who is able to destroy that man of perdition by the brightness of his coming within us (Col 1:27)].

1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us (1Co 11:19) For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you]
1Jn 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1Jn 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it,and that no lie is of the truth.
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son (Joh 17:3)
1Jn 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you,which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son (Joh 8:31), and in the Father (Joh 17:3).
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life (Joh 17:3)

Having done all stand:

Rev 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass (Eph 6:13, 1Co 16:13], having the harps of God.

Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

1Co 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 

Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; anddeath and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

Having not yet received the mercy and truth that we are blessed to continue in today, those who are not yet dragged to Christ (Joh 6:44) cannot become those disciples indeed of whom Christ talks in the book of John (Joh 8:31-32), having been blinded for our sakes (2Co 4:15). God’s mercy is expressed by His giving us eyes to see and ears to hear what is now hidden from the rest of the world as we suffer for his name’s sake (Mat 10:22), to the end that we will be able to show mercy to rest of the world with Christ (Mat 13:11, Php 1:29, 1Jn 4:17, Mat 16:21, Rom 11:29-33).

Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

2Co 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 

Mat 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 

Php 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ,not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 

1Jn 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness (Heb 4:16 , Rom 8:15) in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 

Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 

Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 

Mat 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 

Christ was showing his disciples by going “unto Jerusalem” what we would all do as His witnesses in this age, being as he is in this world, being hated of all men, God using that hatred for our sakes as we go through a process of judgment at the hands of these three groups [the elders, chief priests and scribes] just as Christ did (Rev 11:3-8, 1Jn 4:17). We are comforted by knowing that all we must endure to the end of this life is made possible through Christ as we abide in Jerusalem above (Gal 4:26, Eph 2:6) and witness to Jerusalem below in “the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified” (Rev 11:8). We can endure all things through Christ who will never leave or forsake us in this process of salvation unto which God has called us (Php 4:13, Heb 13:5).

God’s elect are blessed to be those kind of first fruits who first understand that “Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty” that gives us victory over the man of sin within our members and makes it possible for us to partake of the “the fast that I have chosen” spoken of in Isaiah 58:6-10. That fast represents the life of Christ within us which makes it possible to see these words fulfilled in our life – “the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not” (Isa 58:11).

Psa 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

This opening question sets the stage for the next few verses which are going to explain why this question has to be asked in the first place, and where we are spiritually when we ask “Where is now their God?”.

The natural tendency for all flesh is to doubt God, when we stop seeing the physical evidence of Him working in our life, via miracles by way of healings or having physical events which we see unfolding for our good. It takes a greater work of faith to be able to see Christ in the midst of our trials from which we are not immediately being delivered, and that proving of our faith is a precious gift from God that is required if we are going to go on to maturity in this life. It is the time we must come boldly before the throne of grace and ask God to help our unbelief (Joh 20:29, 1Pe 1:7, Heb 4:16, Joh 6:27-29, Mar 9:24). It is by way of the grace of God which chastens and scourges us that we stop trusting in our flesh and obtain mercy by way of increased faith which helps us in our time of need. Christ cried out with strong tears as our example of what we can expect to go through, as God helps us in our unbelief and hears us in that we fear him. This is what is required of God’s elect in order to become kings and priests under our “high priest” Jesus Christ (Heb 5:7-10).

Joh 20:29 Jesus saith unto him,Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. 

1Pe 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 

Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 

Joh 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 
Joh 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 
Joh 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them,This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent (Col 1:24 , Col 1:27).

Mar 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. 

Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 
Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 
Heb 5:9 Andbeing made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvationunto all them that obey him; 
Heb 5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. 

Psa 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Where we look and how we think is what will define how we see, and if we are looking for signs and wonders outwardly, then we are being drawn away with what Christ called “a wicked and adulterous generation” that “demands a sign” (Mat 16:4), as opposed to being convinced that “our God is in the heavens” of our hearts and minds.

We must look to the cloud of witnesses, ‘the church/Christ’s body’, to help us overcome the sin that so easily besets us, and we are to present every part of our body [the church] including our eyes, which belong to God, a living sacrifice (Heb 12:1-2, Rom 12:1).

