Category: Food for thought

The key to Job being able to withstand all the attacks against him is mentioned in Job 2:9.

Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

INTEGRITY

Definition of “integrity”, from dictionary.com:
* adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
* the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
* a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship’s hull.

WORD ORIGIN AND HISTORY FOR INTEGRITY

Integrity
n.
c.1400, “innocence, blamelessness; chastity, purity,” from Old French integrité or directly from Latin integritatem (nominative integritas ) “soundness, wholeness, blamelessness,” from integer “whole” (see integer). Sense of “wholeness, perfect condition” is mid-15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

The root word for “integrity” is integer:

Definition of “integer”:
Mathematics . one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
a complete entity.

WORD ORIGIN AND HISTORY FOR INTEGER

Integer
n.
“a whole number” (opposed to fraction ), 1570s, from Latin integer (adj.) “whole, complete,” figuratively, “untainted, upright,” literally “untouched,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + root of tangere “to touch” (see tangent). The word was used earlier in English as an adjective meaning “whole, entire” (c.1500).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Integer vitae [in-te-ger wee-tahy; English in-ti-jer vahy-tee, vee-tahy]
adjective Latin.
blameless in life; innocent.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Biblically, the word “integrity” in Job 2:9 comes from the Hebrew word tummah [Strong’s #8538] and it’s definition is the same as it is in english: integrity. 4 out of it’s 5 usages [80%] in the bible are in the book of Job!

5 is the number of God’s grace in the bible.

That tells us that our true integrity comes from God and not ourselves.

This points back to our 5 sonship rights in the book of Romans, listed in their proper chronological and spiritual order:

1. Redemption: being born again, legally owned by God because we were bought with the ultimate price: Jesus Christ’s life.
2. Justification: To be made just or right before God.
3. Righteousness: The God-given justification whereby a person stands in the presence of God without any consciousness of sin, guilt, or shortcomings.
4. Sanctification: being separate and set apart from the spiritual contamination of the world
5. Word and ministry of reconciliation: Only God’s perfect word can reconcile mankind back to God. It takes men and women of God committed to carrying out the ministry of reconciliation

Although countless teachings could be taught on just these 5 subjects alone, it is very important to be aware of them, understand their basic meaning, and practice their reality in our lives.

Having spiritual integrity from the inside out involves many, many things. Just a few of them are:

Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Salt is a natural preservative and counteracts the corruption and decay of the world. Light dispels the darkness of the world and we are children of light.

Philippians 2
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

I Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:13
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith [believing] and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Acts 9:34
And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

Godly righteousness vs worldly righteousness

The counterfeit integrity from the world is self righteousness that is mentioned in Matthew 6, which is contrasted against the righteousness of God.

Self righteousness often includes having great beauty, money, intelligence or wisdom, strength, a high position in society or notable accomplishments that affect you in ways that contradict the word of God.

It is performing works to be right with God, which many man-made religions are based upon and go to great legalistic extremes in a futile attempt to achieve righteousness which can only be by God’s grace.

According to the bible, there’s nothing wrong with being a strong, attractive, rich and wise person. It’s all about your attitude and where your true heart is.

However, its very important to research Matthew 6 a bit more to see how this relates to Job’s ability to victoriously withstand the horrendous attacks that were thrown at him.

Compare Matthew 6:1 in the KJV to a Greek manuscript from the 4th century:

Matthew 6:1 [KJV]
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 6:1 [Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest complete copy of the Greek New Testament, dating back to the 4th century]
But take heed that you do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them: other wise you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

How God’s breastplate of righteousness in the old testament ties into Ephesians and being victorious now is detailed below.

The breastplate of Righteousness

From Job 2:9, the word “integrity” is the Hebrew word tummah, which is the feminine version of the Hebrew word tom:

tom: completeness, integrity, also part of the high priest’s breastplate
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling: (tome)
Definition: completeness, integrity, also part of the high priest’s breastplate

The first definition of tom is completeness.

Colossians 2:10
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

This is certainly a good thing, but in the KJV, you just cannot get the total impact of the way its rendered compared to the Estrangelo Aramaic text.

It renders Colossians 2:10 approximately like this:

“We are completely, completely, absolutely complete in him!”…

Had Job been puffed up with man’s counterfeit righteousness instead of God’s true righteousness and integrity, the adversary, Satan [the indirect attacks of the devil], Job would have been blown out of the water in no time.

The same holds true for us: if we trust in ourselves, our abilities, knowledge, experiences, etc INSTEAD of trusting in God and his word, then we are guaranteed to lose in the spiritual competition.

The whole 28th chapter of Exodus gives many many details of the entire garment of the high priest, all of which have spiritual significance and is a study all on its own.

Exodus 28:30
And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.

Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

Ephesians 6
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Job 2:9, Exodus 28, Isaiah 59:17 & Ephesians 6 are all tied together by God’s red thread of integrity.

INTRODUCTION

A long time ago, I was driving to a bible class, waiting at a stop light in the left turn lane. The weather was nice, so I had the front windows on both sides of my car rolled down. In the lane on my right was a black pickup truck who had his windows down also.

The driver was having an argument with somebody on his cell phone.

I was only at the light long enough to hear a few choice curse words directed against the other person who just happened to have the same name as me.

Only the adversary, the god of this world, could have arranged that.

We are psychologically and spiritually assaulted on a daily basis.

Websites, TV commercials, text messages, social media videos, overhearing a conversation from a stranger on a bus or a seeing a poster in the break room where you work can all be sources of confusion, darkness and error.

Welcome to the world!

Ephesians 6 is the epitome of the spiritual competition and gives us a great strategy on how to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Ephesians 6
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

In verse 16, it mentions “all the fiery darts of the wicked”.

So what are they, anyways?

They probably can’t be numbered. However, we can categorize, understand, and defeat them with all the resources God gave us.

I John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Matthew 15 categorizes 2 types of these fiery darts:

• Commandments of men
• Tradition of the elders

Matthew 15
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

That’s a perfect example of fiery darts of the wicked, the most effective of which are the ones in a counterfeit religious context.

In verse 6, look at the definition of “of none effect”:

The interesting part is to investigate the root word of kuroo: Kurios = Lord or master.

If we obey the doctrines, commandments and traditions of men, then we are not making Jesus Christ Lord or keeping God first.

Matthew 6:24 [amplified bible}
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].

So what does all of this have to do with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

I Peter 2:24 …By his bruises we were healed…

I Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

The word “stripes” is the Greek word molops and this is the only place its used in the bible. This makes a lot of sense because Jesus Christ is the one and only true savior and the one and only true healer.

Definition of stripes:

Strong’s Concordance #3468
mólóps: a bruise
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Usage: a bruise, stripe, left on the body by scourging.

We have forgiveness of sin by his shed blood and healing by his broken body.

Isaiah 52 [NET bible, New English Translation]
13 Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted—
14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;
15 his form was so marred he no longer looked human— so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.

What about his psychological bruises? They weren’t any less destructive than his physical attacks.

The Ephesians, Romans, Job connection

Jesus Christ not only provided physical healing, but psychological as well.

How do we overcome the fiery darts of the wicked mentioned in Ephesians 6?

Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Ephesians is written to the strong, mature believers, those whose spiritual diet includes the solid meat of the word of God. But before you get to the top of your game, you must master the basics first.

Canonically [Genesis to Revelation], the book of Romans is the very first book of the 7 books of the bible written directly to the believers in the body of Christ and serves as its foundation.

Below is a screenshot of page 86 [the last page] of the book of Acts in the online version of the Companion Reference Bible by E.W. Bullinger.

Central to this book are the 5 sonship rights and mastering the corrupt old man nature.

• Redemption
• Justification
• Righteousness
• Sanctified
• The word and ministry of reconciliation

Although Job did not have or know about all that we have now as sons of God in the grace administration, he did have enough to be victorious, even after an almost incomprehensibly horrific string of assaults and disasters.

Just as Ephesians is based upon Romans, the new testament is based upon the old testament.

The very first book of the bible written chronologically was the book of Job, around 1700 – 1500 B.C..

Thus there are parallel concepts between Romans, the first book of the 7 church epistles, and Job, the first book of bible written.

Therefore, we can learn a lot from the book of Job and his experiences.

By chapter 2, Job had already lost his sons, daughters, business, and servants to a fire, a storm, and attacks by the Sabeans and Chaldeans.

How would you have weathered a “perfect storm” from the adversary like that, after being the greatest man or woman of God in your region?

And the devil was just getting warmed up…

Job 2:7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Who says that God tests us with sickness, disease and death? Not God.

Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

Imagine your spouse telling you to curse God and die after all the previous disasters and being made sick as a dog on top of that!

Many have said that verbal abuse is worse than physical abuse because its effects and memories can haunt you a lifetime, long after physical bruises have healed and gone away.

Look what the word of God says about the fiery darts of the wicked.

Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

These are all accurate examples of fiery darts of the wicked.

Job, Jesus Christ and us: victorious

So now we are going to peel back a deeper layer of truth about Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and what he really accomplished for us.

I Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

I Peter 2:24 is quoted from Isaiah 53:5.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

The word “bruised” is the Hebrew word daka [phonetic spelling: daw-kaw’] and it means to crush. It’s used 18 times in the old testament, including Job 19:2, translated “and break”!

[The entire 18th chapter of Job is Bildad the Shuhite speaking to Job. According to the exhaustive dictionary of bible names, on page 43, the name Bildad means, “son of contention; contender; Lord Adad; old friendship, with love; confusing [by mingling] love.”

How appropriate.

Shuhite means: “descendents of Shua = wealth; rich; prosperity; noble.”

Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

How much more can a person take?!

Yet there were 2 more counterfeit friends who launched their own attacks against Job on top of Bildad’s attacks.

Then after all that, Job endured even more attacks from Elihu, a man the commentaries say was a man of God.

They just didn’t say which God he was a minister of, but that is the subject of another teaching.

Back in Isaiah 53:5, the word “stripes” is the Hebrew word chabburah defined below:

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #2250
blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound
Or chabburah {khab-boo-raw’}; or chaburah {khab-oo-raw’}; from chabar; properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. A weal (or black-and-blue mark itself) — blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound.

This word chabburah is used 7 times in the old testament, the number of spiritual perfection.

So in I Peter 2:24, we are healed by Jesus Christ’s stripes, which quotes Isaiah 53:5, where the word “stripes” is used in Job 19:2, translated “and break”.

Next month, we will dig deeper into Job and see what surprises come up…

This information has been confirmed by the ICNR [International Center for Nutritional Research, Langhorne, PA] who verified the misleading chemo data

At about 3 minutes, 50 seconds into the interview, Dr. Peter Glidden, B.S.  N.D., accurately observed [in the context of chemotherapy] and stated something about doctors: “They are completely blind…” 

They are not physically blind, but spiritually blind, just as the bible teaches.  

Dr. Glidden was seeing the 5-senses manifestation of a spiritual truth.

What causes this spiritual blindness?

Exodus 23:8 [NET bible: New English Translation]
You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19 [amplified bible]
You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

“Chemotherapeutic drugs are the only classification of drugs that the prescribing doctor gets a direct cut of…”

“The only reason chemotherapy is used is because doctors make money from it.  Period.”

Biblically and spiritually, the money doctors get for administering chemotherapy drugs for their patients is a bribe disguised as a payment.    

This explains how the medical system can get away with using a treatment that has a 97% failure rate.

Definition of bribe [from dictionary.com]

noun
1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person’s performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:

2. anything given or serving to persuade or induce:

With every bribe there are devil spirits called perverse spirits involved, whose sole purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. 

Other kinds of devil spirits are often associated with bribery spirits as well, such as lying spirits, causing even more problems.

This is what causes the spiritual blindness and distortion of the truth: devil spirit influence.    

Forbes demonstrates that 50% of the top 4 most profitable industries is the pharmaceutical industry.

There are other forms of bribery in the medical system as well, but we will go into that in the next episode next month.

The ironic origin and history of chemotherapy

What does world war I and chemotherapy have in common?

