Jehovah – Rapha
YHWH = Jehovah Or Yahweh
Rapha
“To Heal”, “To Restore”, “To Cure”,
“To Mend” Or “To Repair”
Simply – “The Lord Our Healer”
Jehovah-Rapha Appears The First Time In
Exodus 15 – The Red Sea Crossing
So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 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.
Exodus 15:22-23
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.
Exodus 15:24-25
There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you (Jehovah- Rapha).”
Exodus 15:25-26
51 Healing Accounts In The New Testament
38 In Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
Prayer In Only 2 Of 51 New Testament
Spitting 3 Times
17 Times Jesus Healed All
47 Times Jesus Healed 1 Or 2 People
IMPORTANT!!!!
Jesus Never Prayed For Anyone He Healed, And He Never Asked God To Heal Them.
He Simply Healed The Sick.
1. Jehovah-Rapha
The God Who Heals Physically
Echo Of Isaiah 53
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.
1 Peter 2:24
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 4:23
Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
Matthew 8:5-7
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Hebrews 13:8
2. Jehovah-Rapha
The God Who Heals The Soul,
Mind, Will, And Emotions
Jesus’ First Sermon
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Luke 4:18-19
Exodus 15
Water Is A Natural Mirror
Marah – Bitterness
Question
Is It Possible That The Waters
Were A Reflection Of Israel?
Bitterness
1.Feeling Angry, Hurt, Or Resentful Because Of One’s Bad Experiences Or A Sense Of Unjust Treatment
2.Inner Emotional Feelings Of Deep Sorrow Or An Outwardly Directed Anger That Cries Out
3.An Attitude That Refuses Reconciliation
Root Of Bitterness
looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
Hebrews 12:15
Bitterness Is A Trap
From The Enemy
Bitterness Is One Of The Most Destructive Forces In Our Lives
The Cure For Bitterness Has Always Been In A Tree
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.
1 Peter 2:24
3. Jehovah-Rapha The God Who Heals Spiritually
The Problem For Israel Was Thirst
The Problem Of Humanity Is Thirst
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 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.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
John 4:13-15
Physical And Emotional Healing Are Important, But They Are Only Temporary
Spiritual Healing Is Eternal