Job is a shadow of the elect looking to God in the heavens and said to his wife, who represents the churches of this world, “Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity^H8538? [“innocence” — In regard to this question of our innocence: Rom 10:9-10, Eph 1:6, Rom 8:1] curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips” (Job 2:9-10). In other words, we can say of God “he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased” in the heavens, of our hearts and minds, and if we are convinced of this, then when the iniquity of this world waxes worse and worse at the end of this age, or when we endure fiery trials as Christ did (1Pe 4:12), we can remain assured that God is in perfect control of all of those events, of the wars and rumors of wars inwardly and outwardly (Mat 24:6) that Christ prophesied would come about and cause the love of many to wax cold, even while His beloved were witnessing that they are more than conquerors through Christ (Mat 24:12, Rom 8:37-39).

This miracle of having that extra faith, or oil in our lamps, at this time of great trouble which Christ said would come upon the earth, is an is-was-and-will-be event that will have an outward culmination at the end of the age, and specifically in the lives of those with whom God is working now, as well as the rest of the world (Mat 24:22). God is the one who gives us the ability to identify the foolish virgin within ourselves, so “confession is made unto salvation”, and we can go on and become that wise virgin, who also must trim their lamp, and be blessed of God to receive His goodness (Rom 2:4) which requires a contrite and broken heart that God gives us (Eze 36:26, Isa 66:2) along with faith and strength (Eph 2:8, Php 4:13) needed to endure until the end of our age, making it possible for us to not love our own life, but rather lose it for Christ’s sake (Mat 25:1-13, Mat 10:39). This is all true and possible because God “is in the heavens: [and] he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased“.

Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: andhe that loseth his life for my sake shall find it (Mat 10:22).

That “for my sake” is the keeping of the commandments of God [Mat 19:17 “but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments”]. God gives His spirit to them who obey Him (Act 5:32) and that extra oil which is given to the wise servant in the parable of Matthew 25 quickens us and causes us to be able to drink the cup that God gives (Joh 6:63, Mat 24:13, Mat 20:23). Christ admonishes us if you will enter into life you must “keep the commandments” and we know that those who keep His commandments love Him and have their names written in the book of life (Mat 19:17, Rev 20:15, 1Co 14:37).

Mat 19:17 And he said unto him,Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life , keep the commandments. 

Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

1Co 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual,let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

Psa 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

God causes us to have an idol of our heart, and likens that idol unto silver and gold knowing that His word is the idol in question (Pro 2:4-5, Pro 3:14-15) which will remain so until it is purified through fiery trials (1Pe 4:12). Because of the proximity to our carnal minds and the influence that our deceitful flesh has on God’s word (Jer 17:9), He calls this relationship with His silver and gold, “the work of men’s hands“.

Pro 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 
Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 

Pro 3:14 For the merchandise of itis better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 
Pro 3:15 Sheis more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 

Psa 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

This verse reminds us that we can have a lot to say, even unto the Lord and declare that we can see and yet remain in the dark (Joh 9:21) if we do not keep the commandments of God (Luk 6:46). As discussed earlier, the beast which represents our yet carnal relationship speaks and has influence over others, and these following verses (Rev 13:15-16, Mat 24:24, 2Co 11:13-15) demonstrate the ultimate example of a Nicolaitan spirit which rules over the unsuspecting laity. These false prophets and apostles “have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not“.

Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beastshould be killed. [this is where we want to be among those who “should be killed” (Rev 11:8, Rom 6:11)]

Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 

Mat 24:24 For there shall arisefalse Christs, andfalse prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

2Co 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 
2Co 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 

Psa 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

By now it should be very apparent to us that the idols which are being spoken of here in this Psalm are not specifically physical idols like a statue of Jesus or Buddha, but rather it is a parable discussing the idols that are naturally attached to the heart of every man who does not yet know “THE UNKNOWN GOD” as Paul expressed to a group of men in Athens (Act 17:22-23). These men really did have physical idols and altars that were devotions to various gods, and they were outward expressions of their inward deception and longing but were ever learning and not able to come to the knowledge of the truth (2Ti 3:7).

