Only "a man's hand," sayest thou? but what Man? It is the same Hand that
wrote on the wall the sentence of Belshazzar. It is the Hand of which
David sang "Thou openest Thine Hand and satisfiest the desire of every
living thing." We who look for Jesus remember that when He left us He
did not clench His fist at the world that had treated Him so ill. "He
lifted up his hands and blessed them." He has not closed them yet, but
sends blessings on even the rebellious. Faith sees in the open hand of
Jesus the promise of great gifts for those who wait upon Him. We read,
directly, "the heaven was black, and there was a great rain."
If we pass over a few years we see the end of these men, the end so far
as this world is concerned. They both ride in chariots. He who rose up
to eat and drink, rides disguised, but is not able to deceive the winged
messengers of death. The murderer is found out, and dies in his chariot.