~~~ I AM - The Son ~~~
(Originally written in 2000)
Healer
Surely He has borne our sicknesses, and He carried our pain; yet we esteemed Him plagued, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His wounds we ourselves are healed. (Is53:4-5)
"Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those bowed down.." (Ps146:8 ) "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf opened. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing." (Is35:5-6a) "So says Jehovah God, creating the heavens and stretching them out; spreading out the earth...I, Jehovah, have called You...for a Light to the nations; to open blind eyes..." (~Is42:5-7)
After the people had acclaimed Jesus as the "Son of David" coming into Jerusalem, the "blind and lame ones came to Him in the temple, and He healed them." (Mt21:14) Fulfilling Isaiah 35. Sick people were not allowed in the temple. Notice how the lame man whom Peter and John raised up was sitting at the 'gate' of the temple. But Jesus was doing things differently again. He allowed the infirm to come to Him -in- the temple area. And He healed them.
Modern charismania has as one of its foundational doctrines, Is53:5, "with His wounds we are healed." However, they don't heal as Jesus did. They conjure and proclaim "be healed". It is possible that many of their subjects are healed psychosomatically. And there are many cases where various practitioners actually do heal. But there are also countless people who had "be healed" pronounced over them, who continued to be sick...many, who also died.
When Jesus healed, it says, "..He healed them -all-." (Mt12:15) Never forget that Pharaoh's magician/priests (Ex7:11) duplicated Moses' and Aaron's signs; but after a certain point, they were no longer able. (Ex8:18-19) False prophets may get -some- prophesies correctly; but they also have many errors, by which you know they are false. God's prophesies are 100%. In the same way, healings that are from God are 100%. When these practitioners conduct their healing meetings, claiming to call down God's power, yes, some probably actually -are- healed. But statistics and accounts tell that many are not. They are healing 'some', but their power is not from God.
The one born blind from birth was asked "What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes? He is a prophet" (Jn9:17) Oooh...but He did it on the sabbath!! (vs16) But when Jesus healed, everyone He touched was -actually- healed. This was one of the things that would characterize Jesus. The O.T. prophecies did not say that He would "keep the sabbath"; we learned a couple lessons ago that He is "Lord of the sabbath". But the leaders were comparing Him to their notion of what they presumed the sabbath should be. But were not comparing with Scripture.
When John, from prison, sent his disciples to find out, for sure, if this was -really- Jesus, Jesus responds, "Going, relate to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, and the lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised, and the poor are given the gospel." (Mt11:4-5) Jesus pointed John to His fulfillment of Isa61:1.
When the sick were brought to Jesus, He did not do a sweeping general 'prayer' over the sick multitude in a separate room, prior to going in to perform the 'main show' where certain chosen ones were brought up to the platform in front of the TV cameras. It says "they brought to Him -all- the ones having illness...and He healed them." (Mt4:24) He didn't 'pick-n-choose' the ones He knew He could heal or con. In another place "He healed them all". (Mt12:15) And rather than having complaints and repeat trips to doctors to fix what He botched up, the witness of the people was, "He has done all things well." (Mk7:37)
If Jesus was opening the eyes of the blind, and Ps146:8 says that "Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind", we can only conclude that Jesus was telling the truth when He says, "I went forth and have come from God" (Jn8:42) "I and the Father are One." (Jn10:30)
"..knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep;
for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. Let us
walk decently, as in the day...putting on the Lord Jesus Christ..
...redeeming the time, because the days are evil."
Romans 13:11-14~ Ephesians 5:16