7518. 'Take for yourselves in fistfuls' means the power, imparted in the measure that it could be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'the fists', or the hollows of the hands, as power. The reason why 'the fists' or the hollows of the hands means power is that 'the hand' means power, dealt with below, in the measure that it can be received being meant by 'fullness'. ¹ With regard to the meaning of 'the fists' or hollows of the hands, it should be recognized that in the Grand Man the arms correspond to power; and from this not only the actual arms mean power but also the shoulders, as well as the hands even to the fingers. For the meaning of the arms as power, see 878, 4932, 4934, 4975, 7205; the shoulders, 1085, 4937; the hands, 878, 3387, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189; also the fingers, 7430; and regarding their correspondence in general, 4931-4937. The reason why all the parts belonging to the arm correspond to power is that the body exerts its power through them. All this serves to show what is meant by 'sitting at the right hand' in Matthew,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of power. Matthew 26:64.

And in Luke,

Hereafter the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

That is to say, one may see that the almighty power belonging to the Lord is meant; that is why 'the right hand of power' is used. So also in David,

You have an arm with power, strong is Your hand, Your right hand will be lifted up. Psalms 89:13.

From all this one may see how much light the internal sense provides in the Word. For unless one knew from that sense that 'the right hand' means power one would take those words to mean that the Lord was literally going to sit to the right of Jehovah.

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7205. 'And I will redeem you with an outstretched arm' means leading out of hell by Divine power. This is clear from the meaning of 'redeeming' as leading out of hell (for the use of the word 'redemption' in connection with servitude, evil, and death, from which people are released, so that they are released from hell, and for the Lord's being called the Redeemer in respect of His Divine Human, see 6281); and from the meaning of 'an outstretched arm' as Divine. For 'arm' means power, see 878, 4931, 4932, 4934, 4935; but the reason why 'an out-stretched arm' means almighty or Divine power is that in heaven when an arm is seen outstretched it represents power from the Divine. When it is not outstretched however but bent, power in an ordinary sense is meant. This now explains why in the Word the expressions 'outstretched arm' and 'strong hand' are used many times to mean Divine power, as in Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man, and beast that are on the face of the earth, by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 17:5.

In the same prophet,

Ah, Lord Jehovih! Behold, You have made heaven and earth by Your great strength and by Your outstretched arm; there is no matter ¹ that is too wonderful for You. And You led Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs and by miracles, and by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Jeremiah 32:17, 21.

In Ezekiel,

I will lead you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the lands into which you were scattered, by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Ezekiel 20:34.

In David,

He led Israel out from the midst of the Egyptians, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Psalms 136:11-12.

In addition to these places see Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 1 Kings 8:42; 2 Kings 17:36.

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