Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

There are numerous Scriptures that mention the “right hand,” including the “right hand of God” (Acts 2:33–34; 5:31; 7:55–56; Rom. 8:34; Eph 1:20). In Scripture the phrase “the right hand of God” alludes to authority, dominion, and power. For example, when Jacob was blessing his grandsons Manasseh and Ephraim, he crossed his hands and placed his right hand upon the younger son instead of the older (Gen. 48:13–18). Normally the right hand was placed upon the older son, who was the heir to the blessing and birthright of the family. The right hand of the patriarch was considered the hand of special approval and blessing, especially in times of prayer and of transferring spiritual blessing to the next generation. However, Job mentioned the “left hand of God,” a term found only in Job. Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him. —J OB 23:8–9 From a rabbinical perspective the left hand of God alludes to the side of darkness, trial, and difficulty—the opposite of favor and blessings found on the right hand. The concept originates at Creation when God created the two opposites of light and darkness. From a rabbinical concept light was formed with God’s right hand, and darkness was separated with His left hand (Gen. 1:18). On God’s right hand a person encounters