Why did Jesus spit on someone to Heal them?
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Dr. Chip Bennett reveals some of the amazing hidden themes of the Bible. We say “hidden” because most people today don’t know about them. But the early church fathers, taking cues from Jesus and Paul, discovered that the scriptures are an integrated tapestry that has common themes spread throughout.
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Amen
My Salvation is secured and also Healed of Any sicknesses and disease, Praise the Savior
Amazing job
Amazing
After listening to this and thinking about it, the passage about Lukewarm faith came to mind....maybe being blind in faith is considered somewhat a form of lukewarm faith....?
So according to my understanding of John 9, to start with I believe the blindness Jesus speaks of that is given to man to bring the Father glory is a spiritual blindness so that God may have mercy on all. We know this from these verses:
What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they ARE ALL UNDER SIN. Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME GUILTY BEFORE GOD.
Romans 3:9, 19 NKJV
And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE MAY SEE, and that THOSE WHO SEE MAY BE MADE BLIND.” Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
John 9:39-41 NKJV
What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and THE REST WERE BLINDED. Just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.” LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, so THAT THEY DO NOT SEE, And bow down their back always.” For God has committed them all to disobedience, that HE MIGHT HAVE MERCY ON ALL.
Romans 11:7-8, 10, 32 NKJV
The method that He has chosen to use, that of mud is also symbolic of how He opens men's eyes!! He takes dirt (or dust) and mixes it with His spit (or water) to make the man see. The dust is man and the water is the Word of God...and together we get MUD, or man speaking the gospel!!
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you RETURN TO THE GROUND, For out of it you were taken; FOR DUST YOU ARE, And to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:19 NKJV
that He might sanctify and cleanse her WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD,
Ephesians 5:26 NKJV
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If ANYONE THIRSTS, LET HIM COME TO ME AND DRINK.
John 7:37 NKJV
but whoever DRINKS OF THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM will never thirst. BUT THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
John 4:14 NKJV
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You HAVE THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.
John 6:68 NKJV
But the word of the Lord endures forever.” Now THIS IS THE WORD WHICH BY THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO YOU.
I Peter 1:25 NKJV
And we are told this is how God always intended to co-work with man to give sight the lost by Christ Himself:
But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to MAKE YOU A MINISTER and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, TO WHOM I NOW SEND YOU, TO OPEN THEIR EYES, IN ORDER TO TURN THEM FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT, and FROM THE POWER OF SATAN TO GOD, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
Acts 26:16-18 NKJV
So we can see that yes, God did purposely blind ALL men so that His mercy could be on all and so that He can be glorified as He co-mmissioned man and Him to open their eyes via the preaching of thr Gospel!!
And He said to them, “Go into all the world AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. And THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED EVERYWHERE, the LORD WORKING WITH THEM AND CONFIRMING THE WORD through the accompanying signs. AMEN.
Mark 16:15, 20 NKJV
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'Healing the Blind Man'. The real event recorded in this way took place on Friday, September 19, 32AD, in the last day of a period of feasts & councils in which all of the tensions besetting the mission had come to a head. It was at this season that the crises began that led 6 months later to the crucifixion. The 'healing of the blind man' was a consequence of one of the inter-related events. It's historical meaning was that, following a decisive breach between Jesus & his brother James, Jesus went over James' head & appointed his next brotherJose's, who would later be called Barnabas, to the position of his deputy & crown prince. At the sectarian observance of the Day of Atonement on September 12 of that year, there had been a renewal of the schism between the house of Agrippa & the house of Antipas. Agrippa had allied himself once more with the Pharisees, alienating the Sadducees. Jonathon Annas had been deposed from the position of Supreme Priest that he had held since the death of the Baptist. Once more, the question of Jesus' legitimacy arose. Agrippa renounced the decision he had made the previous year, declared James the true David, & Jesus illegitimate. Jesus did not help his own case when, in the midst of rhe Atonement ceremonies, he took a line that was all his own, donning the vestments of the High Priest & insisting on enacting a ceremony of Atonement himself (the 'Transfiguration'), again claiming equality with the Aaronite priesthood. But he was quelled by Simon Magu, who himself had seized the position of Pope. Simon needed Jesus' help & his Influence with Gentiles. He hailed Jesus as his 'Beloved Son' the true David, & from this point there were 2 men, Jesus & James, both claiming to be t😮he potential Christ. Jesus could no longer say that James was his deputy & crown prince, as he had done previously. Once again he disregarded protocol, & appointed his next brother Joses, whose opinions agreed with his. The brothers of Jesus who were called the 'princes of Judah' in the Scrolls, had received by birth some of the lesser duties, including supervision of the 'Lame & Blind'. The term, when used metaphorically, meant men whose ascetic rule allowed them to be medicines, begging for gifts. The first prince, James, taught rhe higher class, & was himself called the 'Lame Man', & the 2d prince, Joses, taught the next class, & was called the 'Blind Man'. The 1st prince could, on some occasions, stand at the podium, the 'eyes' in the image of rhe Heavenly Man, to give teaching, the enlightenment that came from learning. When the David acted as a priest to Gentiles, the Crown Prince was his 'levite'. The prince could in this position 'see', for members when they were instructed 'saw the light'. But if the 2d prince came up to stand in this position as if he were the 1st prince, it would be against all the rights of birth. It was as if the blind could see. Jesus' action in making such appointment was the cause of the intense debate that followed. Jose's was sent to wash in 'Siloam', the pool for 'Apostles'. Since all places at Qumran reproduced places in Jerusalem, 'Siloam' was the large cistern in the SW area, which was used by celibates after episodes of uncleanness. As a teacher, Joses-Barnabas would have a lamp, called 'eyes' because it was held at the level of the eyes & used at the podium, to aid in reading the scriptures & teaching. To 'lift up the eyes' meant to hold such a lamp, & if the 'eyes were open', the shutter of tihe lamp was opened to let the light shine out. But this kind of lamp was used by Jewish teachers, & it had been agreed that a different kind of lamp should be used, an oil lamp made from clay or earthenware, probably because ir was a more humble one used by the village classes to whom Gentiles were attached. Such lamps were subsequently used by Christians in the catacombs in Rome. Joses' lamp was 'anointed' on this occasion, filled with oil & given a Christian association. Jesus used spittle on this & on a clay dish. It was a way of saying that Joese was appointed to the Rome province. Christian celibate communitues imitated the Jewish ones in many respects, but they did not imitate immersion baths like the 'Siloam' exclusion cistern, which indicated an extreme degree of uncleanness associated with physical functions. They simply washed their hands, & so were said to have 'dry cleansing'. But by the same token, no Jewish 'holy water' was allowed in the Rome province, that of the oppressors. A Jewish leader touched wirh spittle objects intended for sacred use; to transmit to them his own identity; the action could be secretly interpreted as an expression of hostility to the pagan power. When the man's 'parents' were called in the story, it was a way of talking about James, who in the role of the David was an 'Adam', the 'first parent'.