9133. If finding the theft be found in his hand. That this signifies if there be anything remaining of truth and good by which restoration can be made, is evident from the signification of “finding there be found,” when said of the good or truth that has been taken away, which is signified by the “theft,” as being to remain; from the signification of “in his hand,” as being in his power (that “the hand” denotes power, see n. 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518, 7673, 8050, 8153, 8281; that “in his hand” also denotes that which appertains to him, will be seen below); and from the signification of “theft,” as being the good or the truth that has been taken away (n. 9125). From this it is plain that by “if finding the theft be found in his hand” is signified if there be anything remaining of good and truth. That it also means whereby restoration can be made, is because this verse treats of the restoration of the good and truth that have been taken away. The case herein is this. So long as a general affection of good remains, there always remains something by means of which any particular good that has been taken away may be restored, for particular goods and truths depend upon a general good (n. 920, 1040, 1316, 4269, 4325, 4329, 4345, 4383, 5208, 6115, 7131). That “in his hand” denotes whatever appertains to him, is because by “the hand” is signified power, and whatever is in anyone’s power appertains to him. Consequently by “the hand,” especially by “the right hand,” is signified the man himself. From all this it can be seen what is signified by “sitting at the right hand of the Father,” when this is said of the Lord, as being to be everything with the Father, thus to be the Father Himself; which is the same as to be in the Father and the Father in Him; and as all things that are His being the Father’s, and all that are the Father’s being His; as the Lord teaches in John 14:8-11; 17:10-11.

5328. Or his foot. That this signifies that thence too is everything of power in the natural, is evident from the signification of the “foot,” as being the natural (see n. 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952); here power in the natural, because by “lifting up the foot,” as by “lifting up the hand,” is signified power; but by “lifting up the hand” power in the spiritual, and by “lifting up the foot” power in the natural; for the parts of the body above the feet bear relation to spiritual things. This is very evident from the Grand Man, or three heavens. When the whole heaven is presented before the sight as one man, the inmost or third heaven answers to the head, the middle or second heaven to the body, and the lowest or first to the feet. The inmost or third heaven answers to the head because it is celestial, and the middle or second answers to the body because it is spiritual, and the lowest or first answers to the feet because it is natural. Therefore by the “neck,” because it is intermediate, is signified the influx and communication of what is celestial with what is spiritual; and by the “knees,” because they also are intermediate, is signified the influx and communication of what is spiritual with what is natural. From this it is plain that by “lifting up the hand” is signified power in the spiritual, by “lifting up the foot” power in the natural; and therefore the power signified by the “hand” is predicated of the spiritual, namely, of truth from good (see n. 3091, 3563, 4931). By “the spiritual” is meant that in the natural which is of the light of heaven, and by “the natural” that in the natural which is of the light of the world; for all the former is called “spiritual,” and all the latter “natural.”