2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 

When the scripture says “They have ears, but they hear not” or “noses have they, but they smell not” we are simply being told what Paul said to the Athenians in regard to their current relationship “TO THE UNKNOWN GOD” where he says “Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you”.

Christ cannot be defined with a carnal fleshly mind, and when we do He remains spiritually unknown unto us. With the mind of Christ we can discern the good and the evil, or judge matters in our heavens through God’s holy spirit, which gives us the ability to hear the voice of the true Shepherd as the comforter leads us into all truth and helps us try the spirits whether they are of God or not (Joh 10:27, Joh 16:13, 1Jn 4:1). The holy spirit gives us a mind that is described this way: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” and that spirit helps us judge righteous judgment, because we are not judging after the flesh, but seeking our Lord’s judgment continually, whose judgment is not affected by the appearance, which is why the scripture says the new creature in Christ can say “Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more” (2Co 5:16-17). Judgment begins at the house of God, the temple that we are, as our Lord helps us examine ourselves to make sure that the plank is not in our own eye as we mature in our ability to judge righteous judgment that will have us not knowing any man after the flesh (2Co 5:16, Joh 5:30, 2Co 10:5, 1Jn 4:17, Joh 7:24). 

“They have ears, but they hear not “because they can hear, but what anyone hears when they are deceived is a lying spirit that God sends to keep that person from hearing the voice of the true Shepherd (Eze 14:9-10, Joh 12:40).

Eze 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 
Eze 14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 

Joh 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see withtheir eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. 

“Noses have they, but they smell not “because they can smell, but what we initially smell from true believers is the smell of death, even as we cannot recognize our own odious spiritual condition that has yet to be healed (2Co 2:16, Rev 3:17). Lazarus and the rich man perfectly portray this principle of how God’s elect are perceived by those who are “clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day” (Luk 16:19-25). 

2Co 2:16 To the onewe are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? 

Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 

Psa 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

We can do many wonderful works with our hands, but still not handle the word of God correctly, but as we will see with these following scriptures, it’s not just about what we do with our hands, but what is in our hearts when we are handling the word of God (Php 1:15-19, Php 2:3-7, 2Co 4:5-6). If our hearts are not being changed by God whose love must be shed abroad in our hearts (Rom 5:5), then it won’t matter how much we handle the word, because from God’s perspective “but they handle not” is not speaking of those who don’t handle the word, but rather those who don’t have the love of God that must be accompanied with every relationship we have in this life (Mar 12:30-31).

2Co 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake (1Co 3:4-7).
2Co 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness (Luk 18:19), hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

We can have all truth and understand all mysteries, but if we don’t have love for one another and for our neighbour and for our enemies, for whom we are to pray, then we are not yet among those who are being given to handle the word of God correctly (Mat 7:22, Tit 2:14-15, 1Co 13:2-10). 

Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? [the following verse in Titus 2:14-15 demonstrates that we must be redeemed from iniquity, and be purified if we are going to understand every work that we do is being done completely to the glory and honor of God who is working through the unprofitable servant who is doing that which is our duty to do (Luk 17:10)]

Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 
Tit 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Luk 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things [the many wonderful works done in your name (3 times mentioned “in thy name“)] which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. 

“They have hands, but they handle not” because we can handle the word, but it is only through the grace and faith of Christ (Eph 2:8) that anything we do will be understood in our hearts as something that Christ is doing through us, both to will and to do of His good pleasure (Php 2:13).

Christ said to Thomas “Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.” This statement of Christ is a parable that reminds us that we will remain as Thomas and those described in these terms “They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not” if we are not made whole by being given the spiritual healing that we need from Christ (Joh 5:8). Our walk is our way of life, and it is our communion with Christ that is once again typified by Christ having Thomas behold the hands and feet of Christ that we are to handle (1Co 10:16, Isa 58:6-7).

1Co 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless,is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Isa 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 
Isa 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? [Eph 5:28-30]

Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 

“Neither speak they through their throat” is once again a reminder that when our words come through our mouth without being governed by the mind of Christ who gives us the ability to bring “into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2Co 10:5) then our words are vain and as if they don’t exist in God’s ears as described so thoroughly in these verses (Mat 15:11, 1Co 13:1-3).

