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Additional Proofs that
Bodily Healing is in
the Atonement Physical Emotional Mental Be reminded that
this world changed kingdoms—from God’s government to Satan’s government. And God delivered to Adam the catastrophic
news: “Cursed is
the earth because of you…”
(Genesis 3:17‑19; Proverbs
26:2). Corruption,
dis-ease, and death now reigned on the earth (Romans Our health &
wellness are limited because of that impotent kingdom. Death obviously reigns
and usually it’s the result of progressive issues or dis-ease. This perverse
system is what we were raised in—it is ‘normal’ for us. This mindset is
deeply ingrained in each of us. It even operates below the conscious level.
And because of this cursed world government system, fear (stress) is now ‘normal.’ But Isaiah 9:6,7
promised this about Y’shua Messiah (Jesus the Christ): “Unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given. And
the government shall rest upon his shoulder… an ever
expanding, peaceful, never ending, fair, and just…kingdom.”
GOOD NEWS! Divine Healing and Health Divine healing and health is a definite act of God
through faith in Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and
the precious blood of Christ, whereby the human body is cured, healed,
repaired, delivered from health issues and their power, and made whole,
sound, and healthy. And God’s government healthcare plan is already
paid for; Jesus the Christ paid the price in full! Additional Proofs that Bodily
Healing is in the Atonement 1. In the Old Testament Cases of
Health Issues and Healing we have many cases of illness and healing in
the First Covenant (Old Testament). Cases 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 19, 21,
28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 43, 46, 47, 48, and 51 were healed because of prayer.
None of us has a right to pray and expect an answer apart from atonement and
forgiveness of sins, which bring the right relationship with God causing Him
to be gracious. Cases 9, 18 and 27 were healed because of atonement and
prayer. 2. In the New Testament Cases of
Health Issues and Healing we have innumerable cases of healing by Christ
on the basis of "Himself took our infirmities and bare our
sicknesses" and if this was not through His atoning wounds then upon
what grounds did He heal? 3. Both Isaiah
and Peter say that by the stripes [wounds] of Jesus we are healed (Isa. 53:5;
1 Pet. 4. Health issues
came as a result of sin, and certainly sin is removed by the atonement of
Jesus Christ, or it has no remedy (Isa. 53; Matt. 8:16-17; 1 Pet. 2:24). 5. Forgiveness
of sins and healing of the body go hand in hand, and both were provided for
at the same time and by the same means (Isa. 6:10; 53:1-12; Matt. 9:18; Jas.
5:14-16; 1 Peter 2:24). 6. Isaiah plainly
says that the Messiah was "made sick for us” and "took our
infirmities and bare our sicknesses" (Isa 53:4-5, 10; Matt. 8:16-17; 1
Pet. 2:24). In verse 10 of Isa. 53, "put Him to grief" literally
means "He was made sick" for us in providing the atonement, in the
same sense that "He was made sin for us" (2 Cor. 5:21). Some
versions read, "He was made sick for us.” See also
Substitution or Exchange below 7. God made
covenants to heal (Ex. 8. God sent His
word and healed every person in all Israel; and there was not one feeble
person in all their tribes (Ps. 105:37; 107:20). This was not done without
the atoning process but rather with atonement to get rid of both these
curses—sin and health issues. 9. Through the
brazen serpent many were healed (Num. 21:7-9). This was a type of Christ who
came to give the same benefits of forgiveness and healing by hanging on a
tree to make full atonement for all the curse (Jn. 3:14). 10. Every time a person in
Israel was healed, atonement had to be made (Lev. 14:2-57; 15:1-33; Matt.
8:4). 11. Health issues are
declared to be the work of Satan (Job 2:6-7; Lk. 13:16; Jn. 10:10; Acts
10:38; Rom. 5:12-21). Since Christ came to destroy the works of the devil
through His atoning work, then healing must be in the atonement (1 Jn. 3:8). 12. The benefits of both the
Old Testament and New Testament, in fact all parts of these contracts became
effective only when they were ratified by blood atonement (Ex. 24:5-8; Heb.
