Ano ang ibig sabihin ng ipinadala ng Diyos ang Kanyang Salita at pinagaling sila? Ipinadala niya ang Kanyang Salita at pinagaling ang mga ito ay madalas na sinipi at ginagamit para sa pagpapagaling ng sakit. Ngunit ang Awit 107:20 only refers to physical healing or does it refer to more than that?
The fools, who were afflicted because of their transgression and iniquities
Mga tanga dahil sa kanilang paglabag, at dahil sa kanilang mga kasamaan, ay nagdurusa. Ang kanilang kaluluwa ay kinamumuhian ang lahat ng uri ng karne; at lumapit sila sa mga pintuan ng kamatayan. Pagkatapos ay umiyak sila sa Panginoon sa kanilang problema, and he saveth them out of their distresses. Ipinadala Niya ang Kanyang salita, at pinagaling sila, at inihatid ang mga ito mula sa kanilang mga pagkawasak. Oh that men would praise the Lordfor his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! At hayaang isakripisyo nila ang mga sakripisyo ng Thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing (Mga Awit 107:17-22)
Awit 107:17-22 is about fools, who are afflicted because of their transgression (kasalanan) and their iniquities. Who are fools? Fools are those, who don’t have a fear for God and turn against God and His Word and keep walking in sins and iniquities and therefore are sinners, o sa madaling salita, masama. The wicked have the ability to repent and turn from their wicked ways, but they don’t want to because they love doing the works of the flesh (kasalanan).
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid Me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; Kapayapaan, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, sabi ng Panginoon; and I will heal him.
Ngunit ang masasama ay parang magulo na dagat, kapag hindi ito makapagpahinga, na ang tubig ay nagpapalabas ng burak at dumi. Walang kapayapaan, sabi ng aking Diyos, sa masasama (Isaiah 57:17-21)
The fools aka the wicked live under the authority of the devil in the oppression of the death and are tormented in their soul. They have no peace in their heart, but live in fear and are on their way to eternal death.
They are always looking for ways and methods to get rid of the torment in their souls and their fears and experience rest and peace in their lives
But this peace, which is obtained with the use of (Likas) technics and methods is only temporary and shall not be able to redeem man from their fears and deliver them from death.
God sent His word through His prophets
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, sinasabi, Go unto this people, at sabihin, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, at dapat ko silang pagalingin. Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear It (Mga Gawa 28:25-28, see also Isaiah 6:9-10, Mateo 13:13-15, John 12:39-41)
Sa Lumang Tipan, God sent His word many times by His prophets, to turn the fools aka the wicked from their wicked ways and restore them (heal them) sa Diyos.
Maraming beses, God called His people to repent from their vain walk that caused apostasy and led to oppression, pagkaalipin, at pagkabihag. But the people were rebellious and stubborn and didn’t listen to the words of God and didn’t obey His words, but rejected the words of God and trusted their own insight.
God healed His people and the land, when the people repented
Halika, and let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord (Hosea 6:1-3)
But every time the people called on God in their trouble and repented and turned to God, God heard the cry of His people and sent His word and healed them.
God sent His saviours to deliver His people from the hand of their enemies and to save them from their trouble, pagdurusa, and/or captivity and restore (gumaling) the land or deliver the people and led them back to their land. And so God healed His people and the land (Oh. 2 Mga Cronica 15, Nehemia 9:26-31).
What does the word ‘râphâ’ ibig sabihin?
The word ‘‘râphâ’ (H7495) means a.o., pagpapagaling, recover, gumawa ng buo, pagkukumpuni, mga manggagamot.
The word ‘healing’ refers to many more things than just the sickness of the human body.
God healed (and still heals) maraming tao, na may sakit, but God healed (and still heals) so much more by His word. God healed through His word that was spoken by His prophets, ang tubig, ang lupain, ang kaluluwa, Ang kanyang bayan (Kongregasyon), the wicked sinful state (karumihan) of His people, atbp. (Oh. 2 Mga hari 2:21-22, 2 Mga Cronica 7:14; 30:170-20, Mga Awit 41:4, Isaiah 6:9-10;19:22; 57:18-19, Jeremiah 3:22, Ezekiel 47:8, Hosea 6:1; 7:1.
God sent His Word and healed them
akon the beginning was the Word, at ang Salita ay kasama ng Diyos, at ang Salita ay Diyos. Gayon din sa pasimula kasama ng Diyos. Lahat ng bagay ay ginawa niya; at kung wala siya ay walang anumang bagay na ginawa na ginawa. Nasa kanya ang buhay; at ang buhay ay siyang ilaw ng mga tao. At ang ilaw ay nagliliyab sa kadiliman; at hindi ito naunawaan ng kadiliman.