Mat 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 

1Co 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 
1Co 13:2 And though I havethe gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 
1Co 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feedthe poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Psa 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. 

Finally the point is just stated plainly that when we make these physical idols reflect our creation, we are void of any real life that we come to know can only be found in Christ (Joh 14:6). If we follow after empty idols in the hearts of men, and trust them at their word without examining those words against the word of God then we will be “like unto them” because we “trusteth in them“.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

When we are granted that new life of Christ, everything changes (2Co 5:17, Rom 8:9); as we go from being children to becoming mature sons of God who can truly glorify God and worship him through this life, with the spirit that He gives us that will in time produce these fruits mentioned in (1Co 13:4-10). It is that spirit that is missing within the hearts and minds of humanity that we long to see be given (Rom 8:21-23), and yet we know that God’s plan calls us to be patient like the husbandman our Father is likened unto waiting for “the early and latter rain” that God has promise will occur, resulting in the salvation all mankind, that will be accompanied with those good fruits (Luk 21:19, Jas 5:7-9).

2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 

Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 

1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long,and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 
1Co 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 

Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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. 

Luk 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 

Jas 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 
Jas 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 
Jas 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 

In time all of God’s creation will understand that “Thine, O LORD,is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty” for ever and ever.

Next week, Lord willing, we will look at the last part of Psalm 115:9-18 which has a very big emphasis on trusting God, which will result in an abundant spiritual life that He alone can provide through Jesus Christ.

Psa 115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 
Psa 115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 
Psa 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 
Psa 115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will blessus; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 
Psa 115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. 
Psa 115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 
Psa 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. 
Psa 115:16 The heaven,even the heavens,are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 
Psa 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. 
Psa 115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

The Prophecy of Isaiah - Part 71 Discussion

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Isa 19:2-7 Every One Against His Brother, And Every One Against His Neighbor

Isa 19:2  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Isa 19:3  And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isa 19:4  And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Isa 19:5  And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
Isa 19:6  And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Isa 19:7  The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

We will begin our study by repeating verse one from last week's study:

Isa 19:1  The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Now we will begin to see how the Lord will begin moving the idols of Egypt and melting the hearts of the Egyptian in the midst of it, both within us first and then, in time, we will see these things all fulfilled outwardly in the world:

Isa 19:2  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

Let's read this verse together with verse one to get the full force of what we are being told:

Isa 19:1  The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 19:2  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

The inward application of what these verses are telling us is that when we begin to see the true Christ, at that very moment we also begin to see the conflict of "the Egyptian against the Egyptian... every one against his brother" which is inherent in the doctrines we all believed for so long. A good example of "Egyptians and the Egyptians" within our heavens was manifested in a church marquee which read: "God is love... sinners will burn in hell". That self-conflicting doctrine is to this day believed by millions of people who profess to be Christians.

"Every one against his neighbor" has a very clear outward fulfillment which tugs at the hearts of even God's very elect. As we witness the injustices of mankind against their brothers, it will take Christ within us to keep us aloof from "the affairs of this life" and keep us from being against our brother. We simply cannot stay aloof from the affairs of this life of ourselves, but we can do so through Christ who strengthens us:

Php 4:13  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

2Ti 2:3  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2Ti 2:4  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

We will first take a closer look to see how Isaiah 19:2, "Egyptian against Egyptian is fulfilled within the kingdom of God within us, where our old man's Babylonian kingdom with all of its Babylonian lies is being invaded by the fiery words of the truth of the doctrines of Christ. My own person experience of "Egyptians against the Egyptians" began in my early twenties and continued for many years as I struggled with the scriptures I was being given to see for the first time in my life.

I first began to realize the meaning of the Greek word 'aion' and the Hebrew word 'olawm' in 1973. There were no personal computers to be bought at a local store, and there was no e-sword or any other such helps to search out how those words were used in the scriptures. Inwardly "the Egyptians [fought] against the Egyptians" for many years before that conflict subsided and Christ began to reign over all those conflicting doctrines within me which I had never before seen as contradictions.

