The answer
Saying that God is the Pantocrator means that He rules over existence, and nothing falls outside His knowledge. He is the Almighty, Who is capable of all things, and Who is concerned with and cares for all things. He sees and watches over all, covering and caring for all, and nothing falls outside His sight.
All are under His sovereignty, even the devil, whose works are bound by limits, as in the Trial of Job. If the devil was left free, he would have destroyed the world, but the devils asked of Him to leave and enter the swine.
God is the Pantocrator, and if man fears anything, he overlooks that God is Pantocrator. Whoever hides from the Face of God, like Adam and Jonah, forgets that God is Pantocrator. Whoever wrongs another pays no heed that God is Pantocrator, and that He hears the cries of the oppressed before they ask. Their groans ascend to Him like the groans of those who were enslaved to Pharaoh.
Holy Scripture is full of examples that illustrate that the Hand of God intervenes to help the world. The providence of God extends to all His creation, the head of which is man.
It is noteworthy that in the Church, there is an apse in the Eastern wall of the Sanctuary called the “Bosom of the Father,” on which is drawn the image of “The Pantocrator = The All-Sovereign,” which depicts Christ the Master holding the planet Earth in His hand.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 34–35.
The pages in the book (34–35)
