A Mighty Hand and An Outstretched Arm

This study of God’s great power used on behalf of his people will cover various aspects.

The first will be God’s use of his hand and arm as he applies them to protect his people and to perform miracles. Then we will consider how Jesus represents the hand and arm of God. Lastly we will consider Jesus’ position of power at God’s right hand.

First let us review some scriptures which indicate how God’s mighty hand, and outstretched arm, were used to perform miracles, and to protect his people. Let us use Deuteronomy 4:34,35 as our theme text of this section of the study.

We read: “Hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Unto you it was showed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.”

The Lord performed many miracles as signs of his love and favor toward the children of Israel throughout the entire period of time that he dealt with them as his peculiar people. This was true particularly when he led them out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Promised Land. These wonders were performed so they might know that the Lord is the true and only God—that there is no other beside him. He is the omnipotent God!