Religion Belief Healing And Priesthood

In the Old Covenant, those who were sick, infirmed, diseased, lame, crippled, blind, halt, lame, etc. could not enter into the temple to worship or to serve as priests. When Jesus came healing the sick, He was doing more than just improving their quality of life. He was healing them for service in the temple. Jesus was forming around Himself a new temple of worshippers made up of living stones, but these worshippers could not enter to stand in the presence of God until they were healed. When Jesus healed the multitudes, He brought "shalom," peace and wholeness. When Jesus said, "Peace be unto you," He was saying, "May you be blessed and made whole." Jesus often commanded the sick to be made whole, or complete. This is what we are facing today. We are surrounded by a world that needs healing and wholeness. The world needs the "shalom" of God to be spoken to them in the gospel of peace, the gospel of reconciliation and wholeness. It is God's desire and determination to make men and women whole. However, He is not just improving our quality of life. He is bringing us into His temple that we might serve Him as a nation of priests that minister before Him as priests for the world. Jesus is still healing the sick so that they can enter into the temple and serve the Lord. This is the still the mission of the church and the kingdom. The Lord intends to heal us spiritually, emotionally, physically, financially, relationally, etc. He makes us complete. What does it mean to be whole, complete? It means, I think, at least, to be developed in all of the potential God has sown into the soil of our heart. It means to become all that God wants us to be. But again, this is not just to improve our quality of life. It is to bring us into the temple for His service. The story of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate (Acts 3) has profound implications here. The lame man was placed outside the gate of the temple, and he could not enter into the court of the worshippers. He was excluded because of His disabilities. But now, in the coming of the kingdom, the church was announcing the same message that Jesus preached: "If I by the finger of God do cast out devils, then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Peter and John healed the lame man as a sign that God was overthrowing the power of the curse and restoring all creation to wholeness. In the resurrection, Christ makes all things new. And now the lame man can rise up and enter into the temple to serve in his proper capacity. Moreover, when this man is healed and brought to fullness, the temple itself is brought to fullness. As each living stone of the temple is brought into healing and restoration, then the ministry of the temple itself will grow into the "shalom", the peace and wholeness, for the whole world that God envisioned for His eternal purpose. God heals His people so they may serve him with gladness. This is what it means to be whole.

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