The kingdom of our first old man is typified by the firstborn son of Abraham with his bond maid who was later cast out and of whom we are told:

Gal 4:29  But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Gal 4:30  Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

We may find it hard to understand, but this "son of the bondwoman" is none other than our own first-born "old man", and as we continue to compare spiritual things with spiritual (1Co 2:3-14), we will see that he is described as "a wild man":

Gen 16:12  And he [Ishmael, Abraham's first born son by Hagar, his "bondwoman" wife] will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Our old man "dwells in the presence of his brothers" inasmuch as he cohabits with Christ as an "earthen vessel". He is decreasing as Christ is increasing, and our old man is dying daily (1Co 15:31) simply because he is that "earthen vessel" in which Christ dwells at this time. We must all contend with the beast, that "earthen vessel" within, and we must do so on a daily basis:

2Co 4:7  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2Co 4:8  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
2Co 4:9  Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2Co 4:10  Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

Notice carefully, "the dying of the Lord Jesus" and "the life also of Jesus" are both "manifest in our body".  "Christ in [us]" (Col 1:27) is dying daily to the pulls of His own flesh, meaning the flesh of each of us within these earthen vessels because:

Heb 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

As shown already, inwardly "brother against brother" first speaks of the conflict of the lies of the Babylonian "spiritual... Egypt", the kingdom of our old man within us, conflicting with and warring with the Truth of the Words of Christ which comes as a fiery sword to destroy those lies "with the brightness of His coming" within us (2Th 2:3-8). It is this inward struggle that brings us all "to [our] wits' end" as we saw earlier in:

Psa 107:25  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psa 107:26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Psa 107:27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

While Christianity and Islam will certainly have their part in the fulfillment of the work of this "wild man" in the outward fulfilling of the Lord "set[ting] the Egyptians against the Egyptians", it is nevertheless the spiritual beastly nature within every man which the Lord has always used and which He will continue to use to bring to pass this "every man's hand against his brother" prophecy of world-wide civil unrest, as these verses demonstrate:

Ecc 3:18  I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Jdg 7:22  And the three hundred blew the trumpets [symbolizing the Lord's elect], and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

Isa 3:5. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

1Sa 14:20  And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle [against the Philistines]: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

Jer 25:30  Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Eze 38:20  So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Eze 38:21  And I will call for a sword against him [Gog and Magog - vs 1-2] throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
Eze 38:22  And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Eze 38:23  Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Hag 2:22  And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Zec 8:9  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zec 8:10  For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

Zec 14:13  And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

"Egyptian against Egyptian" will be accomplished "throughout all [of God's] mountains" (Eze 38:21), which has the same meaning as "...all the nations in the four quarters of the earth".

Rev 20:7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

The Lord tells us His words "shall not pass away":

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.

So these words concerning Gog and Magog have both a present and a future application, as well as being applicable at the time these words were written, just as surely as Joseph's brothers physically bowed down to him in his lifetime. These words in Psalms are also addressed to "the kings of the earth", and they are addressed to all nations who "take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed", whether in the days of King David, at the time of the crucifixion of Christ, or at the time of the "little season" of rebellion against the rulership of the Lord's elect following the thousand years of the reign of God's elect over the kingdoms of this world.

Psa 2:2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psa 2:3  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psa 2:4  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psa 2:5  Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Here is the application of these words at the time of Christ's crucifixion:

Act 4:26  The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

All these words are first to be applied within each of those in whom Christ will take up His abode. Then these words will also have a pre-millennial application when the kings of this world will resist the installation of the thousand-year reign of the Lord's elect over the kingdoms of this world:

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Rev 19:19  And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

Then they will have a final outward application to the nations at the end of the "little season" of rebellion, which follows the thousand year reign of Christ:

Rev 20:7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

The rest of our study details the destruction of Egypt within and without:

Isa 19:3  And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

When any of us first hear the truths of Christ, those truths sound so incredibly radical that we reject them out of hand as utter heresy. It just does not seem possible that so many of the people we know, love and respect could all be that wrong, and besides we have read the Bible for ourselves, and we, in our spiritually blind state, have never seen this doctrine there in the Bible. So we all at first rebel against Christ, and this is what we are told God thinks about that mindset:

1Sa 15:23  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

It is our old man who turns to the idols of our heart, and in doing so we become guilty of the sins of witchcraft and idolatry. At that time, we are comfortable with our bondage to the traditions of men. We like paying tithes on our gross income, and we dearly love keeping days, months, times and years, for just two examples.

