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Biblical Questions and Answers
Some have said that the Old Testament declares that God sent sickness upon people. Those who say this usually quote Exodus 15:26. Similar scriptures are Isa.45:7 and Micah 1:12.
Obviously, these passages in the King James Version of the Bible do not give the clear meaning of the original Hebrew, for we know that God doesn't create evil. Evil could not have come from Heaven, because there is no evil in Heaven. God only permits evil; He does not create it. Nor does He create sickness; He only permits it to come, many times as a result of man's disobedience.
The key to these difficulties lies in the fact that the active verbs in the Hebrew have been translated in the causative sense when they should have been translated in the premissive sense.
We must look at Acts 10:38; this important scripture shows that Jesus is the Healer and satan the oppressor.
When the final plague-death came in the prophetic manifestation of Moses to Pharoh-the messanger of hell-was permitted, death destroyed the firstborn of every Egyptian household. Only then was Pharoh compelled to let the children of Israel go.
God is not the author of death. He is the author of life.
Where does death come from? It comes from satan [Rev. 21:4].
The law of sin and death is the devil's law. The law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus is God's law. Romans 8:2 says, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Death is our final enemy. And we have the promise that when Jesus comes again, this last enemy shall be put underfoot [1 Cor. 15:26].
*Please feel free to submit your questions via email or calling our ministry number. We will answer a different question each month.
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