I can fly with them, but I would rather carry you than have you sit on my back.

[Both and so much more. Some of it is easier to explain than other parts of his powers, though.]

His powers allowed him to restore the lives of people who had been killed that day, and he was capable of destroying a country and its military forces single-handedly within a day if he so pleased. He may not have been an actual god, but his power was as close to god-like as I've ever heard of. He also wanted peace, more than anything in the world.