9:11-22). No person has a right to claim one benefit of the promises who
ignores the atonement. Christ said that "This is the blood of the New
Testament" which is shed for many. 13. Spiritual means to heal
the body was all that God provided in both the old and new contracts, and all
this was on the basis of atonement (Ex. 15:26; 23:25; Lev. 26, Dt. 28, Ps.
91; Isa. 53 and 58, Jas. 5:14-16; 1 Pet. 2:24; Mt. 8:17). 14. Atonement was clearly a
part of the primitive method of healing illness (Job 33:10-30). Here the
original language Hebrew word for "ransom" means atonement. 15. The Holy Spirit was sent
into the world to continue the work that Christ "began to do and to
teach" (Acts l:1-8; 2:33; Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 12; Heb. 2:3-4). He has no
grounds for acting and working in the process of redemption for the body and
soul of people, apart from the atonement. 16. Healing was to accompany
conversion and redemption by the atonement (Isa. 6:10; Matt. 9:5; 13:14-15;
Jn. 3:14; 10:10; Jas. 5:14-16). 17. Healing is a part of
salvation, which can be given only upon the basis of atonement. The original
language Hebrew and Greek words for "salvation" mean healing,
health, soundness, preservation, deliverance, and all necessary benefits of
salvation (Rom. 1:16; Acts 3:16, 4:12). 18. Healing and other
answers to prayer are promised by the gospel; and no benefit of the gospel
can be given apart from atonement, which makes the promises effective (Matt.
6:10; 7:7-11; 17:20; 21:22; Mk. 9:23; 11:22-24; Jn. 14:12-15; 15:7, 16,
16:23-26, Heb. 11:6; Jas. 1:4-8; 5:14-16; 1 Jn. 3:21-22; 5:14-15). 19. Many Corinthians were
sick and some had already died because of failure to appropriate healing
through the shed blood and wounded body of Jesus Christ—wounded because of
His stripes and other sufferings at the time He took our sins and health
issues (1
Cor. 11:29). 20. Peter made it clear that
the man at the gate was healed because of the salvation that Jesus Christ
purchased through the atonement (Acts 3:16; 4:12). 21. Paul went so far as to
state that the whole creation, including the bodies of the redeemed, and all
animals and every other material part of creation, is to be redeemed by the
blood atonement of Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:19-25). If the whole creation is to
be thus delivered through redemption, then surely healing of the body now can
come through the atonement. 22. Atonement to save from
physical death was made (in Ex. 12) when blood was placed over the doors to
save the firstborn of Israel. Even all consecrations of body, soul, and
spirit had to be made by atonement (Lev. 8). And, atonement was necessary In
the cleansing of houses, tents, and other material things (Lev. 14:52;
16:14-27). Healing is the Christian's family right
(Matt. 7:7-11); redemption right (Matt. 8:16-17; 1 Cor. 11:27-30; 1 Pet.
2:24; Isa. 53); promised right (2 Cor. 1:20; 2 Pet. 1:3-4); legal right (Gal.
3:13-14); and gospel right (Matt. 17:20; 21:22; Mk. 9:23; 11:22-24; 16:15-20;
Jn. 14:12-15; 15:7, 16; 16:23-26; Heb. 11:6; Jas. 1:4-8; 1 Jn. 3:14-15;
5:21). Substitution or Exchange One of the great basic truths of
revelation is that on the cross a divinely ordained exchange took place:
Jesus, the sinless, obedient Son of God, took upon Himself all the evil that
was due mankind by divine justice because of our rebellion and disobedience.
