Da li se Bog promenio tokom godina? Ne, Biblija kaže da je Bog isti, Jučer, Danas, i zauvek. Stoga, Božji pogled na doktore je i dalje isti. People are the ones that change. Ponekad, they even change the words in the Bible so that the Word fits into their lives and fulfill their needs or shortcomings. Because of that their view on certain matters changed and often are not agreeing with the words and will of God. Let’s look at what the Bible says about doctors and medicine and whether God blessed doctors or not.
U rat between the two kingdoms
It is important to realize that there is a spiritual war between the Kingdom of God (gde je Isus Krist kralj) i kraljevstvo tame (kingdom of the devil (Oh. John 12:31; 14:30; Efežanima 5:8; 6:10-18; Kološanima 1:13-14; Otkrivenje 12:7-9)).
God created man and gave the rulership over the earth to man. Man lived in communion with God and was placed under God, until man chose to believe and obey the words of the serpent and sinned.
Through the fall the spirit in man died and came under the authority of death. The devil became the ruler of the world and the father of fallen man. All the people that were born of Adam’s seed would come under his authority.
But through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross, through His blood, i vaskrsenje iz mrtvih, fallen man was given the opportunity to be restauriran (izliječen) in his position i pomirio se s Bogom by faith and regeneration in Christ and become a new creation.
The new creation is placed above the devil and angels and has been given all power and authority through -and in Christ Jesus.
When you believed and gave your life to Jesus Christ, and repented and became born again in Him, you were dostavljen iz snage tame and translated into the Kingdom of God (Kološanima 1:13-14).
Prije nego što si se ponovo rodio, you were the old creation that was bound by your sinful nature and served your old master and father the devil, who blinded you with his lies and let you walk in darkness.
But when you believed and Jesus Christ became your Savior and you made Him the Lord of your life, you were transferred to another Kingdom with a new Father, and a new Master, Who lets you walk in the light.
In Christ you have inherited eternal life.
The redeemed man versus the unredeemed man
The unredeemed man; Stara kreacija (Pali čovjek) is carnal and still under the devil’s authority and bound to sin and death. But the redeemed man; Nova kreacija (novi čovjek) is seated in Christ and has all authority in Christ over the devil and angels, because Jesus Christ defeated the devil, and is bound to righteousness and (Vječni) život.
Sada, imajući sve ovo na umu, let’s look at the origin of sickness and diseases, i zacjeljivanje, and if medical science and doctors, bolnice, pharmacies, itd. are from God or not.
If God blessed doctors,
why does God call Himself Jehovah Rapha?
U Starom zavjetu, we do not read a lot about diseases. If someone became ill, and went to God, then God healed that person. The healing took place when God’s people returned to God and kept the Law of Moses.
It often happened, that when people became neposlušan Bogu, they became ill. We read this among others, in Numbers, the Book of Kings, and Chronicles.
Bog je rekao, that if we Držite svoje zapovijedi He will take away all sickness and disease (tj.. Egzodus 23:25 and Deuteronomy 17:15).
What does the Bible say about doctors in the Old Covenant?
King Asa
In the Old Covenant we read about doctors in the life of King Asa (2 Hronike 15). King Asa was obedient to God and kept His laws and commandments, except for the high places. King Asa did not take the high places away but left them.
King Asa trusted the Lord and relied on Him and God was with King Asa. God gave nations into his might until King Asa no longer relied on God and went his own way.
The heart of King Asa did not go out to God anymore. God was no longer his source. God was not his Jehovah Nissi, and his Jehovah Jireh anymore. King Asa denied God by replacing God with another king, an earthly king of Syria, a human.
Hanani, who was a prophet of God, went to Asa to warn him. But King Asa did not listen to his words and didn’t repent.
Nakon nekog vremena, King Asa became ill.
Međutim, King Asa did not show any mercy to God. He did not repent of his ways, nor did he seek God
King Asa called for the physicians (translation from Hebrew Rapha). In our time we call these physicians, doktori. This was an abomination to God.
These physicians couldn’t heal King Asa and King Asa died.
King Asa went to the physicians for healing
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, i rekao mu, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? još, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand.
“Yet in his disease, he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians”
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. I, evo, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him. (2 Hronike 16:6-14).
What does Jehovah Rapha mean?
Jehovah Rapha means God is our Healer, and no one else is. There are only two kingdoms, we don’t have any more options.
