The Divine Word: Spoken and Instantly Accomplished

When the Psalmist declares, "He spake, and it was done," we encounter the supreme power of Elohim's utterance. The Latin maxim Dictum factum—said, done—captures the absolute nature of divine speech. There is no interval between command and completion, no delay where doubt might creep in. Hugo Grotius rightly observes that no hesitation interposes itself between Yahweh's word and its fulfillment.…