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HELEN SANDERS
12-16-2021
IS HEALING FOR TODAY?
Now, this could be a very controversial subject if we didn’t go to the scriptures to get our answers. To be honest, most mainline churches do not teach about this subject. Most pastors ride the fence themselves between “maybe it is God’s will” and “if it is God’s will.” The scriptures tell us the truth.
Let’s look at Isaiah 53 to begin with. Verse 5 says, “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.” Who is Isaiah speaking of? The Jews believe it was David, because their eyes are blinded to the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Yet David wasn’t wounded for my sin. Verse 4 says “he was smitten of God and afflicted.” That wasn’t David either.
The person that is spoken of here is Jesus Christ. Verse 10 says, “It pleased the LORD to bruise him.” The word “bruise” means to beat. David wasn’t “beaten” but Jesus Christ was. He was tortured and whipped before the crucifixion. The Father was pleased that Jesus took that beating. Verse 10 also says, “he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.” Jesus Christ was the offering for sin.
So, just these verses show us that Jesus was the one beaten and the one offered for sin.
Back to verse 5. The word wounded is the Hebrew word “chalal” which means defile. Jesus was defiled for our transgressions. He took the beatings and was wounded in our place. We deserved it but he was our substitute. The word transgressions comes from the Hebrew word “pesha`” which means rebellion and sin. The verse goes on to say, “he was bruised for our iniquities.” The word in Hebrew for bruised is “daka’.” This was the same word used in verse 10 where it means to beat, crush, humble, and smite. He took this for our iniquities which comes from the Hebrew word “`avon” which means “moral evil” mischief and sin.
There is not one of us that could stand before God sinless. Only Jesus was without sin. Yet, in spite of that, he transferred righteousness to us and took our sin on him. Now if that in itself isn’t love and enough to make me shout, I would have to be dead emotionally. But it goes beyond that my friends.
It then says the “chastisement of our peace was upon him.” The word chastisement comes from the Hebrew word ”muwcar” which means warning, reproof, discipline. Jesus was disciplined for me. It goes on to say that my peace was upon him. The word peace comes from the Hebrew word “shalown”, (shalom) which means health, prosperity, welfare. Because he was disciplined, I could retain the peace that I need in my life. He becomes my peace.
He not only took our sin in his body the verse goes on to say that “with his stripes we are healed.” The word stripes, comes from the Hebrew word “chabbuwrah” which means bound with marks, blueness, hurts, wounds. Crucifixion is the worst conceivable way to die because it doesn’t happen immediately. Jesus took the whipping that brought those wounds, death didn’t happen from those beatings.
The verse finishes with “we are healed.” The Hebrew word for healed is “rapha’.” God is called Jehovah Rapha, our healer. We are not just healed from sin. The word also means to cure, to mend, to heal, repair, make whole. We that were lost in sin, and sick in body receive salvation and healing because of Jesus’ sacrifice
So, if I were to translate this verse in my vernacular it would read, “Jesus was defiled for my rebellion and sin, he was crushed, humbled and smitten for my moral evil and sin, my welfare health and prosperity were ascertained by this crushing, and by his wounds and stripes I am mended, healed, repaired and made whole.
So, is healing for today? Absolutely. Jesus paid the price for it, and it is received by faith, just like salvation. You don’t have to work for it. It is the gift that came with his sacrifice on the cross. It is ours. Yes, we have to stand in faith for it, but it is worth the fight of faith to receive what is rightfully ours.
There are hindrances to healing and we will discuss that tomorrow.
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