When we look at the story of King Asa; we read, that he did not seek God, who is Jehovah Rapha, in his illness. Stoga, he didn’t seek the Kingdom of God. Umjesto toga, King Asa sought the other kingdom, koje je kraljevstvo tame. King Asa sought help from the devil, who is the ruler of the other kingdom.
The devil inspired the physicians and gave them the knowledge and he worked through the hands of these physicians (doktori).
The physicians (doktori) were not from God but from the devil. If King Asa repented of his deeds and turned back to God and had sought God for healing in his illness instead of seeking the doctors (lekari) za isceljenje, God would have healed King Asa, sigurno. But King Asa didn’t do that.
All the visible things have its origin in the spiritual realm
God created everything by His Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. Everything you see in the natural has its origin in the spiritual.
The same applies to sickness and disease.
The origin of sickness and disease
Sickness and disease are the results of demonic spirits (duhovnom carstvu) operating in the flesh (prirodno carstvo). The sickness and diseases, which are visible and measurable in the body are manifestations of the damage that has been caused by demonic spirits.
Na primjer, deafness and dumbness is a manifestations of a deaf and dumb spirit, a tumor is a manifestation of a cancer demon and forgetfulness is the manifestation of an Alzheimer’s demon.
As long as you don’t acknowledge sickness and disease coming from demonic spirits (demons manifesting themselves in a body or a soul), and if you don’t acknowledge that the origin of sickness is in the spiritual realm, but instead consider sickness and diseases as a natural bodily reaction of a natural cause, you will never be able to heal people in the Name and power of Jesus Christ.
You shall not be able to walk in faith and lay hands on sick people as Jesus did.
You must understand that the devil’s ultimate goal is to destroy people. He commissioned his fallen angels (demons or evil spirits) to do everything they can to accomplish his goal.
The devil sends his messengers to people with the commandment to seduce them and then steal, ubiti, and destroy the people. The demon can only return to his master when he accomplishes his mission.
Where do doctors come from and what is the origin of medical science?
Let’s have a look at the doctors and the way of healing in ancient cultures and the roots of modern science:
- The Hebrews had their health laws given by God, Jehova Rafa (Book of Leviticus)
- Sumerian medicine (4000 BC) was based on astrology.
- Egyptian medicine (1500 BC) sveštenici, who were initiated in medical knowledge and many specialists in one particular disease.
- Persian medicine (1000 BC) showed an affinity with the Hebrew health laws and underlies the Islamic health rules.
- Greek culture developed medicine in 3000 BC. Medicine became a science based on research. In this science, views were developed based on the right balance between healthy and unhealthy. This could be realized by a proper way of living and a healthy environment. A well-known doctor was Alcmaeon (500 BC). The medical school of Kos had brought forth the father of Western medicine: Hipokrat (460-377 BC). Hippocrates had a profound understanding of human suffering and put the doctors in the service of the patients. Hippocrates was a capable doctor and scientist. He is the one, who is usually credited for applying humorism, which is also called the doctrine of the four temperaments as a medical theory. This theory holds that the human body is filled with four basic substances, called humors, which are in balance when a person is healthy. All diseases and disabilities supposedly result from an excess or deficit of one of these four humors. These deficits could be caused by vapors that are inhaled or absorbed by the body. The four humors are black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, i krv. During the 17th century, medical science based on scientific research went through a revolutionary development.
This is just a very short summary of the origin of medical science. But it shows that doctors and medicine go way back. Doctors already existed before Jesus came to the earth.
Remember the story of King Asa, who also turned to a medicine man. Every group of people (kultura) had, i još uvijek ima, its own healers and its own way of healing people. The people of Israel had Jehovah Rapha (Bože), Who healed them.
The Oath of Hippocrates
Before doctors can practice medicine, they must swear by an oath. The oath originally came from the oath of Hippocrates. We can distinguish four parts in the oath of Hippocrates:
- A diversity of gods are called as a witness.
- An agreement where the young doctor swears to obey the regulations of the professional association. In this agreement are the principles of good fellowship recorded.
- A summary of ethical codes.
- A declaration where the reputation of the doctor depends upon his loyalty to the oath.
What is the original oath of Hippocrates?
I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art; and that by my teaching, I will impart a knowledge of this art to my own sons, and to my teacher’s sons, and to disciples bound by an indenture and oath according to the medical laws, and no others.
I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion. But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts. I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art. In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or men, be they free or slaves. All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all humanity and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my life.
What is the revised oath of Hippocrates?
In the US, and many other countries the original oath has been revised and an example of one is as follows:
I solemnly promise that I will to the best of my ability serve humanity—caring for the sick, promoting good health, and alleviating pain and suffering.
