{"id":636,"date":"2011-09-02T09:33:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?p=636"},"modified":"2011-09-02T09:33:14","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:33:14","slug":"what-is-the-significance-of-the-right-hand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?page_id=636","title":{"rendered":"What is the significance of the right hand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Acts 3:7, what is the significance of the right hand?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When Peter used his right hand to help the lame man, it was no coincidence.\u00a0 This was an extension of the right hand of fellowship showing that there was a mutual understanding or agreement; Gal. 2:9, \u201c\u2026..they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we <em>should go<\/em> unto the heathen and they unto the circumcision.\u201d\u00a0 The right hand of God represents several things.\u00a0 In one scripture, it represents strength; Isa.62:8, \u201c\u2026..the arm of his strength\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 In another scripture, it represents righteousness; Isa.41:10, \u201c\u2026..the right hand of my righteousness.\u201d<strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Then again, the right hand represents power; Mr. 14:62, \u201c\u2026..the right hand of power\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 The right hand of God undoubtedly signifies his power and authority, after all, it is the right hand of the Father where Jesus sits; Heb. 10:12, \u201c\u2026..after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God\u2026..\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Acts 3:7, what is the significance of the right hand? \u00a0 Answer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When Peter used his right hand to help the lame man, it was no coincidence.\u00a0 This was an extension of the right hand of fellowship showing that there was a mutual understanding or agreement; Gal. 2:9, \u201c\u2026..they gave to me and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}