Find out in this video on the history and origin of chemo…

With all this being said, I did just now [before publication] find out that at least 2 chemo chemicals called vincristine and vinclastine are derived from the periwinkle plant that is native to Madagascar.

However, as the studies show, the risks and damage from chemo far outweigh any benefits.

Furthermore, other treatments, such as fasting and essiac tea can be much safer and much more effective in dealing with cancer.

The illogic of chemo

The following screenshot is from mercola.com [December 16, 2018].

Let’s verify these facts with some very simple logic.

Everybody knows that the human body has many different systems, such as:

• Skeletal
• Muscular
• Immune
• Cardiovascular
• Nervous
• etc

John Doe has cancer.

By that very fact alone, which body system is the weakest?

His immune system.

Since oncologists tell us that chemo kills all cells in the body, [not just cancer cells], which system will it disable first?

The weakest one, which is his immune system, which is his only protection against cancer.

Since chemo weakens the body’s only defense against cancer, how can it heal us of it?!

https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/shock-study-chemotherapy-backfire-cancer-worse-triggering-tumor-growth-article-1.1129897

Look what scientists found in a study on chemo as reported in the New York Daily News…

So this study confirms what Dr. Mercola and others have already known: chemo causes and accelerates the disease it’s supposed to eradicate!

This explains why chemo has such a high failure rate and why the medical system causes more deaths than any other industry.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Hebrews 2:14
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he [Jesus Christ] also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Chemotherapy is a contradiction in terms

“Chemo” is a contraction of chemical, so the full and correct terminology is chemical therapy.

But most people simply use the term “chemo” instead because its a shorter, simpler and a much smoother sounding word.

Definition of “euphemism” from dictionary.com

noun
1. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
2. the expression so substituted:
“To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”

But chemical therapy is not just any chemical.

It comes from chemical warfare agents that are specifically designed to kill.

British Dictionary definitions for therapy

noun plural -pies
the treatment of physical, mental, or social disorders or disease

Word Origin and History for therapy
n.
1846, “medical treatment of disease,” from Modern Latin therapia , from Greek therapeia “curing, healing,” from therapeuein “to cure, treat medically,” literally “attend, do service, take care of;” related to therapon “servant, attendant.”

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

So how can a derivative of a chemical warfare agent honestly and accurately be called a therapy?

By definition, it can’t.

It’s just another lie of the devil in the medical system that kills more people and is more profitable than any other industry.

Hazardous drugs: can chemo cause cancer?

When I first found out about this, I was shocked!

How could a drug that is ostensibly [outward appearance] designed to heal us ever be labeled hazardous?!

It can’t truly heal us because as we’ve seen in the previous section, chemo is a contradiction of terms.

The following screenshot is from: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-165/pdfs/2004-165.pdf

Did you see the first sentence?!

This is medical, biblical and spiritual hypocrisy that represents the infiltration, contamination, saturation and domination of the medical system with influences that ultimately originate from our spiritual adversary Satan. It doesn’t mean that the health care workers have evil intentions. No no no.

They are blindly following the medical system’s protocols, not knowing what is really going on spiritually.

How does the medical system define hazardous drugs?

• Hazardous drug characteristics: NIOSH states any agent exhibiting:
• carcinogenicity: [causes cancer]
• genotoxicity: [damages genetic material [DNA/RNA] and causes mutations]
• organ toxicity: [significant toxicological damage which negatively affects the biochemistry, function, and/or structure of a specific organ]
• other developmental toxicities: [adverse toxic effects to the developing embryo or fetus or fetus/embryo by a chemical]
• reproductive toxicity:  [adverse effects of a chemical substance on sexual function and fertility in adult males and females, as well as developmental toxicity in the offspring]
• teratogenicity: [A teratogen is an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo or fetus. Teratogens halt the pregnancy or produce a congenital malformation (a birth defect)]
• should be treated as a hazardous drug.

Matthew 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

What are the fruits of chemo?

• it weakens us financially: according to a Harvard University study, medical debt is the cause of 75% of all bankruptcies. Some chemo treatments can cost up to $100,000/year!
• it weakens the entire body: it damages all cells, tissues, organs and systems of the body
• it weakens the immune system: the immune system is the only system that can defeat cancer, so from a biblical and spiritual perspective, it’s a deliberate, tactical attack against the patient, disguised as a treatment
• it weakens the mind and our ability to believe for healing: “chemo brain” is a description of the many symptoms of cognitive and memory dysfunction that often occur after treatment. It includes:
• Confusion
• fatigue
• difficulty concentrating
• mental fogginess
• short attention span
• short-term memory problems
• trouble with verbal memory
• trouble with visual memory
• etc

So from a biblical and spiritual perspective, chemo is a deliberate, tactical attack against the patient’s ability to believe for healing, again disguised as a valid medical treatment.

So when you look at all the negative effects of chemo, it’s clearly not from the one true God.

Chemo PPE [Personal Protective Equipment]

That’s right, handling chemo requires specially designed personal protective equipment [PPE]!

What does it consist of?

ONS is the Oncology Nurses Society.

Since the text is so faint, the first sentence says, “Two pairs of chemotherapy tested gloves should be worn for all HD handling activities”.

One pair of D6978-05 chemotherapy gloves certified by the ASTM [American Society for Testing and Materials] is not enough!

Two are recommended.

What else is required?

A specially-sealed gown that does not have any seams in the front to minimize any chance of a chemo drug leaking through.

Anything else?

Of course. All of this still isn’t enough.

The text for the face protection section says, “Use face shield in combination with goggles to provide full protection against splashing in the eyes and face.”

Goggles or a face shield by themselves does not provide enough protection!

Both must be worn at the same time!!

In the context of hypocrisy, look what Jesus Christ said!

Matthew 23 [amplified bible]
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,
2 saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];
3 so practice and observe everything they tell you, but do not do as they do; for they preach [things], but do not practice them.
27 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
28 So you, also, outwardly seem to be just and upright to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Doctors wear the famous pure white lab coats, reminding me of the whitewashed coffins, but prescribe drugs that ultimately lead to premature death.

Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

You’ve been hit by a smooth criminal!

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy [2016]

Drug-related celebrity deaths: A cross-sectional study

According to this research study, 220 celebrities died of drug-related deaths between 1970 – 2015!

[Another source puts that number at over 400.  A third source says it’s 200+, so we have validation here].

If you filter out alcohol and illegal drugs, there were 135 – 140 celebrity deaths just from prescription drugs alone.

How do you put a price on the cost to them, their families and the effect on society?

His death was declared a homicide due to the combination of benzodiazepines and propofol found in his body.

The government website pub chem says, “Benzodiazepine is a group of two-ring heterocyclic compounds consisting of a benzene ring fused to a diazepine ring.”

Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs known as minor tranquilizers and anticonvulsants and contain 50% benzene, a petrochemical and an ingredient in crude oil, detergents, dyes, explosives, lubricants, pesticides and rubbers.

Just what we all want to bath our brain cells in!

Some of the more common exposures of benzene are tobacco smoke, motor vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions.

Benzene is also a known human carcinogen, which is why its content in gasoline is not allowed to be more than 1%.  However, the EPA put in place new regulations in 2011 that limited the maximum benzene content of gasoline to only 0.62%, further emphasizing its toxicity.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [ATSDR] lists benzene as number 6.

Notice that benzene and benzene containing compounds are listed 3 times in the top 10, more than any other substance.

Furthermore, biphenyls [polychlorinated] are #5 on the list and are derivatives of benzene, so benzene is really involved in 40% of the top 10.

One glaring example of biphenyls is BPA, which is in many plastic drinking bottles, thermal paper receipts and it also lines many canned foods.

It’s categorized as an endocrine disrupter that has already been banned by Canada and the European Union, but is still in use in the United States, although its use has been declining.

How can it be legal to put benzene in any substance designed for human consumption?!?!

The FDA, who is supposed to regulate the pharmaceutical industry, is fully aware of this information, yet they still allow it to go on, so they have to be part of the problem.

Therefore, there must be foul play going on, such as bribery, coercion or a conflict of interest.

Many times, a CEO of a large company will quit their job and be hired by the department of the FDA that oversees the industry that the CEO was just employed by!

That same CEO often owns large amounts of stock in the company that he formerly controlled.

In other words, there is a selfish conflict of interest going on.

As a matter of fact, there has been over 800 documented waivers of conflict of interest in the government already.

This is the level of corruption we are dealing with in the drug industry and it’s all based on the love of money.

I Timothy 6
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Notice the fire and skull & cross bones symbols on the left side of the bottle!  This tells us it’s highly flammable and very toxic.

But it gets even worse.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] has set a Maximum Contaminate Level [MCL] for benzene in drinking water at only 0.005 mg/L [5 ppb], as promulgated via the U.S. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.

This regulation is based on preventing benzene leukemogenesis [that which causes leukemia = “any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting”.

Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Look where the adversary [Satan – the indirect onslaught of the devil] attacks us through the medical system: the very “heart” of the flesh = the blood.

If the blood can be contaminated or weakened in any way, it will have the same effect on the entire body.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) stated in 1948 that “it is generally considered that the only absolutely safe concentration for benzene is zero”.  There is no safe exposure level; even tiny amounts can cause harm.

The maximum contaminant level goal [MCLG], a nonenforceable health goal that would allow an adequate margin of safety for the prevention of adverse effects, is zero benzene concentration in drinking water.

Now we know why.

DO THE MATH!

Since the maximum contamination level was set to be only 5 parts per billion [0.005 mg/L in drinking water], that tells us how incredibly toxic benzene really is.

According to drugs.com, depending on the disorder treated, klonopin, one of the many forms of benzodiazipines [benzos for short], the maximum recommended daily dose is 20 mg.

However, the recommended daily dosage is often only 1 – 5 mg, depending on variables.

So let’s conservatively say that a person only takes one 4 mg klonopin pill per day.

Some other benzodiazepine anticonvulsants are valium, onfi, atavan, transxene T-tab and versed.

How many millions of people have been poisoned by these toxic drugs?

The federal Controlled Substances Act [CSA] of 1970 by the DEA [Drug Enforcement Agency, a branch of the US government] classifies drugs into five schedules [categories] based on the potential for abuse and whether or not the drug has been proven and accepted for medical use.

Each schedule is governed by different rules regarding drug production, sale, possession, and use, and, depending on the schedule, the punishment for a violation may be more severe.

The schedules range from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most severe and 5 being the least.

Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse, as well as a high potential for severe dependence. Since there’s no currently accepted medical use for these drugs, all possession or use is illegal.

Some examples of schedule 1 drugs are cannabis [this classification is very controversial and some states have bypassed federal regulations], ecstasy, heroin, and psychedelics [certain kinds of mushrooms, DMT and LSD].

Schedule 5 drugs are have a low potential for abuse and a low or limited potential for dependence. These drugs have currently accepted medical uses, and it’s possible to obtain a legal prescription for them. Examples include codeine-infused cough syrups, ezogabine, and others.

Benzodiazepines are classified as schedule 4 drugs.

Is that a coincidence or by design that such destructive chemicals also can be potentially addictive?

Criminal intent?

Since the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies already know in advance the damage that benzos cause, yet they also deliberately manufacture, approve, regulate and sell them, isn’t this, in reality, criminal intent?

Since I’m not an attorney, I don’t know, but it makes you really wonder about the ethics of all this.

From blackslawdictionary.org:

“Criminal intent is a necessary component of a “conventional” crime and involves a conscious decision on the part of one party to injure or deprive another.

It is one of three categories of “mens rea,” the basis for the establishment of guilt in a criminal case. There are multiple shades of criminal intent that may be applied in situations ranging from outright premeditation to spontaneous action”.

Obviously, writing prescriptions for such drugs as klonopin or valium are not legal crimes, but based upon:

• a deliberate decision to administer a drug with known toxic consequences
• proven potential for addiction or abuse

shouldn’t they be?

And shouldn’t the entities who manufacture, regulate, sell and administer such substances be held accountable?