The story of Elijah and the four hundred prophets of Baal is actually a type of what will become of all the false ministers who are this very day making merchandise of the Lord's flock. The Lord had delivered Israel into the hands of an apostate king who had married Jezebel, the daughter of a pagan Zidonian king (1Kg 16:31). Jezebel was intent upon destroying all the Lord's prophets and was making good on her intention, so Elijah, with Ahab's apparent consent, challenged them to a showdown. Our old man has a showdown with Christ written in his book, and all the nations of this world also must face a day of accounting for turning away from their Creator to idols of their own hearts.

See if you can see your own old man in the confidence these prophets of Baal had in the doctrines of their god:

1Ki 18:25  And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
1Ki 18:26  And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
1Ki 18:27  And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
1Ki 18:28  And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1Ki 18:29  And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
1Ki 18:30  And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
1Ki 18:31  And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
1Ki 18:32  And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
1Ki 18:33  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
1Ki 18:34  And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
1Ki 18:35  And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
1Ki 18:36  And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
1Ki 18:37  Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
1Ki 18:38  Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
1Ki 18:39  And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
1Ki 18:40  And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

It requires a miracle from God for any of us to come to Him. Paul's 'road to Damascus' conversion is not that different from any of ours, nor is it different from this story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. We do not willingly come to God. Rather, He drags us to Himself (Joh 8:44, 65). In the same manner, it will require a miracle to strike the fear of God into the kingdoms of this world before they will give up their dominion over the Lord's elect. However, the Lord specializes in miracles, and His word is sure:

Isa 19:4  And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

Our old man is a cruel taskmaster who rules us with a rod of iron. It is because of how he abuses us that we are all brought to our wits' end and cry out for the Lord's mercy. In the same way the outward kings of this world think little of sacrificing the lives of the sons of other men and women to maintain their own power and pride, the Lord has also placed this whole world into the hands of the basest of men who are all "fierce kings" who will not hesitate to go to war and to "destroy the earth":

Rev 11:18  And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

There was a three and a half year drought at the time Elijah slew the four hundred prophets of Baal:

Luk 4:25  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

The whole world is under just such a drought at this moment, but it is not a physical drought:

Amo 8:11  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

We all live through the days when God truly does dry up the waters that nourish Babylon. At that time the ten horns upon the beast are burning the doctrines of the great whore with fire and are devouring her flesh:

Rev 16:12  And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13  And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14  For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

When we come to see Babylon as 'spiritual Sodom and Egypt', then we will also see the drying up of the river of Egypt as the same thing as the drying up of the Euphrates. It is merely two ways of saying the same thing.

Rev 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

The drying up of the waters of the river of Egypt and the drying up of the Euphrates River symbolize the rejection of the doctrines of Babylon and the doctrines of the religions of this world, which we honestly believe bring so much wealth to ourselves and to the coffers of the churches of this world. The Lord is at this very moment drying up the Euphrates and the Nile, and everything sown by the brooks of these rivers is beginning to wither away, 'to be driven away and to be no more'.

Isa 19:5  And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
Isa 19:6  And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Isa 19:7  The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

This is what must happen to the kingdom of our old man and to Babylon within us, and it will happen just this way because:

Rev 17:15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Rev 17:16  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Rev 17:17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

It was the waters of the Euphrates by which the riches of the kingdoms of Babylon came into that city, and it was by the Nile that Egypt was made rich. Those are outward literal rivers and countries, but water also symbolizes the Word of God and the doctrines of Christ:

Joh 7:38  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Eph 5:26  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

As we have seen, when the water of the Word of God was taken from Israel, there was "a famine in the land".

Amo 8:11  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

In the same manner, the revelation of Christ and His Truth within us and within this world will effect a famine of the lies and falsehoods of Babylon, and when that happens Babylon's source of nourishment and wealth will dry up and wither away.

