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HEALING
COVENANT
of
THE
LORD GOD
by:
Pastor Max Solbrekken
"And
said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to
the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt
do that which is right in his sight, and
wilt give ear to his commandments, and
keep all his statutes, I will put none
of these diseases upon thee, which I
have brought upon the Egyptians: for I
[am] the LORD that healeth thee."
(Exodus 15:28)
 WHAT
IS GOD'S HEALING COVENANT ?
One
of the most helpful books in print today
is the classic, 'None of These Diseases'
by Dr. S.I. McMillan. The
author, a prominent medical doctor uses
humor, common sense and a biblical
perspective, in dealing with the causes
and cures of today's diseases!
"It
is lamentable that peace does not come
in capsules", he utters in failure
as he remembers the thousands of
patients who left his office with
"nothing but a prescription for a
bottle of pills that would only relieve
the symptoms of their illness but not
attack the disease!
NONE
OF THESE DISEASES, BOOK BY DR. S.I.
McMILLAN
The
good doctor laments that he now wishes
he had rather prescribed his book, 'None
of These Diseases', so that a permanent
cure could have been affected!
According to Medical Science, between 60
and 100% of all diseases are caused by
nervous tension, emotional stress and
strain.
Dr.
McMillan states that emotions such as
fear, sorrow, envy, resentment and
hatred are responsible for the majority
of our sicknesses. And that
emotional stress can cause high blood
pressure, toxic goiter, arthritis,
migraine headaches, apoplexy, heart
trouble, gastro-intestinal ulcers and
other serious illnesses!
And
recently (about 1996) the American
Medical Association released the
findings of a nation-wide survey of tens
of thousands of their medics. One of the
questions dealt with their success ratio
in treating patients. The answer
is shocking - Only 10% of patients had
received any lasting help through their
medical procedures!
MEDICAL
SCIENCE HISTORY RESTS
Having
any problems with falling hair?
What do you do to cover up that bald
spot and receding hairline?
Probably
the only solution is to massage your
head, comb your hair forward, get a
toupee or just simply let it fall.
If
you had lived about 3500 years ago you
would have gotten very different advice
- not from a therapist but from your
physician.
He
would have quoted from the famous
medical authority of that day, Papyrus
Ebers.
"When
it falls out, one remedy is to apply a
mixture of six fats, namely those of the
horse, the hippopotamus, the crocodile,
the cat, the snake and the ibex. To
strengthen it, anoint with the tooth of
a donkey crushed in honey."
The
Papyrus Ebers was published about 1552
BC and occupied a dominant position in
the ancient medical world and was one of
the leading guides for practicing
physicians for a long time.
There
are literally hundreds of remedies for
diseases in this book, such as lizard's
blood, swine's teeth, putrid meat,
stinking fat, moisture from pig's ears,
milk goose grease, asses hooves, animal
fat from various sources, excrete from
animals, including human beings,
donkeys, antelopes, dogs, cats and even
flies.
THROUGH
MOSES, GOD MADE HIS HEALING COVENANT
WITH THE JEWISH NATION
Moses
was born about the time the 'Papyrus
Ebers' was written in Egypt! He
was educated in their highest schools of
learning - scholars think he was also a
physician - as the son of Pharoah's
daughter.
But
when God called Moses to lead His people
out of Egyptian bondage, He did not
borrow from the "occultic
clap-trap" in their medical books.
He rejected the highest, most respected
medical authority of that day!
GOD
MADE HIS HEALING COVENANT WITH THE
JEWISH NATION - IF YOU FOLLOW MY LAWS
& COVENANTS I WILL BLESS YOU &
HEAL YOU
His
directive was "Heed the voice of
God, do right, obey His commandments,
keep His statutes and I will heal
you"!
God
did not borrow medical advice from the
'Papyrus Ebers'. His advice to Moses was
contrary to the most highly respected
medical thought of that day.
THE
CHURCH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING
THE
BLACK DEATH!
Millions
of Europeans died of leprosy for
hundreds of years. Some physicians
thought the cause was eating hot food or
the meat of diseased hogs. Others
blamed malign conjunction of the
planets.
Approximately
60 million people died from the BLACK
DEATH in the 14th century. Dr.
George Rosen of Columbia University
writes: "Leadership was taken by
the Church, as the physicians had
nothing to offer. The Church took
as its guiding principal the concept of
contagion as embodied in the Old
Testament.
"Once
the condition of leprosy has been
established, the patient was to be
segregated and excluded from the
community...it accomplished the first
great feat...in methodical eradication
of disease."
Possibly,
the Church needs to investigate measures
to insure that the AIDS epidemic does
not leap from high risk groups to the
general population, since governmental
and medical bodes are again "doing
nothing"!
For
centuries in Europe, multitudes perished
because of improper hygiene, sanitation
and sloppy hospitals. In many
villages, human excrement and waste was
dumped into the streets, bringing deadly
epidemics of typhoid, cholera and
dysentery.
The
solution to the problem, the burying of
wastes, had been given by God 3500 years
before (in Deuteronomy 23:12-13).
HYGIENE
CUT MORTALITY RATE!
Vienna
in the 1840s was famous as a medical
center. One of the most famous
teaching hospitals of that day was
Allegemeine Krakenhus. In its
materity ward, one out of six women
died.
Dr.
Ignaz Semmelveis discovered that if
doctors washed their hands well, after
doing autopsies and before examining
expectant mothers, the mortality rate
dropped drastically.
Dr.
Semmelveis was not applauded by the
Medical Profession. However, he
was ridiculed by his peers, discredited,
lost his position and eventually
succumbed to the pressure, dying in a
mental hospital.
Moses
had given the same advice many centuries
before (in Numbers 19). If wasn't
until 1878 that the method of cleaning
hands and instruments was introduced by
men like John Tyendall, Louis Pasteur
and Sir Joseph Lister that the mortality
rate began to drop.
The
New York State Department of Health, in
1960, issued a book describing a method
of washing the hands very similar to
that found the BIBLE - Numbers Chapter
19.
It's
interesting to note that John Wesley -
founder of the Methodist Church declared
that it is God's will for miracles to be
in the Church, for the entire Church
age, but have been lost to the church
because of UNBELIEF!
He
further stated, "The only method of
physics employed by the Early Church for
the first 400 years, was the prayer of
faith."
Medical
science has come a long way since
Papyrus Ebers was published in 1552, BC
and even since the 1840's in Vienna, but
I still think that when your family
physician advises you to get a second or
third opinion about an operation, its a
good idea.
Now
if anyone wants to try the remedy for
falling hair, don't let me discourage
you. But then where would you find a
hippopotamus these days?
As
for me and my house, we will Trust the
Lord and serve Him only.
Max
& Donna Solbrekken welcome you to
visit with us, as we share a little of
what God has done through this End-Time
Ministry for the past 45 years. Great
miracles of salvation and divine healing
have accompanied the preaching of
Christ’s Gospel to the multitude
across the world. We are ready and
available to minister to your needs
also, in Jesus’ name!
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