Just food for thought.

And this is just one drug out of thousands.

Not to mention the countless and untested interactions of all these drugs with each other.

Then add in all the other untested variables, such as how do drugs A, B, C and D interact with each other when in the presence of:

• mercury [from dental fillings]
• glyphosate [a toxic ingredient in roundup, an herbicide that has found its way into nearly every plant, animal, water source, soil, and air]
• chlorine and its byproducts from drinking water, swimming pools and taking a shower
• chem trails from planes
• car exhaust
• out-gassing of VOC’s [Volatile Organic Compounds] from the vinyl flooring you just had installed in your kitchen

The number of combinations drugs with other drugs and the 80,000 different environmental chemicals probably cannot even be calculated.

This is what is known as the systematization of error, where one area of error affects another, which affects another, etc.

Drug classifications, their function and the violation of biblical principles

There are many different ways to classify drugs.  Just some examples are:

• Legal status: legal or illegal
• Risk status: safe or dangerous
• Name: Generic or brand name
• Disease [s]:  what diseases are they designed to treat
• Pharmacodynamics: mechanisms of action within the body
• Source: plants or synthetic
• Formulary:  according to Blue cross/blue shield, medications are assigned to one of four, five or six categories known as copayment or coinsurance tiers, based on drug usage, cost and clinical effectiveness.

I am in the process of classifying drugs from a biblical and spiritual perspective.

Here is what I discovered so far from a quick study guide on pharmacology and my own observations:

• Poisons: some drugs, such as benzos, literally poison the body with a known highly toxic substance, such as benzene, that has zero nutritional value, in order to achieve the desired effect.   Therefore, this cannot be a true or Godly form of medicine, but is in fact, an attack against God’s second greatest work, the human body, disguised as medicine.
  • Romans 1:30
    Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
  • Who invented the idea that a highly toxic poison should be put in a prescription medication?  In my opinion, it would have to be inspired by devil spirits, not the one true God.
• Counterfeit:  other prescription drugs, such as thyroxine, are a synthetic counterfeit of a substance that the human body produces naturally.  In this case, thyroxine is a counterfeit of the thyroid hormone.  It is chemically different enough that it can be declared a unique substance, and therefore be patentable so that the drug manufacturers can make lots of money off of it, yet is similar enough to the original thyroid hormone to achieve an effect approaching the original.   That’s a tough chemical balancing act.
  • The bible is full of verses about how the devil counterfeits virtually everything that God says or does.  Thus, if a drug counterfeits a substance in the body in order to achieve an effect, who really inspired it?
• Inhibitors: many classes of drugs are deliberately designed to disrupt necessary bodily functions.  One example are the PPI’s [Proton Pump Inhibitors], which greatly reduce the acid produced by the stomach.   This can cause multiple mineral deficiencies because they require stomach acid to be properly digested.  The late Dr. Linus Pauling, who won 2 nobel prizes, discovered that nearly every disease can be traced back to a mineral deficiency.   This may not be the only cause, but is certainly one of them.
  • How is it possible for the human body to be healed if a drug is deliberately disrupting a necessary function within it?  It can’t.  In the long run, it degrades the overall functioning of the body and makes it sicker, which will usually prompt another doctor visit, which almost always will result in yet another medication, which will probably have the same net effect.  This pattern is often repeated until the patient dies a premature death, just like the hundreds of celebrities and millions of people around the world harmed and killed by prescription drugs.

Risk vs benefit

This goes back to the Hippocratic oath: first do no harm.  Yet the definition of risk means “exposure to the chance of injury or loss”, so once again the Hippocratic oath is being violated.

Taking a high-risk drug for a minor ailment does not make sense.

However, a person who has a very serious illness may be willing to accept a higher risk if it will get the illness under control.

With many drugs, the situation has gotten out of hand.

My mother-in-law [she died in 2020] who was in a hospital with an afib condition.  Atrial fibrillation (also called AFib or AF) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications.

One of the medicines for it that the hospital wanted to give her actually has a 20% death rate as a side effect!

You would literally be safer playing Russian roulette with an old fashioned six shooter [17% chance of dying] than taking the medicine for the heart condition [20% chance of dying].

How did such a drug even get approved?

Wasn’t it tested enough?

In some emergencies, you have to take whatever medicines will achieve the desired effect in the shortest amount of time in order to save a person’s life or to prevent too much damage.

For that we should be thankful.

But for most chronic or degenerative diseases, improving our diet, exercise, lifestyle, supplements, etc is a much safer and more effective solution that can bring about great relief and in some cases, actually reverse the illness.

INTRODUCTION

The Hippocratic oath is to first do no harm, yet experts in the medical system tell us that all drugs cause harm in the form of side effects [ranging from frivolous to fatal], so all doctors violate the Hippocratic oath with every prescription they write.

How many other industries regularly violate the principles they are based on and still survive?

Apparently, the pharmaceutical industry answers to no one, which suggests bribery and coercion with their governing body, the FDA, the one who is supposed to keep the drug companies in line.

Biblically and spiritually, this is lawlessness and hypocrisy.

In the bible, the devil is called the lawless one and Jesus Christ called the devil’s children [a particular group of religious leaders] hypocrites 7 times in Matthew 23.

The lawlessness and hypocrisy in the medical system simply reflects the devil’s contamination of the system as a whole by way of his children.

BTW  there are 3 things in the bible where God specifically says they are to be without hypocrisy:

• Believing [I Timothy 1:5; II Timothy 1:5]
• Love [Romans 12:9; II Corinthians 6:6; I Peter 1:22]
• Wisdom [James 3:17]

Natural alternatives to prescription drugs have far fewer and less severe side effects, and very often have zero side effects when used properly for the right reasons.

BTW  Alternative medicine is really a misnomer because it has been in existence for thousands of years before modern prescription medications came on the scene 100 years or so ago.

Therefore, modern medical treatments are the true medical alternative to the historical standard of care.

PHARMAKEIA IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

There are 4 variations of the root Greek word pharmakeia that we will be studying in the old testament, so this is coming from the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the OT listed below:

pharmakeia 5331 [verb]
An administering of potions, sorcery, medicine.

pharmekeuo 5332.1 [verb]
To bewitch, administer potions; to compound medicine.

pharmakon 5332.2 [noun]
A drug, potion; medicine.

pharmakon 5333 [noun]
A sorcerer, an administerer of potions.

These 4 words are used:

• 20 times in 11 different books of the old testament
• 5 times in 2 different books of the new testament
• for a total of 25 usages in 13 different books of the bible

13 is the number of rebellion in the bible.

Also of note is the fact that the root word for pharmakeia is used in 11 different books of the bible.

“If ten is the number which marks the perfection of Divine order, then eleven is an addition to it, subversive of and undoing that order. If twelve is the number which marks the perfection of Divine government, then eleven falls short of it. So that whether we regard it as being 10 + 1, or 12 – 1, it is the number which marks, disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration“.

What does the unique distribution pattern of the root word pharmakeia tell us?

Here is the numerical and spiritual summary:

• The root word pharmakeia is used in 2 books of the NT and 2 is the number of division
• The root word pharmakeia is used more in Exodus than any other book of the bible [7 = 35%], which is also the 2nd book of the bible; again the number 2 for division
• There are 4 variations of the root word and 4 is the number of the world; James 3:15 – the wisdom of this world is earthly, sensual and devilish; James 4:4 – a friend of the world is an enemy of God; I John 2:15 – if you love the world, the love of God is not in you;
• The root word Pharmakeia is used 11 times in the OT and 11 is the number of disorder and disintegration
• The root word Pharmakeia is used 13 times in the bible and 13 is the number of rebellion

So here is the spiritual summary of the numerical summary of Pharmakeia:

• Double division
• Worldliness: enemy of God
• Disorder and disintegration
• Rebellion

This is why Satan is pushing legal and illegal drugs of all kinds so hard.

Over 1/3 of all the old testament usages of pharmakeia are in just one book: Exodus.

What difference does all this make?

Exodus is the 2nd book of the bible and the number 2 indicates establishment or division, depending on context.

In the context of pharmakeia, this is a perfect usage because all the drugs the people were using caused a spiritual division between them and God.

Furthermore, look at the connection between pharmakeia and bondage:

The english word “bondage” is used 39 times in the bible [kjv].

It is first used in the book of Exodus and occurs 9 times, also more than any other book of the bible.

The root words pharmakeia & bondage are used more in Exodus than any other book of the bible because drugs are a form of bondage.

The Israelites physical bondage was slavery in Egypt.

After their escape from Egypt, their psychological and spiritual bondage were drugs.

Below is a screenshot of a page out of the Companion Reference Bible by E. W. Bullinger.   It shows the figure of speech called alternation which reveals the structure, subject matter, and meaning of the book of Exodus in a remarkable way.

It just so happens that bondage is one of the main themes of the book of Exodus.

The second most common usages of the word “bondage” in the bible is a tie between Galatians & Deuteronomy, both with 6, the number of man as he is influenced by Satan.

In both books, the people were under the legal bondage of the old testament law and the physical, psychological and spiritual bondage of drugs.

Exodus: The Israelites were in slavery and bondage in Egypt.   Jesus Christ is the subject of every book of the bible and is the Passover lamb who redeemed them and gave them freedom.

Galatians: God’s people were in bondage to the law and the elements of the world, [such as drugs], but Jesus Christ freed us from the curse of the law and gave us liberty.  In the book of Galatians, Jesus Christ is our righteousness and not the law.

In canonical order, the first usage of pharmakeia in the bible is in Exodus [from a Greek translation of the old testament so that the old & new testaments are more unified].

PHARMAKEIA: USAGES 1 – 7

Exodus 7
10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers [pharmakon Strong’s #5333]: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments [pharmakeia 5331].
22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments [pharmakeia 5331]: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8
16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments [pharmakeia 5331] to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

The devil does have power, but far less than what God’s people can manifest when they are walking with the power of the Lord.

Exodus 9
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains [blisters or boils] upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians [pharmakon 5333] could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians [pharmakon 5333] and upon all the Egyptians.

Exodus 22:18
Thou shalt not suffer [allow] a witch [pharmakon 5333] to live.

In the old testament days, it was impossible to cast a devil spirit out of somebody, so the only option left to separate the spirit from the person was to die.

However, in our age of grace, because of the finished works of Jesus Christ, it’s possible that Christians can cast a devil spirit out of somebody and have them delivered and healed from the clutches of the devil.

No wonder Christianity is attacked and discredited so much.

I wonder if this is the verse that was used to justify the hangings of people accused of being a witch in the Salem witch trials from February 1692 to May 1693.

Some had ailments that were simply not understood at the time, so they blamed evil spirits and sentenced those people to die.

Some of the so-called witches were actually evil, operating devil spirits and harming people with their backyard brews.

However, many were good people using homeopathy and other valid treatments and they were falsely accused of being an evil witch because of the healing and good they were bringing to people.

The same thing goes on today where very safe, effective and affordable natural treatments are outlawed to protect the income of the wicked pushing their poisons on society.

If somebody invents or finds a true cure of a disease, they are often humiliated, discredited, and in some cases, murdered in cold blood because the natural treatment causes somebody else who is selling an expensive and worthless drug that is supposed to fix the problem to lose money.

To some, executing a “witch” may sound like an unjustified punishment that goes way beyond the severity of the crime.

However, these sorcerers were not only using harmful drugs or potions, they were operating devil spirits in the process, spiritually poisoning the entire congregation and during old testament times, the only way to cast a devil spirit out of somebody was to have them killed.

Galatians 5
7 Ye did run well; WHO did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Notice the question in verse 7 is not what, why, where, when or how you got hindered, but who.

Why?

Because once you know who hindered you, then you know you are in the spiritual competition and you now understand the what, why, where, when and how.

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

One of the spiritual purposes of the sorcerer’s potions is to open up a person’s mind for devil spirit possession so the devil can carry out his dirty work through them.

