Finger of God

Daniel, who was called in at the suggestion of Nitocris, the mother of the king, alone could interpret the. monition written by the finger of God, and he intrepidly declared to Belshazzar that his kingdom was divided. ... 

The Ten Commandments form part of a mushroom myth in the Old Testament story of Moses and Mount Sinai. Even the two slabs of stone on which the Ten Words were inscribed by the finger of God originated from the bun shape of the primitive writing tablet, resembling the top of a mushroom. Indeed, it is from one of the names of the fungus that, through Greek and Latin, we derive our word tablet. ... 

Well, we had to break the news to her gently, an it s the happy woman she was for the next few days in spite of all the pain she suffered. She d just lie there holdin Gerald s hand an gazin at him an makin him tell over an over again of how he d been saved from the wreck. He was only a wee lad of three at the time, but he could still remember of his father standin there on the deck of the sinkin ship an holdin him in his arms. He could still hear the words his father spoke to him an feel the father s hand slippin the rosary over his head an claspin the little fingers around the cross as it lay on his breast. Michael had passed him to a sailor an he was lowered into one of the boats, where a kind-hearted woman took compassion on his loneliness an cared for him. They d been picked up by a sailin vessel bound for France, an the woman who first cared for him, took him with her from France to America an finally adopted him. She brought him up, educated him, an at last he became a priest of God. 

Our cosmos—the world we see, hear, feel—is the three-dimensional surface of a vast, four-dimensional sea.. . . What lies outside the sea s surface The wholly other world of God No longer is theology embarrassed by the contradiction between God s imminence and transcendence. Hyperspace touches every point of three-space. God is closer to us than our breathing. He can see every portion of our world, touch every particle without moving a finger though our space. Yet the Kingdom of God is completely outside of three-space, in a direction in which we cannot even point. 

Returning to Calvin, we can see that the examination of God s creation and maintenance of the world had direct relevance for man s spiritual state of mind as he cannot do otherwise but admit that he depends upon God as his sole benefactor. Only when man realises that God holds and governs him in such a way that he cannot move even one of his fingers without accomplishing the work of God, can he adopt any counsel consistent, or in harmony, with His counsel, or in accordance to His wiU. Thus Calvin describes the obligation of man towards God as follows ... 

Swammerdam very often wrote about the divine wisdom visible in the complex structure of small insects. °° For instance when speaking about the visibility of God s finger in the anatomy of hce, he stated that the intestines of the small animals reflect the structure of the universe. No-one, but God Himself, can comprehend it all. Hence the natural philosopher can only examine nature through God s grace. Swammerdam wrote that God who has painted Himself in nature, is almighty to do what His divine wisdom likes to show the creatures endowed with intellect who move and live in Him. ... 

Mr. Hunt said that savvy restaurateurs are adapting to the strongest areas of the market. Hopefully, you ll stay for dinner, he said. But if you have a drink or finger food and move on—God love you, you re in the chair.The toughest thing in the world in a restaurant is an empty chair. ... 

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