The LORD is saying to His people in this time and season: "No matter what you see around you, I am still your Healer! I am still your YHWH Rapha!"
Indeed, even in this time of pandemic, He is still the LORD your Healer! Whether it is physical healing (healing in the body) or inner healing (healing in the soul) that you need, the good news is He is here to heal you!
In some places nowadays, we may not be allowed to lay hands on those who need healing (due to SOP on social distancing or physical distancing). But that's never a problem, because there's no distance in the spiritual realm. In fact, there have been occasions in the Bible that shows healing can take place even from a distance.
Let's look at the Bible for an example. John 4:46-53 (NKJV) says, 'So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe." The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!" Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your son lives." So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, "Your son lives!" Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." And he himself believed, and his whole household'.
You see, whether there is laying hands or not, healing can still take place, because what's most important is we believe that He heals!
Indeed, even now, He is still your YHWH Rapha, the LORD who heals! And He is still the same yesterday, today, and forever!
In the Bible, the LORD first identified Himself as YHWH Rapha during Moses' days. The Israelites had just left Egypt and crossed the Red Sea at that time. However, for three days, they traveled in the desert without finding water (Exodus 15:22). They then came across an area with water, but to their disappointment and dismay, they could not drink from it, because the water was too bitter to drink. They called the water 'Marah', which means 'bitter'. Their souls got bitter as well, and they grumbled against Moses (Exodus 15:24).
As Moses cried out to the LORD, the LORD then showed him a wood (a tree). As Moses cast the wood into the water, the water miraculously turned from bitter water into sweet water (Exodus 15:25). It was right after the LORD healed the waters of Marah that He identified Himself as YHWH Rapha: "I am the LORD who heals you" (Exodus 15:26).
This 'wood' (or 'tree') that was cast into the water is a 'picture' of Jesus dying on the cross (i.e. wood or tree) some 2,000 years ago to take away our sins, curse, shame, infirmities, or diseases.
Isaiah 53:4-5 (NKJV) says, 'Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed'.
The word 'griefs' here is 'choliy' (khol-ee) in Hebrew, and it can mean 'disease, sickness, grief, anxiety, calamity'; from the word 'chalah' (khaw-law) meaning 'being weak, being sick, being dis-eased, being afflicted'.
And the word 'sorrows' here is 'makob' in Hebrew, and it can mean 'pain, anguish'; from the word 'kaab' meaning 'being sad, being bitter, being sorrowful, feeling pain'.
When Jesus died on the cross for us some 2,000 years ago, He has also borne all our griefs ('choliy') and carried all our sorrows ('makob'), so that we may have His goodness, wellness, wholeness, divine health, and divine healing.
Therefore, fear not even in times of pandemic like these, because He is still your Healer, and He is still the same yesterday, today, and forever - in Moses' days, some 2,000 years ago when He walked on earth, and even now in your life, and forever more. Hallelujah! Amen!