Another is to render the mind incapable of sound rational thoughts and judgment, hindering a person’s ability to:

• understand the word of God
• believe the word of God
• separate truth from error 
• operate the 9 manifestations of holy spirit effectively

This is exactly what our modern prescription drugs do many times.

Ever see the mile-long list of side effects from the medications you’re on?

[Not to mention all the debilitating and even deadly interactions of all those incompatible chemicals].

Of course you have.

Depression, drowsiness, confusion, lightheadedness, nausea, headaches, constipation, dry mouth, liver damage, heart attacks, etc.

In the vast majority of cases, they hinder your walk with the Lord rather than help it.

I’ve seen many people get so sick from the medications they were on that they were:

• too sick to go to work
• too sick to go to church
• too sick to get anything useful done

causing even more stress and problems.

PHARMAKEIA: USAGES 8 – 10

Deuteronomy 18
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
11 Or a charmer [pharmakon 5333], or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

When were the Israelites going to be “perfect”?

After these 9 horrible and devilish things were driven:

• Out of their hearts
• Out of their homes
• Out of their lives

because all 9 involve the influence and operation of devil spirits.

In verse 13, what does “perfect” mean?

Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely ity, sound, without spot, undefiled,

From [Hebrew word} tamam; entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth — without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.

In other words, they were spiritually clean and mature, walking well with the Lord.

If you fast-forward a few thousand years into the grace administration, look what we have spiritually as sons of God!

Colossians 2:10
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

We are spiritually complete and righteous in the eyes of God, yet are we living that righteousness?

By our freedom of will, we can choose to live according to the ways of the world, or by the revealed word of God.

II Kings 9
21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [pharmakon 5332.2] are so many?

As long as idolatry, drugs and devil spirits are in operation in the world, there will be no peace.  That is why world peace is an impossibility in this current biblical administration.

Yet, with the the word of God, we can have peace in our hearts, no matter what goes on in the world:

Philippians 4:7 [amplified bible]
And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].

In the distant future, there will be a new heaven and earth where God’s righteousness is the only game in town.

Jezebel was born of the seed of the serpent [she was a child of the devil], which corroborates what the new testament says about these type of people: they have deceived the entire world with idolatry and drugs.

This is not surprising seeing that her father was Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians.

“Ethbaal” literally means “with Baal”, and refers to living under Baal’s favor.

I Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

British Dictionary definitions for baal
noun

• any of several ancient Semitic fertility gods
• Phoenician myth, the sun god, and supreme national deity
• (sometimes not capital) any false god or idol

All the commentaries I’ve seen say the name “Jezebel” is of uncertain origin.  No surprise there: the adversary often hides his works and the identity of his children so that he can do his dirty work undetected.

One commentary even said that the name “Jezebel” was a deliberate alteration of her original name Jezebaal to hide the connection between her and Baal!

I find that very plausible, especially considering her father was Ethbaal.

Furthermore, the name “bel” is a contraction of baal, which hides her identity as a daughter of the devil.

Bel and the dragon is the title of a corrupt book of the apocrypha whose purpose is to confuse, deceive and distract the reader.

II Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft [pharmekeuo 5332.1] and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

Why would any parent allow their own children to be burned alive?

Deception.

They sacrificed their own children to false gods who promised false things, such as eternal life, all in the context of idolatry and drugs.

Familiar spirits are devil spirits that are very familiar with a person and are very effective in deceiving many people into believing the dead are actually alive.

The only way we can separate truth from error is to know the perfect precision and integrity of God’s word, which is the bible.

Then we can instantly separate truth from error.

Priceless.

PHARMAKEIA: USAGES 11 – 15

Psalms 58
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers [pharmakon 5333], charming [pharmekeuo 5332.1]  never so wisely.

Isaiah 47
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries [pharmakeia 5331] , and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries [pharmakeia 5331]  wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Notice the phrase, “I am, and none else beside me” occurs twice, establishing their pride and arrogance.

It’s a distorted, worldly counterfeit of characteristics that are only attributed to the Lord, the designer and creator of the universe.

Pride goes before a fall, as these verses testify.

Isaiah 45:5
I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Isaiah 45:6
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Jeremiah 27
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers [pharmakon 5333], which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

These verses again corroborate what the rest of the word says about drugs, lies, and deception in the medical system.

When it comes to 5-senses knowledge however, it can take quite some time to separate truth from error because it seemingly takes endless amounts of research, money and suffering to finally get to the bottom of it.

Assuming we manage to live through it all in one piece.

That is why sometimes it takes years, decades or even a lifetime to find the answers to our health problems.

The devil has made the world a spiritual wilderness, but with God’s grace, knowledge and sound logic, he can lead us through to victory.

PHARMAKEIA: USAGES 16 – 20

Daniel 2
1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers [pharmakon 5333], and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

Micah 5
9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:

11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
12 And I will cut off witchcrafts [pharmakon 5332.2] out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

Verse 11 says that the Lord will throw down the strong holds.  When something deceives all nations on earth, and causes so many many problems in societies around the world, that is a spiritual strong hold of the enemy, the devil.

II Corinthians 10
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

We have the power to take the enemy’s strong holds down!

What are some examples of the enemy’s strong holds?

• Most of the drugs and all of the lies in the medical system
• the unholy trinity
• homosexuality

The list is almost endless.

Nahum 3
1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts [pharmakon 5332.2] that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts [pharmakon 5332.2].

Malachi 3
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers [pharmakon 5333], and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear [reverence] not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Romans 14:12
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

For those who have decided to get born again of God’s spirit and become one of his beloved sons, we will be judged for the works of the Lord that we carried out, which includes up to 5 different rewards and crowns!

What a wonderful hope we have.

II Timothy 4
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

May we walk in meekness, humbleness and wisdom, defeating our foes and getting stronger and healthier all the days of our lives.

INTRODUCTION

What does the bible say about drugs?

I hope you’ve had your spiritual protein shake today.

You’re going to need it.

II Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable:

• For doctrine
• For reproof
• For correction
• For instruction in righteousness

Check out the definition of “correction”.

HELPS Word-studies
1882 epanórthōsis (from 1909 /epí, “on, fitting” intensifying 461 /anorthóō, “make straight”) – properly, suitable because straight, i.e. restored to its (original) proper condition; hence, correction (referring to something that is aptly “straightened out”).

This entire world certainly needs to be “straightened out”.

Philippians 2
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

How deep down the rabbit hole do you want to go???

There are 4,000 more…indicating a coordinated global agenda, lasting over 2 decades, massive resources, [including billions of dollars], and an incredible obsession for destruction…

Pharmakeia: the devil’s weapon of choice?

The book of Galatians is a book of correction that corrects doctrinal error that had stealthily and gradually established itself as the right thing to believe in the first century church of Galatia.

The correction in the book of Galatians.

However, in God’s infinite wisdom, we all need this very vital volume.

The Greek word pharmakeia and it’s root words are used 5 times in the new testament: once in Galatians and 4 times in Revelation.

Galatians 5
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

In verse 20, the key word is the definition of “witchcraft”.

Strong’s Concordance #5331
Pharmakeia: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-i’-ah)
Definition: magic, sorcery, enchantment.

HELPS Word-studies
5331 pharmakeía (from pharmakeuō, “administer drugs”) – properly, drug-related sorcery, like the practice of magical-arts, etc. (A. T. Robertson).

So pharmakeia is classified as a work of the flesh, as opposed to a fruit of the spirit.

Our english words pharmacy and pharmaceutical come from the Greek word pharmakeia.

Sorcery definition [www.dictionary.com]
noun, plural sor·cer·ies.
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.

The exact same thing is happening in our modern world!!

Evil leaders in the drug industry [legal = those who run the pharmaceutical companies & illegal = drug lords] are operating devil spirit power resulting in:

• Debt
• Disease
• Death
• World-wide

Revelation 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries [pharmakeia], nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Fornication is talking about spiritual fornication = idolatry, not sex.

Revelation 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries [pharmakeia] were all nations deceived.

Deception takes the form of lies, which corroborates what Job 13:4 said about the medical system in a previous article.

Definition of “deceived”:

Strong’s Concordance #4105
planaó: to cause to wander, to wander
Part of Speech: Verb
Phonetic Spelling: (plan-ah’-o)
Definition: I lead astray, deceive, cause to wander.

HELPS Word-studies
4105 planáō – properly, go astray, get off-course; to deviate from the correct path (circuit, course), roaming into error, wandering; (passive) be misled.

[4105 (planáō) is the root of the English term, planet (“wandering body”). This term nearly always conveys the sin of roaming (for an exception – see Heb 11:38).]

What do planets do?

Go in circles.

Isn’t that what billions of people are doing these days, aimlessly wandering around  in circles, wondering what life is really about?

II Peter 1
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Since all nations have been deceived by the “great men of the earth”, knowing about them so that we can overcome them is certainly an important part of living a Godly life.

So just who are these “great men of the earth” anyways?

Genesis gives us more enlightenment on “the great men of the earth”.

Genesis 6:4 [amplififed bible]
There were Nephilim (men of stature, notorious men) on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they gave birth to their children. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown (great reputation, fame).

“In those days” refers to the days of Noah.  “And also afterward” refers to them again after the great flood.

The phrase “sons of God” has caused all kinds of confusion and wild speculations on who they were, ranging from good angels, to fallen angels and even an alien race of beings from outer space!

But it’s really very simple, logical and straightforward.

If you are a son, there are only 2 ways to be part of a family: birth or adoption.

In the old testament, it was impossible to be spiritually born by God since that was not available until the day of Pentecost in 28A.D. because to be spiritually born of God takes spiritual seed.

Spiritual seed only became available until after the works of Jesus Christ were fully completed = the day of Pentecost.

Therefore, the sons of God in Genesis 6:4 had to be by adoption.   They were the descendants of Seth [the believer’s bloodline], as opposed to the descendants of Cain [the unbeliever’s bloodline], who was a child of the devil and was the world’s first murderer.

The great men of the earth are people who have sold their souls to the devil.  They were literally the spiritual sons of the devil who were also the “men of renown” i.e. the celebrities of their culture and time.

There is nothing new under the sun.

Some, but thank God, not all, of our modern celebrities have made the devil their father, but they will never know it because they have been deceived.

Matthew 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

The important thing about the “great men of the earth” is not who they are, but:

• Their position in society
• Their true spiritual purpose
• Their characteristics

Proverbs 6 lists more of their characteristics than any other section of scripture.

Proverbs 6 [amplified bible]
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.
13 Who winks with his eyes [in mockery], who shuffles his feet [to signal], Who points with his fingers [to give subversive instruction];
14 Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually; Who spreads discord and strife.
15 Therefore [the crushing weight of] his disaster will come suddenly upon him; Instantly he will be broken, and there will be no healing or remedy [because he has no heart for God].
16 These six things the Lord hates; Indeed, seven are repulsive to Him:
17 A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that creates wicked plans, Feet that run swiftly to evil,
19 A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths], And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

Deuteronomy clearly spells out their position in society and their function:

Deuteronomy 13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn [seduced] the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

Belial is one of the many names of the devil.

I Timothy 6
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Another sure-fire way to find out how they function is to follow the money.

If the lust for more money, power and control overrides legal, ethical, moral, biblical or spiritual principles, then you know that ungodly forces were at work.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Everything these great men of the earth do comes under the categories of:

• Steal
• Kill
• Destroy

When you combine all their characteristics, position in society and purpose, you can clearly understand why this planet is so crooked, evil, deceptive, confusing, etc.

As we dig deeper into the depths of the darkness that is the drug industry [both legal and illegal], we gain an invaluable scope of life that can be obtained nowhere else but God’s magnificent word.

Pharmakeia comes from the root word pharmakeus.

Strong’s Concordance #5332
pharmakeus: sorcerer.
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-yoos’)
Short Definition: sorcerer

HELPS Word-studies
“Cognate: 5332 pharmakeús – a person using drug-based incantations or drugging religious enchantments; a pharmakeus-practitioner who “mixes up distorted religious potions” like a sorcerer-magician.

