divine intervention

English

Noun

divineintervention(usuallyuncountable,pluraldivine interventions)

1. (set phrase)Directandobviousintervention by agodin the affairs ofhumans.
   • 1851,James McCosh,The Method of Divine Government, Physical and Moral,New York: Robert Carter & Bros.,p. 479 (Google preview):

     Nature cannot tell beforehand how aDivine interventionis to accomplish its object, for that intervention must be beyond nature, beyond all its findings and experience.

   • 1920,Gilbert Keith Chesterton,chapter 12, inThe New Jerusalem:

     And indeed if he does escape it will seem a miracle, and almost adivine intervention,not only to the pursued but to the pursuers.

   • 1977November 6, Ronald Sullivan, “Hospitals Introducing a Therapy Resembling 'Laying On of Hands'”,inNew York Times,retrieved3 August 2016:

     Unlike some of the more colorful faith healers of the past, Dr. Krieger does not claim miraculous cures ordivine interventions.

   • 2002April 10, Jessica Reaves, “How Dry We Are”,inTime,retrieved3 August 2016:

     Farmers in the Midwest are literally praying for rain: the St. John Catholic Church in Spearville, Kansas is holding four special services this week to seekdivine intervention.

   • 2022September 28, Drachinifel, 18:04 from the start, inThe USN Pacific Submarine Campaign - The Struggle is Real (Jan'43 - Jun'43)‎^[1],archived fromthe originalon19 July 2023:

     AsSilversidesnow commenced its best imitation of a two-and-a-half-thousand-ton roller coaster heading down into the depths, one of the junior officers half-ran, half-fell through the submarine into the forward torpedo room, to demand of Chief Smiley "do something!" about the stuck bow planes. Illustrating the completely-useless system shattered by the bomb blast, the chief informed the officer that the most-useful thing he was able to do right now was pray fordivine intervention.

Translations

intervention by God

• Khmer:ទេវាន្តរាគមន៍(tévéantâréakmôn៍)(te vean tak ra kom)

See also

• God wink
• miracle