In return we, through faith, are able to receive all the good that was due to
the perfect obedience of Jesus. More simply stated, Jesus took all the evil
we deserved, so that we might receive all the good He deserved. Scripture unfolds many different aspects
of this exchange. For instance, Jesus was wounded that we might be healed
(Isaiah 53:4–5). He was made sin with our sinfulness that we might be made
righteous with His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21). He was rejected by the
Father that we might be accepted by the Father (Matthew 27:46, Ephesians
1:5–6). He died our death that we might have His life (Hebrews 2:9, John
3:16). And in these pages, we focus only on
that aspect of the exchange that relates to the curses due to our
disobedience—and in particular, the curse of health issues. Paul deals with this specifically in
Galatians 3:13–14: Christ
has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for
it is written, “Cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree”), that the blessing
of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might
receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Two words are here set in stark contrast
to one another: curse and blessing. On the cross, the curse of the broken law
came upon Jesus. He was actually made a curse. The evidence was the very fact
that He hung upon the cross (cited from Deuteronomy 21:23). Suspended between heaven and earth,
Jesus hung there on the tree that had become a cross—rejected by man and
forsaken by God, totally alienated, cut off, alone. We could sum it up in one
evil, ugly word: accursed.
Jesus became a curse that we might
receive the alternative: the blessing. One of the themes of Galatians is
that, through faith, we become the children of Abraham. As the children of
Abraham, we are entitled to the blessing of Abraham for one main reason:
Jesus bore the curse. In this connection Paul emphasizes one particular
blessing: “the promise of the Spirit.” There is a practical reason for
this. The promised blessing of the Holy Spirit is the key to all the other
blessings. Once we put our faith in Christ’s atoning death on our behalf, we
become legally “heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ” (Romans
8:17). We become members of God’s family, entitled to all that was promised
to our great forefather, Abraham (Galatians 3:7–9, 29). But the divinely
appointed Administrator of our inheritance is the Holy Spirit. He alone can
bring us into the full, experiential enjoyment of all that has become legally
ours through faith in Christ’s death. Without His help, we will fare no
better than “orphans,” incapable of accessing all that our Father has already
provided for us (see John 14:16–18). Acknowledging our dependence, then, upon
the Holy Spirit, we may access our inheritance. What is “the blessing of
Abraham” to which Christ has entitled us? A clear and comprehensive
answer is found in Genesis 24:1: “The LORD
had blessed Abraham in all things.” The blessing of Abraham includes all
things—whether temporal or eternal, spiritual or material. Through the death
of Christ on our behalf, every area of our lives can be brought out from
under the dark shadow of the curse into the full sunlight of God’s blessing. The Curse of Health Issues Let’s now focus on one particular aspect
of the curse that Jesus bore on our behalf—the curse of health issues. Above,
we saw this curse presented in its most absolute form in Deuteronomy 28:61.
It was summed up in concisely: sickness; plague; dis-ease. And that is
exactly what Jesus experienced on the cross. Here once again are the marvelous
verses in Isaiah 53 that contain this physical aspect: First:
Surely He has borne our griefs [literally, sicknesses]
and carried our sorrows [literally, pains].... verse 4 The exchange,
therefore, is this: Jesus was wounded
physically that we might be healed physically. Hebrew uses two different verbs in this verse. When it says the
suffering Servant "has borne our griefs," the Hebrew means He
carried our sicknesses away. When it says He "carried our sorrows,"
the Hebrew means He endured our pains. Jesus has, therefore, carried our
sicknesses away and has endured our pains. What is the result? Look at the end of
verse 5: By His stripes [or wounds]
we are healed. How logical that is! Because Jesus has dealt with our sicknesses and pains in His own body, healing is provided for us. More literally the Hebrew says, "It was healed for us." Perhaps the best way to express this is, "Healing was obtained for us." Isn't it interesting that when the Bible
speaks about the atonement, it never puts healing in the future? It is
finished! As far as God is concerned, healing has already been obtained. We
are healed. Christians sometimes ask, "How can I know if it is God's
will to heal me?" We reply, "You've asked the wrong question. If
you are a committed Christian sincerely seeking to serve God and do His will,
your question should not be “How do I know if it is God's will to heal me?”