They try to “work their magic” by performing pseudo “supernatural” stunts, weaving illusions about the Christian life to use “powerful” religious formulas (“incantations”) that manipulate the Lord into granting more temporal gifts (especially “invincible health and wealth”).

This has a “drugging” effect on the aspiring religious zealot, inducing them to think they have “special spiritual powers” (that do not operate in keeping with Scripture). See 5331 (pharmakeía).”

Images of a witch doctor in a jungle practicing voo doo come to mind.

Although that still happens in some small areas of the world today, 98% of the modern “voo doo” is very sophisticated, and is hiding in plain sight.

Why are prescription drugs mentioned in the context of remorseless theft and murder?

pharmakos #5333

Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Strong’s Concordance #5333
pharmakos: a poisoner, sorcerer, magician
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-os’)
Definition: a magician, sorcerer.

HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 5333 phármakos – properly, a sorcerer; used of people using drugs and “religious incantations” to drug people into living by their illusions – like having magical (supernatural) powers to manipulate God into giving them more temporal possessions.

Revelation 22
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

In spite of all the darkness in the drug industry, there is always the comforting presence of God’s pure light!

Jesus Christ is the subject of every book of the bible and he is the bright and morning star.

In the next article, we will continue our study of pharmakeia and dig into the old testament for even more enlightenment.

God bless you all

Lies!  All lies!

That’s a quote from Frau Farbissina [Mindy Sterling] in Austin Power’s movie “The spy who shagged me” [1999] from a brief appearance on the Jerry Springer show.

But in real life, lies are no laughing matter.

In the medical system, it can mean the difference between life and death.

Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

In a previous article, we learned that the reason the woman with the issue of blood suffered from so many physician’s treatments and became broke was because they were based upon lies.

Now we will dig into the dark and dirty depths of the devil’s MO [Latin words Modus Operandi = Mode of Operation] so that we can BOLO [a police phrase = Be On the Look Out] for the expected attacks in order to be decisively debilitating to the devil’s demonic influence within the medical system.

Job 13:4

In the last article, we learned that Job 13:4 is the 4th usage of the root word “physician” because 4 is the number of the world.

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Satan is the god of this world and arguably, his most dominant characteristic is that he is the originator of lies [John 8:44], which results in division.

In this study of Job 13:4, I will show you 3 references to lies and their source: the devil and his sons and examples of how the adversary has contaminated the medical system with lies.

REFERENCE TO LIES #1: THE PROUD

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

There are only 2 verses in the entire bible [kjv] that contain both root words “lie” and “forge”: Job 13:4 & Psalms 119:69.

Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Who are “the proud”?

This word “proud” comes from the Hebrew word zed [Strong’s #2086] and means: “godless, rebellious men; wickedness; arrogant or presumptuous; always of opposition to”.

Not surprisingly, its used 13x in the bible, the number of rebellion.

• 8x in psalms
• 1x in proverbs
• 1x in Isaiah
• 1x in Jeremiah
• 2x in Malachi

Psalms 119:21
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

These proud people who forge lies are cursed, which means they have sold their souls to Satan and can never return because they have the devil’s spiritual seed within them.

In Psalms 119, all 176 verses mention God’s word.

The proud are mentioned 6 times in that chapter, more than any other chapter of the bible.

6 is the number of man as he is influenced by Satan.

Once again, how appropriately accurate.

This unique and deliberate distribution pattern reveals:

• Although the devil is in opposition to the word of God, he will always be grossly outnumbered and decisively overpowered by God.
• His most persuasive mode of operation is to blend in lies with the truth. That way, he wins you over with the truth while slipping in lies unnoticed.  This is Satan’s MO in the medical system.
• The light of the word of God expose the lies of the devil.
• Here is an example of “the proud” in action:
  • Jeremiah 43:
  • 1  And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
    2  Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there.

We can immediately see the lies the proud believed and spoke against the prophet Jeremiah by simply comparing the truth that Jeremiah the prophet spoke in verse 1 to the lies that the proud spoke in verse 2.

Now onto lie # 2!

REFERENCE TO LIES #2: LIES

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

This word lies comes from the Hebrew word sheqer [Strong’s #8267].  It is used 113 times in the bible and is the second reference to the devil’s children that also involves the number 13, the number of rebellion.

Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

This verse is not talking about their physical birth, but their spiritual birth.

No newborn baby can speak any language, much less fluently, much less cleverly crafted contradictions to the word.

Proof of this is in the book of Genesis.

Genesis 4
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

Cain, the very first person born on earth, was also the very first person to become born of the seed of the serpent and his very first words were a lie!

Why?

Revelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

The devil has 2 main objectives:

• hinder the purposes of God by stealing [which involves lying], killing and destroying
• be worshiped like God the creator

Like father, like son.

In John 8:44, Jesus Christ is confronting a particular group of Pharisees [religious leaders].

Look what he says about them!

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The usage of the word “father” is a figure of speech called a Hebrew idiom of origination.   The word father means originator.

It’s also interesting that lies are in the direct context of murder and the medical system kills more people than any other industry in the world because of lies.

REFERENCE TO LIES #3: WORTHLESS

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

The phrase “of no value” comes from the Hebrew word elil [Strong’s #457] and means “worthless” and “good for nothing”.

The name “Belial” is one of the many names of the devil and is used 17 times in the bible: once in II Corinthians and 16 times in the old testament.

It is very similar to elil and in every occurrence in the old testament, it’s always in reference to the offspring of Belial, which means  “worthlessness”.

The first usage of Belial in the bible is:

Deuteronomy 13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn [spiritually seduced into idolatry] the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

In reference to lies from the devil, the number 13 comes up twice more [once in the chapter number and once in the verse number], a total of 4 times.

So in Job 13:4, we have 3 references to seed of the serpent people, lies and the medical system:

1. Forgers: this points to the proud, who are seed of the serpent [offspring of the devil]  Genesis 3:1 & 15
2. Lies: this points to the devil, the originator of lies, and his sons, who speak lies the minute they sell out to the devil, their spiritual father;  John 8:44
3. Of no value: Hebrew word elil = worthless. Belial is one of the names of the devil which also means worthless whose nature is to lie.  Deuteronomy 13:13

The very first usage of “physicians” in the bible CHRONOLOGICALLY is in the context of 3 different references to lies spoken by children of the devil.

The Hebrew word for “physician” in Job 13:4 is rapha [Strong’s #7495] = “cure, cause to heal, physician, repair, thoroughly, make whole”.

Jehovah rapha is one of the 7 redemptive names of God and means The Lord my healer.

“Physicians of no value” are the world’s counterfeit of the Lord our healer.

I Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

With the bible knowledge and sound science, we can always separate truth from error.

Several examples of medical lies

There are many different lies within the medical system.  We’ll just examine a few.

This is why so many of us are getting sicker and sicker.

Lie #1:  Your cholesterol is too high: you must take a statin drug!

There are over 300 proven adverse health effects by taking statin drugs.

Statin statistics have been deliberately manipulated to deceive.

Many other authorities are against statin drugs, such as Dr. Joseph Mercola, D.O..

5 great reasons to not take statin drugs by Dr. Mercola.

Marion Nestle [Paulette Goddard Professor, of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University], in her blog post Food Politics dated November, 2013, says in regards to the new cholesterol guidelines that the AHA [American Heart Association] recently published :

Many health experts recommend that more people should NOT take statin medications. The AHA [American Heart Association] and ACC [The American College of Cardiology] both have financial ties to the drug industry who profit from their new recommendations.

Again, this is why we must research everything to be sure we really know what is going on and why.

I Peter 5 [amplified bible]
8 Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.
9 But resist him, be firm in your faith [against his attack—rooted, established, immovable], knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being experienced by your brothers and sisters throughout the world. [You do not suffer alone.]

I take recommendations to take statins with a grain of salt…

Lie #2: Pink Himalayan sea salt is the best salt to eat!

This message is not coming from the orthodox medical system, but the health food industry! I purposely chose pink Himalayan sea salt to illustrate that I’m not blindly biased against the medical system.

Health food advocates say that Himalayan salt has 84 different minerals in it, which has been verified by many independent authorities and we certainly need more trace minerals.

However, one of those minerals is lead, one of the most toxic substances known to man.

List of top 10 toxic substances by the U.S. Government.

[other substances, such as ricin, botox, cynanide, etc may be considered more toxic by other authorities, but are based upon a different set of criteria of toxicity].

How much lead is in pink Himalayan sea salt?

The following screenshot is from:

Certificate of the Analysis of the Original Himalayan Crystal Salt
Institute of Biophysical Research, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
June 2001

The lead content of pink Himalayan sea salt is 20 times above the level considered to be a problem.

The blue column near the middle is the concentration of lead in pink Himalayan sea salt.   That’s right, it’s only 0.10 ppm, which is 1/10th of 1 part per million, a seemingly infinitesimal amount.

However, 0.10 ppm = 100 ppb [parts per billion].

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s multiple Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent, said, “5 ppb is cause for concern”, yet pink Himalayan sea salt has 20 times that amount!

Lie #3: Diabetes is incurable

“But the reality is that there is no cure for diabetes — neither type 1 diabetes nor type 2 diabetes”.

This is a quote from www.webmd.com.  Sound medical information that everybody knows is correct, right?

Dead wrong.

Look who funds webmd and advertises on it.

Pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lily.

Processed food companies such as General Mills.

The FDA has partnered up with webmd, yet the FDA is controlled by the pharmaceutical companies and such chemical conglomerates as DowDuPont.

None of them are concerned for your health or what’s in your best interest.

From Dr. Mercola, D.O.: “The WebMD matrix is a maddening, vicious circle of conflicts of interest that creates all manner of deceit and deception. But these shenanigans are still easy to identify and avoid. Just Follow the Money.”

Contrast the gloom and doom message of webmd concerning diabetes with the first summary line on www.mercola.com:

Its the exact opposite.

But from the narrow-minded view of the medical system, in a way they are right: there is no cure for diabetes because there are no lucrative drugs they can sell you to cure you of diabetes!

CONCLUSION

The health care industry is a trillion dollar industry.

I Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Lies from the devil’s sons have infiltrated, contaminated, saturated and dominated the entire medical system [and the rest of the world] with the end goal of making more money.

When you have out of control lust for something, [especially money] no amount is enough.

That is why the world will never be what we want it to be until the third heaven and earth in the distant future.

In the meantime, we know what is going on and why, so we can prepare and be victorious.

I Thessalonians 5
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Now we can’t be blinded by the darkness, lies and confusion in the medical system.

Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

I Corinthians 15
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Do numbers count?

Numerology is the world’s counterfeit of the biblical and spiritual meaning of numbers.

The mathematical accuracy of God’s word is breathtaking.

This adds another unique and enriching dimension to its credibility as the greatest book ever written and God’s most magnificent masterpiece.

In the context of the healing of the woman with the issue of blood in Luke 8:48, the previous section has an important piece of the puzzle of our biblical understanding of numbers.

It’s interesting that in Luke 8:8, it says that the seed that lands on the good ground will mature and bear fruit 100 times.

5 x 20 = 100.

5 in the bible is the number of God’s grace, which is unmerited divine favor.  All healing is ultimately a gift from God.  Thus, healing is by God’s grace also.

20 is the number of expectancy.

The woman with the issue of blood, by continually holding onto God’s promise of healing, was expecting to be healed, a gift by God’s grace, and received it.

Although chapter headings, verse markings, notes in the center margin, etc are all added by man, it’s still interesting that the bearing of fruit one hundredfold is mentioned in verse 8 of Luke 8.

8 is the biblical number of a new beginning, so Luke 8:8 is a new beginning doubled and established.

Healing was certainly a totally new beginning for her!

The remarkable numerical and spiritual precision of the word of God.

Below are just a few illustrations of the remarkable precision of God’s word in regards to the biblical meaning of numbers in the unique distribution pattern of the root word “physician”, which is used 12 times in the bible in 11 verses.

1. Genesis 50:2 is the first usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

1 in the bible signifies God and unity.