May isang lalaking ipinadala mula sa Diyos, na ang pangalan ay Juan. Ang parehong dumating para sa isang saksi, upang magpatotoo sa Liwanag, upang ang lahat ng tao sa pamamagitan niya ay magsisampalataya. Hindi siya ang Liwanag na iyon, ngunit ipinadala upang magpatotoo sa Liwanag na iyon.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Siya ay nasa mundo, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Ngunit kasing tinanggap sa kanya, sa kanila ay nagbigay siya ng kapangyarihan upang maging mga anak ng Diyos, Kahit sa kanila na naniniwala sa kanyang pangalan: Na ipinanganak, hindi ng dugo, ni sa kalooban ng laman, ni sa kalooban ng tao, kundi sa Diyos.
At ang salita ay ginawang laman, at tumira sa gitna natin, (at nakita namin ang kanyang kaluwalhatian, ang kaluwalhatian bilang sa bugtong ng Ama,) puno ng biyaya at katotohanan (John 1:1-14)
Sa bandang huli, God sent His Word to heal (ibalik) the separation between God and man and the position of fallen man, whereby the promise of God was fulfilled to restore (gumaling) mankind and make them whole, and return the dominion that God originally had given to man when He created them, sa (bago) lalaki (Oh. Genesis 3:15, Ezekiel 11:19-20; 36:25-29 (Basahin din: ‘Ang kapayapaang ipinanumbalik ni Jesus sa pagitan ng nahulog na tao at ng Diyos‘ at ‘Ibinalik ni Jesus ang posisyon ng nahulog na tao').
Sumigaw si Jesus at sinabi, Siya na naniniwala sa akin, hindi ako naniniwala sa akin, Ngunit sa kanya na nagpadala sa akin. At siya na nakakita sa akin ay kinakaya siya na nagpadala sa akin. Ako ay dumating isang ilaw sa mundo, na ang sinumang naniniwala sa akin ay hindi dapat sumunod sa kadiliman. At kung may sinumang tao na marinig ang aking mga salita, At hindi maniwala, Hinuhusgahan ko siya hindi: Sapagkat ako ay dumating hindi upang hatulan ang mundo, Ngunit upang mailigtas ang mundo. Siya ang tumanggi sa akin, at hindi tinatanggap ang aking mga salita, may isa na humuhusga sa kanya: ang salitang nagsalita ako, Ang parehong ay hahatulan siya sa huling araw. Sapagkat hindi ko pa napag -usapan ang aking sarili; Ngunit ang ama na nagpadala sa akin, Binigyan niya ako ng isang utos, Ano ang dapat kong sabihin, At kung ano ang dapat kong sabihin. At alam ko na ang kanyang utos ay buhay na walang hanggan: Kung ano man ang sinasalita ko, Kahit na tulad ng sinabi ng ama sa akin, Kaya nagsasalita ako (John 12:44-50)
God sent His Son Jesus Christ, the Living Word of God and Saviour of mankind, to the earth to deliver mankind from destruction.
Jesus came to deliver mankind from the power of the devil (oppressor, afflicter) kasalanan, Pagkakaiba -iba, and death and save mankind from hell (Hades), and heal fallen man, o sa madaling salita, to restore the righteous state and position of fallen man and reconcile man back to God.
A person can only be saved from eternal destruction and escape hell (Hades) if a person believes the Word and repent and is delivered by Jesus Christ; the Word and is restored (gumaling) from his fallen state and be made whole , and by the blood of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of the spirit from the dead, ay nakipagkasundo sa Diyos.
Jesus preached the Kingdom of God and called the people to repentance. Jesus came first for the lost sheep of the house of Israel and healed all, na inaapi ng diyablo, by preaching the Kingdom of God, pagtawag sa mga tao sa pagsisisi, forgiving their sins, Pagalingin ang may sakit, Paghahagis ng mga demonyo, atbp. (Oh. Mateo 9:12-13; 15:24, Luke 4:18-19; 5:32, Mga Gawa 10:38-39)
Sa pamamagitan ni Jesucristo, the Word and Saviour, and His redemptive work man is healed
At sa wakas, Jesus finished the perfect work of redemption for mankind, by taking the place of fallen man on the cross.
Jesus carried the sins of the world, which the Father had laid upon Him, and because of that Jesus entered hell (Hades), where Jesus conquered the death and rose as a Victor from the dead with the keys of hell and death (Basahin din ‘Ang pagpapako sa krus ng kaluluwa', ‘Ang pagpapako sa krus ng laman‘ at ‘Ang tunay na kahulugan ng krus').
Jesus had finished the redemptive work and gave, at nagbibigay pa, to everyone the ability to be delivered from the power of the devil and sin and death, sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya at pagbabagong -buhay sa Kanya; the death of the flesh and the resurrection of the spirit from the dead and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus restored man, o sa madaling salita, Jesus healed man completely; espiritu, kaluluwa, at katawan. God restored His breath of life in the new man through His Holy Spirit.
The new man is born of God and is healed (Ginawa ng buo) in Jesus Christ and is delivered from the power of the devil and sin and death and saved from eternal destruction!
And so God sent His Word and healed them.
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