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Exodus 15:6 “Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy.”
Psalms 17:7 Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. Psalm 18: 35 You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. BOTH Moses (Exodus 15) and David (Psalms 17 & 18) saw God’s miracles of deliverance. Moses went to Egypt with great doubt that he had any power to deliver Israel from bondage. Of course, Moses did not, but God did. Moses witnessed God’s power in the 10 plagues and through the Red Sea. Exodus 15 is called the Song of Moses as he credits God with the victory. You stretched out your right hand and the earth swallowed them. In Psalm 17, King Saul’s army surrounded David, so David prayed for God to deliver his army. Psalm 18 is David’s grateful praise for God’s powerful right hand to answer his prayer. God’s right hand of power is the image of the Almighty God’s sovereign power to defend the righteous. The power of this promise becomes more personal when we know God is Deliverer. The Old Testament accounts teach us of the many times the LORD has delivered his people from physical persecution. This helps us to know God’s right hand will deliver us from spiritual bondage. Moses and David knew that in their lives. They first celebrated God’s deliverance from physical enemies. Then the LORD expanded their leadership to become prophets. He used their voices to announce God’s righteous laws, decrees, precepts and promises over Israel, so they could truly follow God. God’s right hand also judged Moses and David. His chosen were not perfect. It’s essential we know God delivers his right hand power with justice. Still, these men remain exalted in Israel’s history and in the legacy of our Christian faith because God received their repentance and forgave their sins. Today we look to our King, Jesus Christ. At God’s right hand Jesus is judge and High Priest: Romans 8:34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. At God’s right hand Jesus is the power of salvation: Ephesians 1:19b That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms. Jesus is the focus of our faith: Colossians 3:1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Jesus’ resurrection power has healed our sins: Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. In his right hand, Jesus holds the knowledge and the power of all things. Revelation 1:16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. God’s right hand destroys those who reject him. His hand is the power to save those who receive him. Comments are closed.
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