Genesis 50
1 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

The original Godly design of the medical system was to perform necessary services, such as embalming [funeral] services or emergency services.  This was a blessing and resulted in Godly unity among those present or treated.

However, over time, it became corrupted, as most other systems in the world do.  This inevitably led to division which the number 2 explains.

2. Genesis 50:2 is also the second usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

2 in the bible indicates establishment or division, depending on the context.

Genesis 50
1 And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Here it can mean the establishment of the original Godly design of performing necessary medical services, such as embalming and funeral services.

As the medical system became corrupted with the love of money and bribery for example, the consequence is division.  When somebody is harmed or dies of iatrogenic [medically induced] treatments, it causes division in people’s lives.

3. II Chronicles 16:12 is the third usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

3 in the bible indicates divine perfection and completeness.

II Chronicles 16
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.
13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

In verse 12, the number 39 is mentioned in the same sentence that it says Asa “sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians” in the height of his disease.

• Multiplication: Besides 1 and itself, 3 and 13 are the only other factors of 39.  3 is the number of completeness.  39 = 3 x 13, the number of rebellion, so Asa was guilty of complete rebellion against God.
• Addition: Asa’s rebellion is evident in the number 39 because the digits 3 + 9 = 12.  In the least common denominator, 12 is the number of rulership.  The adversary certainly ruled Asa’s life at this time.
• Subtraction: If you subtract the digits 9 – 3, you get 6, the number of man as he is influenced by the adversary.  How appropriate for King Asa!
• Division: 9 ÷ 3 = 3, the number of completeness again, which is what we started with: complete rebellion against God completed!  9 in the bible is the number of judgment and finality.  Asa’s death was the final consequence of his rebellion.

Whether we add, subtract, multiply or divide the digits of the number 39, we get congruent and appropriate spiritual meanings regarding Asa the king.

Referring back to verse 12, figuratively speaking, feet in the bible represent the action center of a person’s will.

The fact that Asa got a foot disease at the age of 39 emphasizes the consequence of his action to violate an oath he made to God in II Chronicles 15.

Immediately after it’s mentioned that Asa did not seek the Lord in his affliction, he died.

Jeremiah 17
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

That is why II Chronicles 16:12 is the 3rd usage of the root word “physician”.

Furthermore, the gospel of Luke is the only book of the bible that has the root word “physician” 3 times: Luke 4:23, 5:31 & 8:43.

That makes sense because Jesus Christ’s identity in this gospel is that of a perfect man, in contrast to the natural man and all his imperfections, who needs the services of a physician the most.

Luke 4
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Jesus Christ brought a 3-fold healing:

1. Physical:  by his bruises we are healed [I Peter 2:24]
2. Psychological:  accepted by God, forgiveness and the mind of Christ [Ephesians 1:6, 7;  Philippians 2:5]
3. Spiritual:  [we have been redeemed and have been born again with incorruptible spiritual seed [Ephesians 1:7;  I Peter 1:23]

That gives us complete healing and wholeness.

Colossians 2:10
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

The name of Luke is also only used 3 times in the bible, who was a physician as well.

4. Job 13:4 is the 4th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

4 is the number of creation and man in relationship to God’s creation.

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Four is the number of material completeness.  That makes sense: God’s creation is materially complete.

It is also the number of the world and of cities.

The devil is the god of this world who has corrupted the kingdoms and systems of the world.    The devil is the originator of lies and has the power of death.

The current medical system kills more people than any other industry because it’s based to a large degree on lies.

This is why Job 13:4 is the 4th usage of the root word “physician”.

5. Jeremiah 8:22 is the 5th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

5 is the number of God’s grace, which is unmerited divine favor.

Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Chapter 8 of Jeremiah talks about the deceit, greed, idolatry and remorselessness of the people of Jerusalem.

They had been captured and taken away to Babylon because of their idolatry.

Gilead [an area east of the sea of Galilee and the Jordan river], was a place of refuge and known for its ointments and spices.  The balm of Gilead was a medicinal substance taken from plants used for healing.

“Is there no balm in Gilead?”  Of course there was.  It was well known for that.

“Is there no physician there?” There certainly was because that’s who applied the balm and bandages.

So then the reason why the question “why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” was asked is simple: the people, like Asa the king [mentioned in the previous usage of the root word physician] trusted only in the knowledge and abilities of their physicians instead of trusting in the Lord.

Furthermore, the word “physician” [singular] is used 6 times in the bible and six is the number of man as he is influenced by devil spirits.

There is also only 1 of the 9 manifestations of holy spirit [I Corinthians 12] that is called a gift: the gifts of healing because healing is a gift of God’s grace.

6. Matthew 9:12 is the 6th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

6 is the number of man as he is influenced by our spiritual adversary, the devil, who has corrupted the medical system with greed, bribery and lies.

Matthew 9
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

In verse 12, check out the definition of sick!

Definition of the word “sick” in Matthew 9:12.

“Sore-misery related to experiencing grievous harm (affliction)”.   This implies an evil and external source!

Furthermore, the word “physicians” [plural] is used 6 times in the bible.  This represents the corrupt medical system, and is not an accurate reflection of those good, well-meaning individual workers within it.

Again, we see the remarkable, faithful and trustworthy precision and appropriateness of God’s word.

7. Mark 2:17 is the 7th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

7 is the number of spiritual perfection.

Mark 2
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Look at the definition of “whole” in verse 17!

Definition of “whole” in Mark 2:17.

This Greek word ischuo is used 28 times in the New Testament: 28 = 4 x 7, the number of spiritual perfection again.

This Greek word ischuo is also used twice in the seventh section of the book of Acts!

Acts is divided up into 8 different sections.  The 7th one is Acts 16:6 – Acts 19:19.

The 7th section of Acts has many many examples of “getting into the fray”, “engaging the resistance” and “combative, confrontive force” as the spiritual competition heats to its peak!

Acts 19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed [ischuo] against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Acts 19:20
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed [ischuo].

Many of the events in the 7th section of Acts involve discerning of spirits, which is listed as the seventh manifestation of the gift of holy spirit in Corinthians!

I Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

Below are just a few examples of the spiritual competition in the 7th section of Acts:

• A woman who harassed Paul and Silas had a devil spirit cast out of her
• They were beaten and locked in the stocks of the inner prison
• The jailer almost committed suicide, but got born again instead
• There was an earthquake, the prison was broken open and they were set free
• Paul preached the word for 3 days in Thessalonica, but the unbelieving Judeans incited the entire city into an uproar and Paul had to escape in the middle of the night
• Paul had a magnificent teaching on Mars hill, stirring up many people to consider God’s word

Mark 2:17 has both words “whole” [ischuo] and “righteous” in the context of sickness and healing.

So does James 5:16!

James 5
15 And the prayer of faith [believing] shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Below is an excellent example of the “effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”.

17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

In James 5:16, the word “availeth” is the same Greek word ischuo!

Jesus Christ was [and always will be] a perfect man of God who perfectly carried out the perfect will of God.

II Timothy 3
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

8. Mark 5:26 is the 8th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

8 in the bible is the number of a new beginning.

Mark 5
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

It was a new beginning for the woman with the issue of blood when she got healed after enduring tortuous levels of pain for a dozen years.

9. Luke 4:23 is the 9th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

9 in the bible is the number of finality and judgment.

Luke 4
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

During his short ministry on earth, Jesus judged and condemned 3 cities: Bethesda, Chorazin, and Capernaum.

Matthew 11
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell [hades = the grave]: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

In Luke 4, Jesus Christ taught his first teaching and healed a man with a withered hand.  The response from the religious leaders was a failed attempt to murder him.

Once he escaped, the very next place he went to was Capernaum, one of the 3 cities he judged and condemned!

So the 9th usage of the root word “physician” in Luke 4:23 is most fitting.

10. Luke 5:31 is the 10th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

10 is the number of ordinal perfection.

It signifies the perfection and completeness of divine order and that the number and order are perfect; that the whole cycle is complete.

Luke 5
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Talk about perfect order, look at this.

Luke 5
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

In some cases of illness,  there needs to be forgiveness first in order for the healing to take place.

The reason is very simple: if a person is overwhelmed with guilt or condemnation, then they don’t have the proper mindset or attitude of heart in order to believe to be healed.

I John 3
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

I John 5
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Psalms 103:3 is just one of thousands of examples of the perfect order of the words within the word of God.

In line with I John 3:21 and the record of healing in Luke 5, Psalms 103:3 has forgiveness before healing.

Psalms 103:3
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

11. Luke 8:43 is the 11th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

11 in the bible is the number of disorder, disorganization, disintegration and imperfection.

Again, this fits perfectly.

Luke 8:43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

She had financial and physical imperfection, disintegration, disorder and ruin as a consequence of the physician’s treatments that were based on lies.

Although Colossians 4:14 is the 12th usage of the root word “physician” in the bible, remarkably, it’s the 11th verse in the bible of that word usage.

Colossians is a book that corrects doctrinal error = lies, which dominate the medical system and cause disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration in people’s lives.

12. Colossians 4:14 is the 12th and final usage of the root word “physician” in the bible.

12 represents governmental perfection and in the least common denominator represents rulership.

Colossians 4:14
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

The sun rules the day.

The moon, stars and planets rule the night by their passage through the 12 signs of the zodiac, which is a circle of 360 degrees, which = 30 degrees x 12 degrees.

Thus they also govern or rule the year.

The medical system rules our lives in several different ways, such as in the form of medical tyranny, where [often harmful] treatments are forced upon us, against our will.

The pharmaceutical companies fund and control:

• Drug manufacturing, clinical trials, publication of results and sales
• A large portion of the media
• Medical schools in universities
• They have been referred to as the medical mafia by several credible sources

Medical Tyranny: forced vaccinations in California by S.B. 277

Look what else the article reveals!!!

Senator Pan of California was bribed by the pharmaceutical companies to do their dirty work resulting in forced vaccinations, which temporarily satisfied the drug companies greed at the expense of the population.

Exodus 23:8 [Amplified bible]
You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.

Every bribe involves a devil spirit.  That is what blinds and undermines the people involved.

I Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

The third definition of “peddle” from dictionary.com is “to sell (drugs) illicitly”.

Although bribery is illegal, the lobbying efforts of industries is 100% legal, which hypocritically is legalized bribery.

Opensecrets.org has an eye-opening chart about the pharmaceutical companies.

Pharmaceutical industry largest lobby group.

This is yet another reason why we can trust and believe in the bible as the God-breathed word and will of God.

Why didn’t she just commit suicide?

The woman with the issue of blood suffered:

• Torturous levels of pain
• Debilitating levels of pain
• Was totally broke
• Shunned by society
• For a dozen years

Leviticus 15 [amplified bible]
19 When a woman has a discharge, if her bodily discharge is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.
25 Now if a woman has a flow of blood for many days, not during the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond that period, as long as the impure discharge continues she shall be as she is in the days of her [normal] menstrual impurity; she is unclean.

26 Every bed on which she lies during the time of her discharge shall be to her like the bed of her menstrual impurity, and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, like the uncleanness of her monthly period.
27 And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Imagine living like this for 12 years!

Unfortunately for many people, this more than justifies suicide.

They’ve been blinded to the spiritual side of life and don’t have a heart-to-heart connection with God or a true knowledge of his son Jesus Christ.

This also applies to suicide bombers and terrorists.

John 16 [amplified bible]
1 I have told you these things so that you will not stumble or be caught off guard and fall away.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.
3 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

Unless you’ve been living in a deep dark cave your entire life, verses 2 & 3 have already come to pass, just as God’s word said it would, almost 2 thousand years later!

So if somebody kills a christian because they believe they are doing it in service to God, then they must be deceived and deception takes the form of lies.

Now we are beginning to see a pattern develop:

• Terrorists and suicide bombers accomplish their evil deeds because they have believed lies
• Well-meaning people in the medical system often apply treatments that do more harm than good because they were taught lies also
• It’s impossible to know that a lie is a lie by only studying lies
• You must compare a lie to the truth in order to see the difference and make an informed decision

Considering the woman with the issue of blood’s circumstances, what would you have done?