I recognize that the practice of medicine is a privilege with which comes considerable responsibility and I will not abuse my position. I will practice medicine with integrity, poniznost, honesty, and compassion—working with my fellow doctors and other colleagues to meet the needs of my patients.
I shall never intentionally do or administer anything to the overall harm of my patients. I will not permit considerations of gender, race, religija, political affiliation, seksualne orijentacije, nationality, or social standing to influence my duty of care. I will oppose policies in breach of human rights and will not participate in them. I will strive to change laws that are contrary to my profession’s ethics and will work towards a fairer distribution of health resources. I will assist my patients to make informed decisions that coincide with their own values and beliefs and will uphold patient confidentiality.
I will recognize the limits of my knowledge and seek to maintain and increase my understanding and skills throughout my professional life. I will acknowledge and try to remedy my own mistakes and honestly access and respond to those of others. I will seek to promote the advancement of medical knowledge through teaching and research. I make this declaration solemnly, freely, and upon my honor.
Možemo zaključiti, that modern Western medicine is based upon Greek philosophy and has become a science. This medical science has been developed over the years, due to scientific research and medical science is still developing.
What about pharmacies and medical symbols?
In ancient Greek mythology, Asclepius is considered the god of medicine. Asclepius was the son of Apollo and Coronis. Asclepius shared, with Apollo, the epithet Paean (“iscjelitelj”). Apollo carried the baby Asclepius (which he took from the womb of Coronis, the mother of Asclepius) to the centaur Chiron, who raised Asclepius and instructed him in the art of medicine.
Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts. The daughters of Asclepius are:
- Higijena (“Hygiene”, the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation),
- Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness),
- Aceso (the goddess of the healing process),
- Aglaea/Aegle (the goddess of beauty, splendor, slava, magnificence, and adornment),
- Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy).
Asclepius was associated with the Roman god Vediovis. Zeus killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt, because he raised Hippolytus from the dead and accepted gold for it.
Other myths say, that Asclepius was killed, because after bringing people back from the dead, Hades thought, that no more dead spirits would come to the underworld, therefore he asked his brother Zeus to remove him. This angered Apollo, who in turn murdered the Cyclopes, who had made the thunderbolts for Zeus
The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, is still the symbol of medicine today. This symbol (the Asclepius rod) is not only used by doctors, but also by pharmacies, especially the symbol with the bowl, from which the serpent is drinking from.
This bowl is a symbol of Hygiene, the daughter of Asclepius and the goddess of health.
We all recognize these symbols above, but do you also know their meaning and their origin?
Does the medical symbol represent the serpent of brass on the pole
The symbol of the rod does not represent the serpent of brass on the pole, which Moses made and was a foreshadowing of Jesus’ smrt na krstu, as so many Christians think. (Pročitajte također: Why was the serpent of brass a foreshadowing of the Jesus’ smrt na krstu).
Astrology symbol Caduceus
The staff in the picture in the upper left corner is an old astrology symbol and is also called ‘Caduceus’. The staff with the wings was carried by the Greek god Hermes (also the Roman god Mercury).
The snakes represent dualism, which will eventually result in harmony.
The rod of Asclepius
In the picture on the bottom left, we see the rod of Asclepius, which is also called Aesculapius staff. This Asclepius staff was carried by the Greek god Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing.
The serpent entwined is called Epidaurus and was used in healing rituals (Pročitajte također: Tron sotona).
The bowl of Hygieia
The bowl represents Hygieia, the goddess of health and the daughter of Asclepius. The serpent is being fed out of the bowl (Picture in the middle and upper right). So Hygieia feeds the serpent.
The green cross
The green cross originates from Greece and is a symbol of the union of pharmacies.
We can see that these symbols, which are still used today, represent doctors, bolnice, pharmacies, itd., and have their origin in Greek mythology. The symbols represent the Greek gods and have nothing to do with the Almighty God; U Stvoritelj neba i zemlje.
The devil is not a creator but an imitator. The devil copies everything from God. Why does the devil do that? Because the devil wants to be like God.
The devil wants to be the god of the people and want them to worship him. Therefore the devil created and still creates substitutes for God, so that people don’t need God anymore but can do everything themselves.
Did Jesus heal all the sick?
- Has Jesus ever sent someone to a physician or doctor? If so, where is it written?
- Did Jesus command his disciples to bring sick people to medicine men or physicians?
- Has Jesus ever commanded the sick to go to doctors or physicians, when He would go to the Father?
