Setting: The Pool of Bethesda Experience: EDGE Musick (healing) Ministry The Friday (Freya) Girl: The Original Goddess Asherah, Dione Elat (See BLOGS) DISEASES OF THE BIBLE (חֳלִי, H2716, מַחֲלָה, H4701, Gr. νόσος, G3798, disease, illness). A disease is a definite entity of sickness of part or all of the body, with a characteristic group of symptoms. For a brief description of the development of medical care to cope with diseases in Biblical times, see Physician. It is likely that the Hebrews were subject to the same diseases that are prevalent in the semitropical climate of the mid-East today. However, in many cases the Bible only mentions symptoms, such as fever, hemorrhage, discharge or itch, and one can only surmise what the disease entity was. Perhaps in this discussion of the diseases of the Bible and their symptoms, it will be most helpful if they are listed in alphabetical order and then briefly described. Hemorrhage. In Luke 8:42-48 we have the account of a woman who had a flow (“issue” KJV) of blood for twelve years. Was this rectal or vaginal bleeding? In a primitive, semi-tropical country like Israel, there were many cases of bloody diarrhea and dysentery. The woman’s trouble may have been a recurrent or chronic attack of one of these. It is generally assumed, and prob. correctly so, that it was vaginal bleeding. If so, we would like to know approximately how old she was. If forty years, or less, she might have been concerned not only about the messiness of her condition, plus the loss of strength and weight, but also about the fact that she was unable to bear children—something that the women of that day took very seriously. It is not likely that it was a continuous flow of blood. If it were, she would not have lived twelve years with it. More likely it was a frequently recurring experience. A common cause of this would be hormone imbalance. Her ovaries could have been secreting too much estrogen. Her menstrual periods would then have been prolonged and profuse, or they might have occurred more than once a month. It has been suggested that fibroid tumors were the cause of her trouble. Many women have such tumors—most of the time without abnormal bleeding. Much depends on the locaion and size of the tumors. They may occur on the outer surface of the uterus. They may be smaller than marbles or larger than grapefruit. Another frequent location is within the muscular walls of the uterus, expanding the uterus until at times it fills the pelvis like a wedge. In such cases constipation or distressing frequency in passing urine may be experienced, as well as heavy bleeding. Other fibroids grow just beneath the mucosa on the inner walls of the uterus. Sometimes these appear as finger-like polyps that may be the forerunner of carcinoma. Carcinoma must be expected in every case of chronic vaginal bleeding. The focus of the disease is usually in the cervix of the uterus. The cervix becomes ragged and cancer may develop in this area, spreading later to the body of the uterus and neighboring glands. It is not likely that the woman healed by Jesus had cancer, however. If that were the case, she would prob. have died before twelve years went by. youtu.be/MkEATnHMYIs
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