So why didn’t she succumb to the temptation to end her life?

Word Origin and History for succumb
v.  late 15c., from Middle French succomber, from Latin succumbere “submit, sink down, lie under,” from sub “down” (see sub-) + -cumbere “take a reclining position,” related to cubare “lie down” (see cubicle).

Originally transitive; sense of “sink under pressure” is first recorded c.1600. Related: Succumbed; succumbing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Because she wouldn’t accept being spiritually screwed by the adversary, the God of this world.

I John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

I Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

If the devil can prevent somebody from getting born again by his lies, then he has succeeded because death will have the ultimate victory.

But when a christian dies, death is only temporary.

Nothing can stop Jesus Christ from coming back and raising the fallen believers from the dead and giving them a brand new spiritual body!

All the Christians alive at the return will get one too!

What an incredible hope!

Another major reason the woman didn’t commit suicide is because she had hope and suicide assumes that there is no hope = hopelessness.

Ephesians 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Once you believe there is no hope, you give up because it’s hope that gives us endurance to make it through the tough times.

Logically speaking, there are only 3 types of hope in existence:

1. True hope:  the return of Christ
2. False hope: reincarnation, being rescued by flying saucers, life after death experiences, etc
3. No hope: ideally, life is 80 or 90 years and a hole in the ground.  Make the best of it.

Romans 8
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

In verse 25, the word “patience” is the Greek word hupomone and literally means to remain and endure under.   Hope is the foundation of endurance and steadfastness.

When times are tough, we need the safety rope of hope
to hang onto.

Hebrews 6 [amplified bible]
18 so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
19 This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],
20 where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

God’s hope anchors us into his word and all the blessings he brings.

What was her secret to getting healed and avoiding suicide?

Mark 5
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

Now to really get the details of verse 28 and see the huge impact it had on this woman, we learn a little about Greek grammar.

We can see from the screenshot of a Greek interlinear of Mark 5:28 a small red rectangle, highlighted by a large red arrow.

This little red box in the corner of this screenshot gives us the secret code to the grammar mystery.

When we click on it, we get our answer, which meant everything for the woman with the issue of blood.

First off, we are dealing with a verb, which by definition means some kind of action is taking place.

The imperfect tense in Greek grammar refers to the present tense that has been shifted into the past.  It was an on-going action in the past since the gospel of Mark was written many years after the actual incident.

The active voice means that the subject of the verb [the woman] is performing the action.

28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

According to the Greek grammar in Mark 5:28, this woman was continually saying to herself that she would be healed if she just touched Jesus’ garment.

The gospel of Matthew adds an important detail…

Matthew 9 [amplified bible]
20 Then a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the [tassel] fringe of His outer robe;
21 for she had been saying to herself, “If I only touch His outer robe, I will be healed.”

Ever since she had heard of Jesus Christ, after such severe suffering for so long and with no other answers in sight, she fastened her mind on virtually nothing else.

It takes commitment and perseverance to achieve important goals.

Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Romans 10
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith [believing] cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

The woman with the issue of blood was able to believe for healing and prevented suicide because she heard the word of God and continually kept it in her heart.

Did the seed land on good ground?

Prior to the woman getting healed in Luke 8:44,  Jesus Christ taught the parable of the sower and the seed in Luke 8: 5 – 15.

What does that have to do with the woman with the issue of blood?

5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

In verse 8, the word “hundredfold” is used 7 times in the bible.

7 is the number of spiritual perfection.

When we apply the perfect principles of the word of God, we can get the same results.

From verse 8, check out the definition of good below.

The woman’s name Agatha comes from this Greek word agathos.

The top 3 most published literary works of all time are:

1. The bible
2. Shakespeare
3. Agatha Christie [1890 – 1976], the best-selling novelist of all time

What is good?

Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

II Timothy 1:13
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith [believing] and love which is in Christ Jesus.

By holding fast to sound words, the woman insured she would see sound results.

Luke 8:47
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

From verse 15, check out the definition of “honest” below.

The woman with the issue of blood definitely fits the definition of the virtuous woman in proverbs 31 whose price is far above rubies.

The woman with the issue of blood was a great example of the good ground that the seed fell upon in the parable of the sower and the seed.

Why is it so important to keep the word in our heart?

Proverbs 4:23
Keep [guard] thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

I Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

It’s critical to not only have a knowledge of the word, but to understand it also, which is best accomplished by researching the word with sound principles and taking ownership of it.

Medical checklist to separate truth from lies

I Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Since there are so many lies in the medical system, how are we going to hold onto the good things?

We must first determine what things are good and what ones are lies.

There must be a standard of truth with which everything is to be compared.

Here is a partial checklist of principles and resources we can use to separate medical truth from error:

• Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.   If a treatment makes somebody worse or kills them, then it’s not the right treatment.  You must look at the effects of the treatment, both short-term and long-term.
•  James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first:
  • 1) Pure
    2) Peaceable
    3) Gentle
    4) Easy to be intreated
    5) Full of mercy
    6) Full of good fruits
    7) Without partiality
    8) Without hypocrisy

Make sure the treatment follows the pattern of God’s wisdom.    If your gut reaction is to not accept a certain treatment, you should wait and research it more until you get a verifiable answer.

• Consistency:  Is the treatment or information consistent?  If not, something is wrong somewhere.   For example, in dentistry, we are told that the metal, silver or amalgam fillings embedded into your teeth are totally safe.   Yet the metal filling material coming into the dental office is classified and handled as hazardous waste, as is the amalgam debris after its drilled out of your teeth, but somehow it’s safe in your mouth!  Not coincidentally, the ADA [American Dental Association] makes over $50 million dollars per year on them.  Furthermore, “silver” filings are 15% tin and copper, 35% silver and 50% mercury, one of the deadliest materials known to man, so how come they aren’t called mercury fillings?!  It would be more accurate, but would scare everybody away, making them lose millions of dollars annually.
• Confusion:  If you are confused, then you need to slow down, step back, take a deep breath and gain clarity and understanding before moving forward.  Confusion is a psychological and spiritual weapon of the adversary and won’t end with a good decision.
• Hypocrisy:  The CDC [Center for Disease Control] pushes vaccines on the public as being safe, but the employees in the dept of the CDC that regulate vaccines have admitted that they refuse to have their own children vaccinated.   In another example, most doctors who were terminally ill with cancer would AVOID aggressive treatments such as chemotherapy – despite recommending it to their own patients.
• Follow the money:  The love of money is the root of all evil [I Timothy 6:10].  For example, whoever funds a particular drug trial determines the outcome.  Pharmaceutical companies routinely suppress negative data on drugs or skew the results in their favor.
  • Is there bribery, blackmail, or coercion involved?   The answer won’t be on the surface!  This takes time to research, often from numerous sources.
  • Many drugs have profit margins that measure into the thousands of percent!  So if extreme profits are involved, then expect other evils to follow.
• Lawsuits: Are there multiple lawsuits or, worse yet, class-action lawsuits, against this particular drug, treatment, device, doctor, hospital, or company that is providing it?  If so, then you may be gambling with your health, finances or even your life.  Just google “lawsuit” and the other terms you want to look into.
• Lawlessness: For example, the mfg label for drug A says do not take with drug B or drug C.   Drug B says to not take with drug A or drug C.  Drug C says do not take with drug A or drug B.  Yet I have seen several times where BOTH the pharmacist AND the doctor said the standard practice is to take drug A, drug B and drug C all at the same time!!  When proven and valid laws, principles, practices, etc are deliberately violated, this is lawlessness = defiance or rebellion. This originates from the adversary who is called the lawless one in the bible.  This is just one reason why over 100,000 people die each year from properly prescribed and properly administered prescription medications. 
• Motivation: Is your health care practitioner concerned about what’s in your best interest, or are you being manipulated or motivated by fear?  God only motivates us by his perfect love, grace and wisdom.  The world wants to instill doubt, worry and fear to get you to do what they want, often involving threats or domination.
• Banned: is the treatment banned in other areas, such as other states, countries, etc?  If several different countries have banned a particular treatment, then there is good reason to investigate before you become a guinea pig. On the other hand, due to the love of money, many of the best treatments are banned because of their effectiveness, which reduces the income the corrupt medical system would otherwise get.
• Proverbs 11:14
  Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

In other words, get different opinions from multiple, objective authorities.

Here is a partial list of resources of vital information that will get to the root of the problem and change your life for the better:

• www.mercola.com  One of the most popular health-related websites on the internet, this site has thousands of researched-based articles that can benefit you.
• www.greenmedinfo.com  Thousands of articles and many how-to tools to enlighten and enrich your understanding of health issues.
• www.drugs.com  A great site to research everything about drugs
• https://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/   this site lets you know who got paid when and how much
• https://www.cms.gov/openpayments/  “Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system by making the financial relationships between applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and health care providers (physicians and teaching hospitals) available to the public.”
• https://kellybroganmd.com/  Natural medicine and psychiatry the right way!
• https://www.cchrint.org/  Restore Human Rights to the Field of Mental Health
• http://www.cochrane.org/  Trusted evidence. Informed decisions. Better health.
• https://www.nvic.org/  National Vaccine Information Center
• https://www.ewg.org/ Know your environment.  Protect your health.
• https://askdrnandi.com/dr-partha-nandi-md/  Holistic health practitioner, M.D., advocate, and leader.
• http://drjaydavidson.com/  Let us help you regain control of your health and customized lyme coaching.
• https://drpompa.com/  The #1 Website for Real Natural Health Solutions
• https://www.evanbrand.com/  I’ll actually listen to you. Let’s address the underlying causes of your health symptoms with Functional Medicine and Nutritional Therapy.
• https://www.drbenlynch.com/  Research your genetic potential
• https://drhyman.com/  Your fork, the most powerful tool to transform your health and change the world – Mark Hyman md
• https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/  In 2013 and 2014, Ben was named as one of the world’s top 100 most influential people in health and fitness, and by 2015, Ben was coaching the world’s top CEO’s, chefs, biohackers, poker players, tennis, motocross and endurance competitors, and professional athletes from the UFC, the NHL, the NBA, the NFL and beyond – all while advising and investing in top companies in the health, fitness and nutrition industry.
• https://draxe.com/  Dr. Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS, is a certified doctor of natural medicine, doctor of chiropractic and clinical nutritionist with a passion to help people eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle. In 2008, he started a functional medicine center in Nashville, which grew to become one of the most renowned clinics in the world.
• http://www.abundantlifechiro.com/  Reach your full God-given health potential.

The truth is often suppressed, distorted or discredited.   Consider the source.

We must do a tremendous amount of research using God’s wisdom, grace and sound principles of logic and science in order to get to the bottom of something.

Despite the adversary making the world a spiritual wilderness, the Lord still led the Israelites through it, so how much more can he help us to succeed?

I Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

INTRODUCTION

How ironic!

Our medical system, which is supposed to heal us, is the deadliest industry of all.

If this isn’t the most massive and open rebuke of the Hippocratic oath [to first do no harm] I’ve ever seen,  then I don’t know what is.

This also represents the lawlessness of the medical system, another problem we’ll address later.

From the back cover of the book:

“The number of people who die each day because of medical errors: physician mistakes, hospital-related illness and reactions to FDA-approved medications, is the equivalent of six jumbo jets falling out of the sky.   More Americans are dying each year at the hand of medicine than all American casualties in WWI and the civil war combined.

The medical environment has become a labyrinth of interlocking corporate, hospital, and governmental boards of directors, infiltrated by the drug companies.  Pharmaceutical corporations are paying [translation: bribing] our legislators, television and radio stations, schools, and news outlets to keep this information from you.

Drug company representatives write about new medicines in glowing articles, which are then signed by physicians who are paid handsomely for their cooperation, though they may not even know the adverse side effects of the drugs they promote.  The most toxic substances are often approved first, while milder and more natural alternatives are ignored for financial reasons.

