Heart Church Vision Book

The
presence —
of God
Unless the Lord builds the house,
The 7th
Hand
The common measurement
of Bible days was something
called the cubit. The cubit was
six handbreadths of a person’s
forearm, known as the ‘cubit of a
man’s hand’. Rabbinical teaching
described this part of the arm,
from the elbow to the fingertip,
as the mother of the arm; the
part that gave birth to anything
humanity could imagine. From
the garden of Eden until now,
the whole world is a tribute to
the creativity of humanity, made
in the image of God. An idea is
conceived and the ‘cubit of a
man’s hand’ creates. Great cities
and feats of engineering; space
travel and nuclear power; brain
surgery and robotic technologies;
everything humanity has created,
through the ‘six handbreadths of
a man’s hand’. But this giftedness
and genius can steal the need for
God. Jesus taught that without
Him, nothing humanity can do
has eternal value. The number
6 in the Bible is the number of
humanity, representing human
giftedness and effort. God
created the world in 6 days but
said that the 7th was His.
When God gave Ezekiel a vision
to come out of captivity and
build His house, God changed
the building formula, adding one
more handbreadth. Anything can
be built with the cubit of a man’s
hand but to build God’s kingdom
requires ‘The 7th Hand’. As we
do what we can do and bring the
6 handbreadths of our gifting,
creativity and efforts, God
adds The 7th Hand of His Holy
Spirit. The 7th Hand releases
breakthrough, opens heaven,
moves mountains and unlocks
miracles. The 7th Hand builds
with the significance that echoes
in eternity.
[ Ezekiel 43:12-13 ]
Cubit
OUR PARADIGM
ANOINTING ISAIAH 61:1
its builders labour in vain.
- Psalm 127:1
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