AC 7205 - "Stretched Out Arm"

AC 7205

And I will redeem you with a stretched out arm.
(Exodus 6:6)

That this means leading forth from hell
by virtue of Divine power,
 is evident from the meaning of "redeeming,"
as being to bring forth from hell,
and from the meaning of a "stretched out arm,"
as being Divine power.
. . . "arm" denotes power;
but that a "stretched out arm"
denotes omnipotence or Divine power,
is because
when an arm appears stretched out in the heavens,
there is represented power from the Divine;
and when not stretched out, but bent,
there is represented power in a general sense.
So then it is, that in the Word,
Divine power is very often expressed by
a "stretched out arm," and by a "strong hand,"
as in these passages:

I have made the earth, the man, and the beast,
that are upon the faces of the earth,
by My great power and by My stretched-out arm.
(Jeremiah 27:5)

I will lead you out from the peoples,
and will gather you
out of the lands wherein you are scattered,
by a strong hand and by a stretched-out arm.
(Ezekiel 20:34).