Isa 19:6  And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Isa 19:7  The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

King Cyrus turned the waters of the Euphrates and diverted them far north of Babylon. When the waters were no longer flowing through Babylon, his armies marched into the city through the empty channel which had been the Euphrates River and took the city without having to fight a battle. That is the outward fulfillment of the "drying up of the Euphrates". The spiritual fulfillment is coming in the form of the rejection of the doctrines of the Babylonian religions of this earth, and the eating of the flesh of that great whore and burning her with the fire of that rejection.

That is the deep darkness that comes just before the light of dawn. That is the great high waves which bring us and the kingdoms of this world to our wits' end just before we are brought to our haven of rest, and just before the kingdoms of this world are given into the merciful hands of the Lord's Christ.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

We have read a lot about how the Lord melts the hearts of the men of Egypt and the inhabitants of the promised land. Here are more verses which make that a personal experience and give us a much deeper understanding of what must take place within us before it can take place outwardly:

Psa 107:25  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psa 107:26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Psa 107:27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
Psa 107:28  Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Psa 107:29  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Psa 107:30  Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

It is He who "commands and raises the stormy wind", and it is also He, who at the time He has appointed for our good, will in the end 'makes the storm a calm and bring us into our desired haven of peace and safety' and "[His] rest" (Heb 4:1-5).

Isa 26:8  Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isa 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Next week, Lord willing, we will continue to see more of the kingdom of our old man and his fate, presented to us in the form of the drying up of the river of Egypt.

Isa 19:8  The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Isa 19:9  Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Isa 19:10  And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
Isa 19:11  Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Isa 19:12  Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Isa 19:13  The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Isa 19:14  The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isa 19:15  Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Revelation 4:6-7 – Four Beasts, Part 5

Updated February 23, 2024

Introduction

Last week we discovered the spiritual significance of the cloud, the four living creatures and the four faces of those four living creatures. Let us not forget that these are all patterns of the things of the heavens themselves:

Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these [the blood of bulls and goats]; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

I have been telling you that there were fourteen things which these two chapters have in common, but as my studies continued, I discovered that there are at least sixteen. That is two more which we must examine. Last week we examined three characteristics which Ezekiel 1 and 10 have in common. This week we will examine another five of the remaining thirteen things which these two chapters have in common concerning the spiritual significance of the patterns of the heavenly things themselves.

The five topics we will look at this week are the spiritual meaning of 1) four wings on each of the four cherubs, 2) the hands of a man under the wings of each cherub, 3) the spiritual significance of “they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward”, 4) the spiritual meaning of “whither the spirit was to go, they went” and 5) “they four had one likeness” as it pertains to the four wheels which are by the four cherubims.

Patterns of The Heavenly Things Themselves

4) Each creature having four wings is common to both chapters. There are four wings because they signify the whole spirit of the whole body of Christ. Four is the whole of anything. In this case, it is the body of Christ and the spirit of Christ in that body.

Here is the link to the study of the number four: Number four

Eze 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

Eze 1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Eze 1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

Eze 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

It is also under His wings that God protects his elect:

Rth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Psa 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psa 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Psa 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.

Christ tells us that it is under His wings that we are protected.

Luk 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Psa 46:1 A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

‘Wings’ in scripture, as do all things in scripture, have both a positive and a negative application. It is on “the wings of a stork” that the “two women” take the curse of wickedness into the land of Babylon or Shinar.

Zec 5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth.
Zec 5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
Zec 5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Zec 5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
Zec 5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
Zec 5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
Zec 5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

5) “They had the hands of a man under their wings“ is common to both chapters..

Eze 1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

Eze 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

The fact that we are reading of ‘hands’ tells us that God uses Christ as His own hands, and He has placed the implementation of His entire plan into Christ’s hands. Christ, in turn has called and sent us, just as His Father has called and sent Him.

Joh 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Mat 10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

This is one more connection between these “four living creatures… four cherubims… and four beasts” to mankind who are “all in Adam.” Remember that many times when you see the word ‘man’ in the Old Testament, it is often translated from the Hebrew word ‘adam.’ These four living creatures, cherubims or beasts, may have wings and four faces on each creature, but one of those faces is “the face of a man”, and they have “the likeness of a man” in an overall way, and now we learn that they “have the hands of a man under their wings.”

