Post #2. "The Arm of God"
picking up where we left off at, what was said by our friend breathofdesire. "God didn't bruise anyone but himself, what no one could do he himself did". God almighty spoke this himself Isaiah 63:5 "And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me". no one was found to do it, as said. listen to Revelation chapter 5 verses 1-5 "And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof". here in Revelation chapter 5 it is supporting what God said in Isaiah 63:5, you might want to make a cross reference here. there was NO ONE WORTHY. heaven and earth, and under the earth was search and no man was found worthy, hence the reason why God himself (THE ROOT) had to come as a man, in flesh, (see Philippians 2:6-8).
now let's look at this "ARM" of God, the ROOT in flesh. the term ARM of God in the bible is God strength or power. it's an anthropomorphism, meaning the attribution of human form or behavior given to a deity to understand its actions. in this action, the "ARM" of God is his POWER in display. remember, God in Isaiah said by his "own" ARM he brought salvation unto himself. so by his ARM, himself in flesh or the diversity or the share of himself in flesh he did the work. and work require POWER, hence the giving of the Holy Spirit, who is Christ standing in the Jordan river, and descended as a dove. just eliminated your 3 person again. remember the POWER of God is Christ, (see 1 Corinthians 1:24). a good example of this ARM/POWER of God at work can be seen and understood in a natural setting of action. the king of Assyria, Sennacherib, invaded Judah, and God intervene. and the POWER of the invading force was it's army, or military force. follow the scriptures and understand the concept of ARM use. scripture, 2 Chronicles 32:1-8 "After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: "With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah".
The ARM of Sennacherib, the king, an anthropomorphism, was his army, and here called an "ARM" of flesh, because this is where Sennacherib POWER lay, in his fighting men who is flesh and blood. the power of Sennacherib was his ARMed forces or military. the power is in the weapon that the fighting men, ARMed themselves with, hence the term an "ARM" of flesh. our Lord Jesus is God, his own, ARM, of flesh. are you seeing it now.
now some edification, many have said, that our Lord Jesus could do nothing of himself. John 8:28 "Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things". this is TRUE. as in our example, 2 Chronicles 32:1-8, no ARMY just jump up and start fighting anyone. the military must be AUTHORIZE to engage in a war. notice the Greek word for POWER ,G1849, exousia. it means authority. our Lord did nothing without authority, or being authorize to do something. knowing this go back to our example of the penny on the floor. you authorize your arm to pick up the penny. the way you authorize your ARM is to give it POWER to pick up the penny. listen, 1 Corinthians 1:24 "But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God". as in creation he "wisdom" is God. and in salvation to overcome death as in Revelation chapter 5 it is "HE" the "POWER" or the ARM of God that overcome death. because NO MAN was found to do it but God as a MAN.
re-read this also for edification and digestion. see, as the apostle Paul feed the original church father milk, some. I'm feeding you with strong meat.
be blessed.
