whom you have strengthened for yourself. Your handis for the man on
your right.You have strengthened yourself for the Son of Humankind’
(Psalms 80 : 15 , 17 ).
“From these passages it is clear how we should understand another
passage: ‘Jehovah said to my Lord, “Sit at my right handuntil I place
your enemies as a footstool for your feet.” Jehovah will send the rod of
your strength out of Zion to rule in the midst of your enemies’ (Psalms
110 : 1 , 2 ). The whole of Psalm 110 is about the Lord’s battle with the hells
and the process of gaining control over them. Because the right hand of
God means omnipotence, the Lord says that he is going to sit at the right
hand of power(Matthew 26 : 63 , 64 ), and at the right hand of God’s strength
(Luke 22 : 69 ).”
[ 5 ] The group shouted disapproval; but I said, “Be careful now. Perhaps
the hand will appear from heaven. When it appears—and I myself have
seen it—it strikes unbelievable terror into you because of its power. That
hand convinced me that the right hand of God means omnipotence.”
No sooner had I said this than the hand appeared in the sky just
above us. It was huge. When they saw it, it struck so much terror into
them that they rushed in throngs to the doors. Some ran to the windows
to throw themselves out. Some collapsed, fainting because they could not
breathe. I was not terrified, though. I walked out slowly behind them.
When I was at a distance I turned around and saw the hall covered in
a dark cloud. Word came to me from heaven that the cloud was there
now because the participants had been speaking from a belief in three
gods; but the light that had been around the hall before would return
when saner people were meeting there.137 The fourth memorable occurrence.I heard that a council had been
summoned that was made up of those who were famous for writing and
research on the modern-day faith and on the justification of the elect by
that faith.
This was in the world of spirits. I was allowed to attend in spirit. I
saw that the participants were from the clergy. There were some who
agreed and some who disagreed. To the right stood people who in the
world had been called the apostolic fathers, who had lived in the cen-
turies before the Council of Nicaea. To the left stood men from after
those centuries who were well known for their printed works or works
their followers had copied in manuscript form. Many in the latter group
had clean-shaven faces and wore curled wigs of women’s hair. Some of