“The image of the hand of God … stands for the Lord’s power to intervene in the affairs of men and the events of history. … The hand of God is also cited often as the agent of judgment as well as the means of deliverance. … The hand of the Lord was what once made the Jaredites prosperous (see Ether 10:28) but later destroyed them (see Ether 1:1)” (Seely, “Image of the Hand of God,” 140–41).