Salvation cannot be separated into spirit, soul and body. We are either saved and healed, or not saved nor healed. Jesus either bore our sins and sicknesses, or He didn't bear our sins and sicknesses. It is not either sins or sicknesses. It is both. We can't choose one without the other.
Surely He has borne our griefs ('choliy') and carried our sorrows ('mak'ob') ; - Isa 53:4 (Hebrew added)
'choliy' literally means 'sicknesses' and 'mak'ob' literally means 'pain'. The true Hebrew interpretation for Isaiah 53:4 should be... Jesus bore our sicknesses and carried our pain.
Check out Matthew 8:16-17
And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.”
If two witnesses are not enough, let me throw a third one.
1 Peter 2:24 - 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 you were healed.
The last part of this verse is not talking about spiritual healing. First of all, there is no such thing as spiritual healing. Our dead spirit is made alive in Him, not healed. Secondly, our sins were not paid for by the stripes of Jesus. Our sins were paid for by His blood sacrifice on the Cross. But our healing was paid for by His stripes. Do not confuse between the two events.
In both the Hebrew and Greek, the word 'stripes' in Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24 is not in plural. It is the singular word 'stripe'. Why? According to the Hebrew understanding, if there is one inch between the stripes on the flesh, it will be recorded as plural 'stripes'.
Jesus took so many stripes that there was NOT EVEN one inch of His flesh left. All His bones were exposed (Ps 22:17). He was marred beyond recognition (Isa 52:14). The movie "The Passion of Christ" has misrepresented what Jesus went through. It was radically MUCH MORE! Neither was Jesus whipped 39 times, because He was whipped by Romans, not Jews.
BY HIS STRIPE (not one inch of flesh left in His body), we ARE HEALED.
Surely He has borne ('nasa') our sicknesses and carried ('cabal') our pain... And by His stripes we are healed. - Isa 53:4-5 (Hebrew and original meaning added)
The words used for bearing our sicknesses and carrying our pain are 'nasa' and 'cabal' respectively.
These are the same root word used for carrying our iniquities and bearing our sins.
For He shall bear ('cabal') their iniquities. - Isa 53:11 (Hebrew added)
And He bore ('nasa') the sin of many, - Isaiah 53:12 (Hebrew added)
Jesus bore (‘nasa’) our sins AND our sicknesses. Jesus carried (‘cabal’) our iniquities AND our pain. He did both - forgiveness and healing (Ps 103:3). You can't pick and choose which one He did for you. It's BOTH. That's why it's called Redemption.
The first compound name God revealed to His people is Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals (Exo 15:26). The incident was in Exo 15.
Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a TREE. When he cast IT into the waters, the waters WERE MADE SWEET. - Exo 15:23-25 (emphasis added)
The TREE pointed to where Jesus was hung on the Cross (1 Peter 2:24). It turned bitter into sweet, because the Cross reversed the curse of sin (resulting in sicknesses), which speaks of Redemption.
When we are redeemed, we are also saved AND healed. Jesus settled it. So receive it. #truth #salvation #healed
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