The question is, rather, “How can I access the healing God has already
provided for me?” Some might say,
"I'm not sure I accept your rendering of Isaiah 5:3.” But you cannot
argue with Matthew, Peter and the Holy Spirit. Both of these New Testament
Jews, inspired by the Holy Spirit, quote Isaiah 53:4‑5. First let's look at Matthew 8:16 and
the beginning of the public healing ministry of Jesus: When evening had come, they brought to
Him many who were demonized. And He
cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick… Note that in the healing ministry of
Jesus, there is no hard and fast distinction between healing the sick and
casting out evil spirits. All the way through His ministry, they go hand in
hand. Why did Jesus minister like this? Verse 17 tells us: ...That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses." Notice that the
meaning of Isaiah 53:4‑5, which Matthew is quoting, is totally
physical, since he refers to infirmities and sicknesses. Furthermore its outworking is physical: Matthew
says Jesus healed all who came to Him. Not some but all. Every one! There is
no question, then, that Matthew gives Isaiah 53:4‑5 a totally physical
application. Just one more
point from this Matthew passage. The emphasis in the phrase He Himself is
on Jesus, not us. When you struggle with sin or sickness or depression or
rejection or fear, the Bible says to look away from yourself. The answer is
not in you. Turn your eyes to Jesus. "He Himself" is the answer. A second New Testament passage also
quotes Isaiah 54:4‑5. It, too, speaks about Jesus, Who Himself bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness
by whose stripes [again,
wounds] you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 Notice, again,
that Peter's emphasis is on Himself. Throughout these passages sin is the central issue. When sin is
dealt with, everything else can be taken care of. [Review
this diagram: A shortcoming continued becomes sin, and is not covered by
the blood. A shortcoming discontinued becomes obedience to God's wishes, and
is covered by the blood. "…You can choose sin (with death) or else
obedience (with acquittal)...” (Romans 6:16)] Finally notice the verb tense of 1 Peter
2:24 (above) — not will be healed, not even are healed, but
were healed. As far as God is concerned, it is
already done. When Jesus said, "It is finished!” (John 19:30), it was
finished. On God's side nothing will ever change it, nothing has to be added
to it and nothing can be taken from it. As Derek Prince learned, “The
work of Calvary is a perfect work, perfect in every respect, perfect in every
aspect.” The physical aspect is just as perfect as any other. Deliverance from
the Primary Cause: Demons
In Luke 8:35‑36 we have the record of the man
with the legion of demons. When Jesus cast the demons out, he became
perfectly normal. Then [the people] went out to see what
had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had
departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And
they were afraid. They also who had seen it told them by what means he who
had been demon‑possessed was healed. Once again the
Greek word used is sozo, which means “saved," this time
translated as "healed." Deliverance from demons has been provided
by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and is part of salvation. The
owner of this site has ministered to hundreds who needed deliverance from
evil spirits, and has learned by experience that Satan respects only one
thing: the cross. You can tell him you are a Baptist or an Episcopalian or a
Presbyterian or a Pentecostal, and he couldn’t care less. When you come
against him on the basis of what Jesus did on the cross, however, Satan
trembles. See other reasons for
healing in the atonement in other Bible lessons. What Divine
Healing and Health is Not It is not healing and health by natural remedies, imagination, will power, personal magnetism, metaphysics, demonology, spiritualism, immunity from death, presumption, insubordination to God's will, mind over matter, denial of the plain facts of sin, health issues, and disease, or natural healing by inherent laws and creative powers in humankind's body (e.g. our immune system). The
plan of God is to end evil and suffering forever (Exodus 34:6-7; Matthew
13:37-43; I Corinthians 15:24-28; Galatians 6:7-8; 1 Timothy 1:5; Revelation
21-22). The ultimate purpose of God in all His present dealings with man is
to bring him back to the place where he was before the fall (beloved fellowship)
and free him of all possibility of failing in the future. “The object and
purpose of our instruction and charge is that all believers would be filled
with love that
comes from a pure heart, and a clear conscience, and genuine trust
(faith).” —1 Timothy 1:5 Thank you Finis Jennings
Dake, Dake
Publishing, and their book entitled God’s Plan for Man Thank you Derek Prince Ministries and his book Bought by Blood |
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