- Luke was a physician, but was he a physician in the natural realm in the spiritual realm? Because Jesus called Himself also a Physician but Jesus was not a doctor.
- If Luke would indeed be a doctor, where did Jesus send the sick to Luke? Or when did the apostles send the sick to Luke?
- If Luke was a doctor, when has he ever executed his profession? Gde je napisano?
- Did God send sick people to physicians, medicine men or doctors in the Old Testament?
- Where are the physicians, who are the followers and disciples of Hippocrates, mentioned in the New Testament?
Jesus healed all who were sick and oppressed by the devil. He was a man, who knew His authority and knew where sickness came from.
The promise of healing in the Bible
Sigurno je preuzeo naše tuge, i nosio naše tuge: yet we did esteem him stricken, razbijeni Božji, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, Bio je u modricama zbog naših bezakonja: kazna našeg mira bila je na Njemu; i sa Njegovim ranama mi smo iscjeljeni (Isaija 53:4-5)
Ko je vlastiti vlastiti vlastiti grijeh u svom tijelu na drvetu, da smo mi, biti mrtav za grijehe, treba živjeti u pravednosti: čijim su prugama ozdravljene (1 Peter 2:24)
Jesus took all sickness and sin upon Him and carried our sorrows. All sickness and diseases in the body and in the soul are paid on the whipping post and on the cross.
Before the crucifixion, Jesus bore all our sickness and disease in His flesh at the whipping post, and on the cross the Father laid all the sins of fallen man upon Him.
Peter je napisao, that ‘by His stripes, you were healed’. Drugim riječima, the words in Isaiah 53:4-5 were fulfilled at the whipping post, where Jesus paid the price for fallen humanity. Healing is already done.
Were there physicians in Jesus’ vrijeme?
Da, u Isusu’ time there were physicians (doktori). Hipokrat, who is considered the father and founder of medical science lived from 460-377 BC. The disciples of Hippocrates (priests in the temple of Asclepius) gained medical knowledge from him and they taught their disciples their medical knowledge in the temple of Asclepius.
The woman with the issue of blood
U Marku 5:25-27 we read about the woman with the issue of blood, who went to the physicians (doktori).
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague (Mark 5:25-29).
Žena, who had an issue of blood, spent a lot of money on many physicians. She had spent all that she had on the doctors.
But did she get any better? Ne, as a matter of fact, her situation became worse!
Naravno, her situation did not improve, nor was she healed, because physicians (doktori) draw from the source of the devil; the source of death.
When you use a medicine, you are not free, but in bondage. When you go to therapy, you are not free, but in bondage and eventually, it will only become worse. Because the devil never gives something for free, the devil always wants something in return. Zapamtiti, the devil’s mission is to steal, ubiti, and destroy and will never provide life (John 10:10).
Isuse promises a life of living in freedom and not in bondage
Čuvaj se da te neko ne razmazi filozofijom i uzaludnom prevarom, Po tradiciji ljudi, Nakon rudimenata svijeta, a ne nakon Krista (Kološanima 2:8).
Paul already warned the saints in Colossians 2:4-15 for earthly wisdom; the knowledge of man, što je ludost za Boga:
U ovim vremenima, we’ve become so used to the world system, that we do not see the difference anymore between what is from God and what is from the devil.
We take the medical care system; doktori, bolnice, terapeuti, psiholozi, itd. for granted and consider it normal. It’s part of our lives.
Some Christians even say, that doctors are blessed ones, who are sent from God. Pa, that is one of the biggest lies!
When you become born again and renew your mind with the word of God, and when you seek the things which are above and not on the earth, then your eyes will be opened and you shall find out, and experience the truth of God.
You shall discern the lies of the devil, in which you live(d) for many years. You shall discern the spirits and the spiritual realm and shall discern good and evil.
Renew your mind and get the mind of Christ
Your carnal mind, which thinks like the world, kaže: if you are sick or if you feel an ache you will go to the doctor or if you are depressed, you will go to a psiholog or if you experience an ache in your back you will go to a physical therapist, itd., Therefore you have to renew your carnal mind with the word of God so that it will line up with the will of God (Pročitajte također: TheWhy is renewing your mind necessary?).
All those strongholds, which are built up in your mind must be destroyed. The only way to destroy them is by the Word of God.
Želio bih da vas ohrabrim, to read and study the Scriptures that are mentioned in this blog post and examine it for yourself. Look into it and find out the truth of God.
It is time for the saints to arise and return to God. It’s about time to acknowledge Him in all our ways, not just a few. Let Him become our Jehovah Rapha again.
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