Title: How to Conquer Evil

Topic: Salvation

Summary: When we find ourselves in a battle with evil. we need to fight against it with all our power, but also acknoledge that the Lord is the one doing the work.

References:
Ex 15:22-23; 17:1, 8-16
Gen 36:1, 10-12
Ex 24:12-14
Num 14:25; 24:15-20
Deut 25:17-19
Matthew 10:34-39
Romans 8:35-39
Rev 6:1-2

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.

8599. 'With the rod of God in my hand' means that this will be a source of power. This is clear from the meaning of 'the rod of God' as Divine power, dealt with in 4013, 4015, 4876, 4936, 7026; and from the meaning of 'hand' also as power, 8595 (end). The reason why he says that the rod of God would be in his hand is that 'the rod' means outward power and 'hand' inward power, or 'the rod' means natural power and 'hand' spiritual power, 6947, 7011. The expression a source of power is used because truth engaged in conflict has power within it, derived from good; for all the power that truth possesses is derived from the good within it. The reason for this is that the Divine is within good, and through good He is within truth; but He is not within truth devoid of good. For the fact that all the power truth possesses is derived from good, see 3563, 4931; and the fact that all the power good possesses is derived from the Divine is self-evident.