...and he...healed all that were sick; That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." Matthew 8:16-17
Jesus healed all those who believed He could heal them. It was done, Jesus said, according to their faith in His faith.
Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely he has borne our grief's and sicknesses, and carried our sorrows and pains; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of god and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our inequities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
Educated out of God: Everything in the New Testament was prophesied in the Old. I never fully realized this because something else was taught in the cemetery and thus never mentioned in the little churchy on the corner I was born in. Sunday School was coloring books. Bible stories were not true, only the meaning was true. Sort of like Easter Eggs, St Nick, and the chocolate bunny. Adults put on the Pulpit Rock pretend show for the kids. The boys grew up and ran off at fourteen. The adults went to the bowling alley and after beer. Most were never seen in church listening to pulpit talk. Nothing was mentioned much either way. Break between Sunday School and church service, I talked baseball and the adults smoked. I myself was on my way to the smoking session of eternal life.
1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV
"What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived - the things God has prepared for those who love Him."
Soon: Healing verses....
"But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed..
The Bible link provided in "related sites" top right hand column is an exhaustingly complete program source in discovering interesting verses when my curious eye fell upon Deuteronomy. Some say this book is particularly loved by Jesus and hated by the Devil because it quoted in the "temptations". It also mentions that Deuteronomy is second only to Isaiah in its majestic description of both the Person and plan of God. Isaiah is a highlight, certainly in prophecy, but my favorite is still Exodus becasue of what "I am that I am" means to me because of my epiphany.