Eze 1:5 Also out of the midst thereof [came] the likeness of four living creatures. And this [was] their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

Eze 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

These creatures signify just who they tell us they are:

Rev 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Rev 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

6) The fact that the four living creatures and the four wheels don’t need to turn to go wherever the spirit wants to go is common to both chapters. They always go straight forward. This is repeated a total of six times in these two chapters.

Eze 1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Eze 1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Eze 1:17 When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not when they went.

This is repeated three times in this one chapter, and then three more times in chapter 10. This is the holy spirit placing great emphasis upon the sovereignty of God’s “no shadow of turning” hand in all things. This is nothing less than a commentary on both God’s sovereignty and His omnipresence. How else can the four faces never turning be explained?

Eze 10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

Eze 10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.

What need is there for an omnipresent spirit to ‘turn as he goes’?

Psa 139:5  Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psa 139:6  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psa 139:7  Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psa 139:8  If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psa 139:9  If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psa 139:10  Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psa 139:11  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psa 139:12  Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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:

The “marred vessel of clay”, which we all are, the serpent and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil are one and all proclaimed by their Creator to be “very good” for fulfilling their God-ordained purpose (Gen 1:31). ‘Mankind is but a beast’ and our “evil experience” are all being worked “after the counsel of His own will” (Ecc 3:18, Ecc 1:13, Eph 1:11). There is “one event to all” and it was all ‘written in His book before it ever was’ (Psa 139:16). Therefore He “turns not as He goes.”

7) “Whither the spirit was to go, they went” is common to both chapters. The fact that these four living creatures and their four wheels are led by God’s spirit is emphasized in both chapters. We are thrice told “the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.”

Eze 1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Eze 1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
Eze 1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Eze 10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.

The wheels “upon the earth” and the four living creatures have one mind and one spirit and are working in total agreement and in unison.

Eze 1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

There is no schism in the true body of Christ. It wants only to please Him.

1Co 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is [the] Christ.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

1Co 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

There is no mention of a chariot because, as we are later informed, this whole swirling cloud is His chariot. The Lord presents us as His means of transportation.

Psa 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

8)  That the four wheels were all exactly alike is common to both chapters. What this tells us is that what these four living creatures experience, as God’s channel for saving all men, is the “one event” which is common to all men, “the righteous, and the wicked.”

Eze 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

Eze 10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.

This is the “one likeness” of “all things [which] come alike to all” of mankind.

Ecc 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Ecc 1:13 I applied my heart to inquiring and exploring by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: it is an experience of evil Elohim has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it.

1Co 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1Co 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
1Co 3:23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

Summary

The five topics we have examined today are:

1) Four wings on each of the four cherubs. We saw that four, as always, means ‘the whole’ of whatever is under consideration. In this case wings are under consideration, and wings mean protection. What we learn from the four wings on each cherub is that our entire refuge is the Lord, and we can do nothing without Him.

2) The hands of a man under the wings of each cherub. The fact that we are discussing ‘hands’ tells us that this is God’s channel for doing His works. He has placed His entire plan of salvation into the hands of a man named Jesus Christ, and Christ in turn has called and sent us as His Father has called and sent Him. The “hand of a man under the wings of the cherubims” once again connects these cherubims to mankind.

3) The spiritual significance of “they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.” This statement is a commentary on both the omnipresence and the omnipotent sovereignty of God. “There is no shadow of turning with Him and all things are being worked by Him, “yes, even the wicked” (Pro 16:4).

4) The spiritual meaning of “whither the spirit was to go, they went;” This, of course, is just one more of the many statements in scripture which inform us that we are not to allow heresies into our spiritual house, and we are to speak the same thing and be of the same mind as the spirit itself. That spirit, of course, is “the Words that I speak unto you.”

Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

5) “And they four had one likeness:” as it pertains to the four wheels which are by the four cherubims. Once again, the unity of heart, mind, spirit and purpose is being driven home. There are no “nonessentials” anywhere in the Word of God. All mankind will live by every word of God and will all experience “one event”.

Ecc 9:2  All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Next week, Lord willing, we will examine a few more of the patterns of the things of the heavens themselves.