It’s death by medicine.”

God is not to blame for all this greed, chaos, and death.

Job 1:22 [amplified bible]
Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.

I John 1:5 [amplified bible]
This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection].

However, there is a root cause of the chaos that is spiritual in nature.

I Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Since there is a spiritual cause, there is a spiritual cure.

II Peter 1
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

The word of God has the wisdom and knowledge to escape the corruption and the power to overcome the world through the accomplished works of Jesus Christ, the son of God.

Proverbs 22:3 [amplified bible]
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it, but the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Proverbs 4 [amplified bible]
5 Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

6 Do not turn away from her (Wisdom) and she will guard and protect you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.

7 The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom [it is preeminent]!
And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation].

So where do we go from here?

I am not a doctor, PA [Physician’s Assistant], pharmacist, etc.

Just a concerned citizen who needs to share the biblical record of truth about how to separate truth from error using God’s wisdom and knowledge and how to apply critical thinking skills in the health field.

DISCLAIMER: This series of articles is not intended to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any disease and it is for educational purposes only.  You must seek a qualified health care professional for treatment of any medical condition.

I recognize that the vast majority of people working in the medical system are good, well-meaning people who just want to help.

Therefore, the death & destruction must come by deception, which takes the form of lies.

In other words, the workers in the medical system are taught lies, which are passed onto the naive and trusting patient, who pays the consequences with their lives.

I’m thankful for the good in the system and the emergency care facilities that have saved so many people’s lives.

We must realize that it is the system that has been compromised.

The few rotten apples near the top that have infiltrated, contaminated, saturated and dominated the rest of the barrel are the source of problem.

The information in this series will not be without controversy though, as many people are hopelessly blinded by and glued to the medical system and will defend it to the day they die from their 13 prescription medications!

Why was she so sick and broke?

Mark 5
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him [Jesus], he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway [immediately] the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

What was her plague?

From a medical perspective, although we can make some fairly educated guesses, we don’t know conclusively.

What we do know for certain is that she suffered horribly, as the red rectangle describes.

Sound too familiar for comfort?

The sad reality of our modern life is that virtually everybody has either walked in this woman’s shoes or know someone who has.

• Their 8-year old child is going through his second round of chemotherapy
• A sister is getting her daily dialysis treatment
• A co-worker is recovering from triple bypass surgery
• A parent, who no longer even recognize their own children, had to be put in a nursing home because of Alzheimer’s.

And now, the $64,000,000 question is:

WHY did the woman with the issue of blood:

• suffer many things?
• from many physicians?
• who wasted all her money?
• not get better?
• but got worse instead?

Doesn’t God have the answer?!

Of course he does.

We just have to know how to cut through the fog of confusion, lies and darkness.

Hard to see, the dark side is…

But with God’s light-saber of truth, there is hope, power and deliverance.

Hebrews 4:12 [Amplified bible]
For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

WHAT ARE THE 3 WAYS THE BIBLE INTERPRETS ITSELF?

To find our answer, we must first know the 3 ways how the bible interprets itself.

1. In the verse
2. In the context
3. where it was used before

Upon reading Mark 5:26, it is self-evident that this verse does not interpret itself: we still do not know why the woman got worse and lost all her income because of the physician’s treatments.

Therefore, this verse must either explain itself in the context or where it was used before.

If you read all of Mark 5, and even the entire gospel of Mark, it still does not explain why the woman lost all her money AND got worse.

Although this record of the woman with the issue of blood is mentioned in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, none of them explain this mystery medical mess either!

Therefore, Mark 5:26 does not interpret itself in the context.

So the only option left is that this verse must interpret itself by the third principle of interpretation: where it was used before.

Where was what used before?

Physician.

This word comes from the Greek word iatros [Strong’s #2395] and is used 7 times in the new testament.

7 the number of spiritual perfection in the bible.

True healing is first spiritual, then physical.

The root word of iatros is iaomai [Strong’s #2390] and is used 27 times in the new testament and is usually translated “healed” and is defined below.

British Dictionary definitions for iatrogenic:

adjective

• med (of an illness or symptoms) induced in a patient as the result of a physician’s words or actions, esp as a consequence of taking a drug prescribed by the physician
• social welfare (of a problem) induced by the means of treating a problem but ascribed to the continuing natural development of the problem being treated

This certainly makes sense!

The woman with the issue of blood:

• suffered even more because of the physician’s iatrogenic treatments
• became broke in the process, adding salt to the wound

Based on the definition of words, the phrase “iatrogenic disease” is a contradiction of terms, causing confusion to any thinking person.

dictionary.com has the modern definition of physician:

noun
1. a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
2. a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from one specializing in surgery.
3. a person who is skilled in the art of healing.

Based on the fact that the modern medical system is the leading cause of death in the US, there is obviously a serious disconnect between the physician’s good intentions and the negative consequences of their treatment.

Since the devil is the one who steals, kills and destroys [John 10:10], he is the one who is ultimately in charge of the medical system therefore responsible for the consequences.

Except for a few bad apples, I do not blame the well-meaning individual physician, but rather the corruption of the entire system.

How did it get like this?!

What can an ancient book teach us about our modern medical system?

Although the book of Job is roughly 3,600 years old, it has more enlightenment for our lives than the most modern and advanced sources of information available today because God is its author.

If you go to www.biblegateway.com and do a search for the English root word “physician” in the KJV, you can see that it’s used 12 times in 11 verses of the bible:

1. Genesis 50:2 – physicians used twice
2. II Chronicles 16:12 – physicians
3. Job 13:4 – physicians
4. Jeremiah 8:22 – physician
5. Matthew 9:12 – physician
6. Mark 2:17 – physician
7. Mark 5:26 – physicians
8. Luke 4:23 – physician
9. Luke 5:31 – physician
10. Luke 8:43 – physicians
11. Colossians 4:14 – physician

After reading all of them, it’s self-evident that only one verse has the answer – Job 13:4.

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

The Companion Reference bible says the name of Job comes from the Hebrew word iyyob and means “afflicted”!

The only book of the bible with the answer as to why the woman with the issue of blood suffered from the physicians comes from the book of Job, whose name means “afflicted”.  Both Job and the woman were afflicted with disease.

In Job 13:4, who is the “ye” referring to?

Job chapters 4-11 mention Job’s 3 friends, who later turned into miserable comforters.

• Bildad the Shuhite
• Eliphaz the Temanite
• Zophar the Naamathite

Since they were his friends, he expected them to help him, which they did at first, but sometime later, they turned against him and spoke lies about him.

That is why he called them “forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value”.

That’s pretty strong language, isn’t it?

Yes, but it was the truth.

Although why Job’s friends turned against him is the subject of another deep and advanced teaching, we can still get our answer just from researching Job 13:4.

• It’s interesting to note that the first usage of physician chronologically is in the book of Job [the 1st book of the bible written], which highlights the dark side of the medical system
• The first usage of physician canonically [Genesis to Revelation] highlights the good in the medical system
• This demonstrates the adversary’s parasitic nature and most effective strategy: mix in the bad with the good.   He feeds off of the good to gain usefulness and credibility while corrupting the whole system with the bad from within

WHAT ARE AT LEAST 2 BENEFITS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT?

I Corinthians 10:11
Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

This is in reference to the old testament, which was written directly TO the Israelites and NOT to us, the members of the body of Christ, which came into existence on the day of Pentecost in 28A.D..

The old testament was written for our admonition, so what does that mean?

In light of the effects of our modern medical system, this is very appropriate advice.

From this Greek word nouthesia, we get our English word nouthetic.

Nouthetic counseling [wikipedia]

“Nouthetic counseling (Greek: noutheteo, to admonish) is a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based solely upon the Bible and focused on Christ. It repudiates mainstream psychology and psychiatry as humanistic, fundamentally opposed to Christianity, and radically secular.

Its viewpoint was originally articulated by Jay E. Adams, in Competent to Counsel (1970) and further books, and has led to the formation of a number of organizations and seminary courses promoting it.

The viewpoint is opposed to those seeking to synthesize Christianity with secular psychological thought, but has failed to win them over to a purely Biblical approach”.

The woman lost her health and all her money because of treatments from the medical system.

Wouldn’t you like to know why and how this happened so that you could avoid the pain, suffering and bone-crushing debts?

According to a study at Harvard University, 75% of all bankruptcies are due to medical debt.

Besides teaching us how to avoid things that might harm us, the old testament has another benefit.

Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Definition of learning below.

So now there are at least 2 benefits of the old testament:

• Warn us of evil so we can avoid it
• Learn how to apply its instruction [wisdom].

Definition of warn [from dictionary.com]:

verb (used with object)
1. to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:

They warned him of a plot against him.

She was warned that her life was in danger.

What does the word say about how to deal with evil?

Proverbs 22:3 [amplified bible]
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it, but the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Proverbs 27:12 [amplified bible]
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it, but the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Definition of naive
[nah-eev]
adjective

• having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
• having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She’s so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
• having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
• not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.

God has told us not once, but twice that the wise will clearly see the evil coming from a distance and avoid it, but the naive will not see it and pay the consequences.

Based on consequences, the woman with the issue of blood was naive, not using the knowledge and wisdom of the old testament to her advantage.  Although she paid dearly for it, she was still able to believe for complete healing by Jesus Christ.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…

God’s word is the spiritual searchlight that enables us to see the evil coming and take wise actions.

The essence of the woman’s problems in Mark 5:26 can be summarized below:

• She had her health stolen away from her
• She had all her money stolen away from her

This is an exact contradiction to the word & will of God:

III John 2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

How did this happen?

Like it was said at the beginning of this article, the root problem is spiritual.

John 10:10 [amplified bible]
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

Matthew 7
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Based on John 10:10 & Matthew 7:16, the thief, who worked through the medical system, was behind the woman’s loss of money and health.

Since the effects of the treatment from the physicians contradicts III John 2, then they cannot be based on the truth and therefore must originate from the world, which is run by Satan, the God of this world.

In John 8:44, Jesus Christ was confronting a particular group of evil Pharisees [religious leaders] in the Jerusalem temple.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The usage of the word “father” is a figure of speech called a Hebrew idiom of origination. Whenever it is said that somebody is a father of something, in the Hebrew culture it meant he is the originator of it.

That makes sense since it’s the father who has the seed.

This corroborates what Job 13:4 says: forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

For the third time, we have a confirmation of lies:

• Job 13:4 – forgers of lies
• III John 2 – the lie of directly contradicting this verse in effect
• Matthew 7 – false prophets’ rotten fruit

In contrast to God, who can only tell truth, Job’s friends were “physicians of no value” because they were “forgers of lies”.

Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Therefore, God could not and was not the one who inspired Job’s friends to lie.

Therefore, their lies ultimately originated from the adversary.

CONCLUSION

The purpose of the old testament is to warn us of evil in order to avoid it and to teach us wisdom, which is the application of knowledge.

Job 13:4
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Although Job was referring to his 3 friends, the general principles of this verse and their application to our lives in light of the purpose of the OT is obvious: our modern medical system is full of lies because it’s run by our adversary, the devil.

That’s verified by the fact it kills 800,000 people annually in the U.S..

Hebrews 2
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

There are always spiritual realities behind the physical ones.

Ecclesiastes 1:9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The woman with the issue of blood was blessed just to be alive.

Many things change over the centuries, but 3 things in our lives do not:

• God and his word
• The devil
• Human nature

In terms of general principles, this is why our modern medical system is no different than ones that existed hundreds or thousands of years ago.

The woman with the issue of blood got worse and became broke because her physician’s treatments were based on lies.

If the first physician she saw told her the truth, she would have been healed and she never would’ve seen all the rest.

That started the downward cascade that stole her health and money, one lie at a time.

I Timothy 6 [amplified bible]
9 But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
10 For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.

The fact that all of their treatments were based, at least in part, on lies suggests a common source: the adversary, the originator of lies and the author of death.

All this explains the problems the woman with the issue of blood had with so many different physicians.

In my next article, we’ll dig even deeper into Job 13:4 and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes…