Sickness & Health

John 8:32 [The truth shall make you free] 

If we, Black, Latin, Native Americans, want salvation and liberation we have to accept that we are Israelites and repent of our sins 

Deuteronomy 28:15,61 [All the curses will overcome us if we do not follow the commandments] 

15: Moses telling the Israelites that all these curses will overcome us if we break the Most High’s laws 

61: [Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.] 

The book of this law is The Bible 

Examples of sicknesses and plagues not written: 

AIDS, Cancer, Herpes, Gonorrhea, Diabetes 

It is the one true God, that brings sickness and disease upon rebellious Israelites 

Exodus 4:11 [The Lord makes the dumb, deaf, seeing, and blind] 

The Lord makes people dumb (can’t speak), blind (can’t see), or deaf (can’t hear) 

John 5:1-7, 13-14 [The pool called Bethesda in Jerusalem] 

1: According to Deuteronomy 16:16-17 All males were required to go to Jerusalem 3 times a year  

Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover – Luke 22:1) 

Exo 13:7 (7 day feast) 

Feast of Weeks (First Fruits –Exodus 34:22, Pentecost Acts 2:1) (One day feast) 

Feast of Tabernacles 

Lev 23:42-43 (7 day feast) 

The feast in this scripture is not named 

2: [Sheep market and the pool called Bethesda] 

Sheep market (wordnik.com): 

Noun: A place where sheep are sold 

Porch (biblestudytools.com): 

The porch, ( Matthew 26:71 ) may have been the passage from the street into the first court of the house, in which, in eastern houses, is the mastabah or stone bench, for the porter or persons waiting, and where also the master of the house often receives visitors and transacts business. 

3: [Impotent folk included the blind, halt, and withered] 

Impotent (Webster dictionary) 

Not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : HELPLESS 

Halt (Webster dictionary) 

Having a manner of walking that is impaired by a limp : LAME 

Withered (biblestudytools.com) 

 with'-erd (nabhel, "to fade away," "to be dried up"): 

Used figuratively to express leanness of soul, spiritual impotence, a low condition of spiritual life, a lack of moral nourishment 

(2) "Wither" also had a physiological meaning, expressing both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament the idea of bodily impotence, especially, though not exclusively, of the limbs. 

4: [Angel went down to the pool and troubled the water and the first person in was healed of their disease] 

A custom that Israelites kept where the Most High would send an angel to trouble the water and heal the first person in of their diseases 

5: [38 years a man had a sickness/plague/disease] 

6: [Wilt thou be made whole] 

Christ asking the man if he wants to be healed from his sickness 

7: [The man Christ is speaking with says ‘he has no man’] 

He has no one to put him in the water 

Each time the water is trouble, someone goes in before him 

13: [Christ left the man] 

By this time Christ had healed the man 

The man did not know who had healed him 

14: [Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.] 

Man had a disease for 38 years 

Sin (Sin is the transgression of the law – 1 John 3:4) 

The man had the disease for 38 years because of sin 

Examples of sin that cause sickness/plagues: 

Eating of swine is unclean (not to eat) (pigs/hogs – Leviticus 11:7-8) 

Divide the hoof (cloven with split), hard hoof, does not chew the cud 

Chew the cud = chew the grass, swallow into one stomach, regurgitate it, then swallow into another stomach 

Say pork is the new white meat: 

Hog maw (stomach of the pig) 

Chitterlings (intestines) 

Pig ears, feet, tail 

Diseases: 

Gout (mayoclinic.org) 

Gout is a common and complex form of arthritis that can affect anyone. It's characterized by sudden, severe attacks of pain, swelling, redness and tenderness in one or more joints, most inoften in the big toe. 

Fake faith healers do not acknowledge sin is the cause of sickness, “lay hands” and the person would go back to committing the same sin 

John 9:1-3 [The man blind from his birth] 

1: Who causes the blind? (The Most High – Exo 4:11) 

2: [And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?] 

Israelites under regeneration at that time and judgement for sins (Hebrews 9:27) 

We die, the spirit goes before the Lord, and if we have done wickedly, we can be plagued in the next generation 

Many of the things we do as parents (sins committed) can affect the child 

Babies that die early have been here before 

3: [Christ explained that neither this man nor his parents had sinned, but that he was born blind for the purpose that Christ can perform the works of God] 

John 9:19-34 [The Healed blind man speaking with the Jews] 

19: [The pharisees asking the parents how their son was healed] 

20: [The parents agreed it was their son, but did not know how he was healed] 

21: [The son was a grown man, parents said to ask him] 

22: [His parents feared the Jews and being put out of the synagogue] 

Feared that the Jews would cast them out if they spoke of Christ healing 

Today: Many who hear the truth and believe, but are fearful if they confess the truth they will be cast out of the church or lose members of the congregation. The Most High cannot use a fearful person (Whoever is ashamed of Christ, he will be ashamed of that person before the Father – Mark 8:38) 

23: [The man is grown] 

24: [The Jews speaking to the man about Christ saying they know He is a sinner and to give God the praise] 

25: [The man replies that he does not know if Christ is a sinner, but that he was healed of his blindness] 

26: [The Pharisees asked the man again how his eyes was opened] 

27: [The man said he told them already and that they did not hear] 

Hear (understand) 

28: [The pharisees hated the man, and said that they follow Moses] 

29: [Pharisees say that they know God spoke to Moses, but do not know where Christ is from] 

Same thing said today by Israelites who do not believe on Christ 

30: [Sarcasm against the scribes] 

Marvelous thing that Christ opened the eyes of the blind and the leaders did not know who He was 

31: [God does not hear sinners] 

32: [At no time in the past (scriptures) has a man been born blind and received his sight again] 

33: [If Christ was not of God, he could not have done this miracle] 

34: [Leaders told the man that they knew the scriptures and that he could not teach them before throwing the man out] 

Later on Christ told the man to follow him 

If members cannot repent in your church, leave them 

Matt 9:1-7 

1-2: [Man with cerebral palsy lying on the bed] 

Jerry Lewis telethons (Wikipedia) 

Jerry Lewis began hosting telethons to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America (MDAA) in 1952 after a plea from a staff member who worked with Lewis and Dean Martin on The Colgate Comedy Hour. Lewis had previously taken part in what has been described as the very first telethon, a marathon 1951 broadcast benefiting a cardiac hospital that was organized by Budd Granoff, which featured the Martin and Lewis comedy team, who were his clients at that time. 

Man had cerebral palsy because of sin (breaking God’s commandments) 

Sins done before of caused by the parent 

3-4: [Scribes thought evil by saying Christ blasphemed] 

Christ could read spirits 

5: [If say sins are forgiven (mean you are God on earth), or if say rise up and walk (still saying you have God-like power), both are hard to do in this context] 

6-7: [Christ could say both things because he had the power] (He is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords – Rev 19:16) 

Apocrypha 

Taken out of the original King James 1611 bible 

In the 1700s Protestant Christian Whites took it out the bible 

Ecclesiasticus 30:14-17 

14: [Better to be poor and strong than rich and sick] 

We will never have enough, will continue to pay bills 

The new slavery is debt 

Baruch 3:8 [Yet this day in our captivity] 

Our ancestors brought here to serve slavery 

No one loves us (scattered as a reproach and a curse) 

Loans have higher interest rates 

When we move into neighborhood the property value decreases 

We are subject to payments as a curse 

No matter how rich we are, we are not free 

15: [Health is priced above gold] 

In hard slavery, we were poor, but strong 

The master was sick in the house 

16: [No riches above a healthy body] 

17: [Death is better than a life of continual sickness] 

Cancer and diabetes can keep people in the hospital if they want to treat it, and can lead to death if not 

Life experiences make you a better teacher 

Ecclesiasticus 38:1-4,9 

1: [Honor a physician because the Lord created them] 

Honor (kingjamesbibledictionary.com) 

 To revere; to respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties to. 

Speaking of Israelite physicians at that time 

Many of us refuse to go to the doctor and seek other alternatives (Herbs, marijuana) 

2: [Ultimately healing comes from the Most High] 

3: [A skillful doctor will be admired among men] 

4: [The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhorre them.] 

The herbs that grow is where the healing begins 

9: [Don’t be negligent about praying to the Lord during time of sickness] 

Negligent (kingjamesbibledictionary.com) 

Careless; heedless; apt or accustomed to omit what ought to be done; inattentive to business or necessary concerns. It is applied to a particular instance of neglect, or it denotes habitually careless or inattentive. 

Psalms 103:2-3 

2: [Blesse the Lord, O my soule: & forget not all his benefits.] 

3: [Who forgiueth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.] 

The forgiveness of sin and the healing of disease go together because the root cause of disease and sickness is sin 

Psalms 103:18 [The Most High brings healing to those who remember His covenant and do His commandments] 

Ecclesiasticus 38:9-10 

  9: [Don’t be negligent about praying to the Lord during time of sickness] 

We must humble ourselves and pray. 

To humble oneself (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) 

To do or say something which shows that one knows one has been wrong, has behaved with too much pride, etc. 

10: [Leaue off from sinne, and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickednesse.] 

9 times out of 10 the root of sickness and disease is breaking God’s commandments 

Order thy hands aright = do what the Bible says 

Cleanse heart from all wickedness = cleanse your mind (From the heart of man proceed evil thoughts Mark 7:21) 

The Cause for STDs 

Hebrews 13:4 [Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge] 

11: [Giue a sweet sauour, and a memoriall of fine flowre: and make a fat offering, as not being.] 

Sacrifices 

Christ has now taken the place of sacrifice, so we pray to Heavenly Father in the name of Christ 

12: [After you have prayed and sacrificed the words of our lips in the name of Christ then we should have a doctor treat us when it is necessary] 

2 Chronicles 16:12-13 [King Asa, The Most High, and the doctor] 

12: [And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.] 

King Asa did not humble himself and seek the Lord, and instead trusted solely in the physicians. 

13: [King Asa died when the doctor was not able to heal him because ultimately healing is the decision of the Most High God.] 

Ecclesiasticus 38:13-15 

13: [There are times in the hands of the physician there is good success] 

14: [Back in those times the doctor would also pray to the Lord so that he could prosper in prolonging the patient’s life] 

Prosper (Biblehub.com) 

1. (v. t.) To favor; to render successful. 

2. (v. i.) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. 

3. (v. i.) To grow; to increase. 

15: [He that breaks the commandments should prepare to go to the doctor because the Most High will judge them and give them sickness or catch a disease] 

A lot of us do not have the knowledge of herbs and natural medicines 

In slavery they made us a base people 

Not allowed to read or write 

Our leaders were killed 

All we know of medicine came from our slave master 

Job 13:4 [Edom is a forger of lies and physicians of no value] 

The medicine today is not to cure 

The Most High is the cure all 

Their advancement in medicine came from experimenting on Israel 

Tuskegee experiment (CDC.gov) 

In 1932, the USPHS, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis. It was originally called the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” (now referred to as the “USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee”). The study initially involved 600 Black men – 399 with syphilis, 201 who did not have the disease. Participants’ informed consent was not collected. Researchers told the men they were being treated for “bad blood,” a local term used to describe several ailments, including syphilis, anemia, and fatigue. In exchange for taking part in the study, the men received free medical exams, free meals, and burial insurance. 

By 1943, penicillin was the treatment of choice for syphilis and becoming widely available, but the participants in the study were not offered treatment. 

In 1972, an Associated Press storyexternal icon about the study was published. As a result, the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs appointed an Ad Hoc Advisory Panel to review the study. The advisory panel concludedpdf iconexternal icon that the study was “ethically unjustified”; that is, the “results [were] disproportionately meager compared with known risks to human subjects involved.” In October 1972, the panel advised stopping the study. A month later, the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs announced the endexternal icon of the study. In March 1973, the panel also advised the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) (now known as the Department of Health and Human Services) to instruct the USPHS to provide all necessary medical care for the survivors of the study.1 The Tuskegee Health Benefit Program (THBP) was established to provide these services. In 1975, participants’ wives, widows and children were added to the program. In 1995, the program was expanded to include health, as well as medical, benefits. The last study participant died in January 2004. The last widow receiving THBP benefits died in January 2009. Participants’ children (10 at present) continue to receive medical and health benefits. 

Later in 1973, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of the study participants and their families, resulting in a $10 million, out-of-court settlement in 1974. 

Men and women who will destroy their own people to please Edom will be judged 

Ecclesiasticus 38:18-21 

18:  [For of heauinesse commeth death, and the heauinesse of the heart, breaketh strength.] 

Sickness can come from sin, and also grief and remorse leading to spiritual and mental depression 

Heaviness of the heart (so sorrowful because of a situation that has happened in life that your spirit is broken and can lead to sickness – cause and effect) 

19: Affliction biblestudytools.com 

Suffering/Persecution 

20: [Take no heauines to heart: driue it away, and remember the last end.] 

Take no sorrow to your mind. 

If something is about to make you sorrowful drive it away from you before it takes hold and you are not able to get out of the state of depression. 

This will sickness/disease and finally death 

21: [We can’t do any good for those that have died by being too sorrowful and will only end up hurting ourselves] 

Ecclesiasticus 30:21-25 

21: [Don’t give our mind over to sorrow and depression] 

There is no ‘if’ to God, it is either you did or you didn’t 

22: [Gladness of the heart is the life of man] 

What should we be glad about: The word of God, the promises 

Slaves sang about being delivered and taken back to the promised land 

Joyfullness can prolong a man’s day because he is not filled with worry which can cause sadness and depression. 

23: [Loue thine owne soule, and comfort thy heart, remoue sorrow far from thee: for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit therein.] 

Love your neighbor as you love yourself 

There is so much crime because we hate one another when ultimately it comes from not being able to stand ourselves 

Comfort your own soul, we must love the Lord and ourself and not look for others to make us feel good. 

Other people will notice that joy a person has 

We do not want to be around complainers 

There is a progressive state of sorrow (sickness to disease and then death) 

24: Jealousy, anger, and worry will shorten you life by bringing age before the time 

Jealousy will cause you to be covetous and make you try to obtain items, homes that you are not able to afford and put more stress on yourself to try keep them 

Those who look much older than they actually are 

25: A good heart will make sure they are eating and drinking healthy 

Ecclesiasticus 31:16-21 

16: Don’t be greedy or insatiable, escpecially when eating at another’s table (Ecclesiasticus 31:12) 

17: Have manners when you go to anothers house to prevent offending others 

18: Don’t be the one who reaches in first to get the largest portion 

19: Little is enough for a person with the understanding of the scriptures, and they will not have to deal with gas 

20: Eating just enough will help you sleep better 

You will not get bad dreams because of what you ate the night before 

You will be energized in the morning instead of groggy 

Sickness of the belly will plague unsatiable men and women 

You can look at their physical structure and tell that they are insatiable 

Many blame it on thyroid or other glandular problems 

21: If you overate vomit out the food to prevent pain from overeating 

2 Kings 13:14 [The Most High desired to take Elisha by sickness] 

The reason for this is not explained 

Proverbs 15:13 [Sickness can come and plague you when you have allowed sorrow to overtake you] 

Proverbs 17:22 [A merry heart is like medicine, we must be joyful in the Most High] 

A broken spirit is a sorrowful spirit 

Job 33:14-28 

14-17: [When we sleep, the Most High is sealing our instructions so that what we believe or plan to do may not be what we end up doing] 

18: [By sealing these instructions, the Lord is keeping us from death] 

19-20: [A man is afflicted with such pain that is even felt in their bones, and they do not feel to eat anything, even those things that are sweet.] 

21: [The skin is being consumed and the bones are sticking out]  

22: [The sould is drawn near to the grave because the Most High is plaguing you with sickness and disease] 

23: [If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:] 

A messenger or interpreter of the bible, or in other words a prophet. 

Not all Israel have the gift to teach and prophesy. 

Our job is to show Isreal his uprightness 

Why we went into slavery 

What is required of us 

How do we repent 

How do we obtain salvation 

24: The ransom is Christ, because after we have instructed a person in the ways of Christ, they have repented 

25-28: The Lord will deliver us from the death if we confess our sin and that we have perverted that which is right