Physicians of no value & forgers of lies: part 1

INTRODUCTION

How ironic!

Our medical system, which is supposed to heal us, is the deadliest industry of all.

If this isn’t the most massive and open rebuke of the Hippocratic oath [to first do no harm] I’ve ever seen,  then I don’t know what is.

This also represents the lawlessness of the medical system, another problem we’ll address later.

From the back cover of the book:

“The number of people who die each day because of medical errors: physician mistakes, hospital-related illness and reactions to FDA-approved medications, is the equivalent of six jumbo jets falling out of the sky.   More Americans are dying each year at the hand of medicine than all American casualties in WWI and the civil war combined.

The medical environment has become a labyrinth of interlocking corporate, hospital, and governmental boards of directors, infiltrated by the drug companies.  Pharmaceutical corporations are paying [translation: bribing] our legislators, television and radio stations, schools, and news outlets to keep this information from you.

Drug company representatives write about new medicines in glowing articles, which are then signed by physicians who are paid handsomely for their cooperation, though they may not even know the adverse side effects of the drugs they promote.  The most toxic substances are often approved first, while milder and more natural alternatives are ignored for financial reasons.

It’s death by medicine.”

God is not to blame for all this greed, chaos, and death.

Job 1:22 [amplified bible]
Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.

I John 1:5 [amplified bible]
This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection].

However, there is a root cause of the chaos that is spiritual in nature.

I Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Since there is a spiritual cause, there is a spiritual cure.

II Peter 1
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

The word of God has the wisdom and knowledge to escape the corruption and the power to overcome the world through the accomplished works of Jesus Christ, the son of God.

Proverbs 22:3 [amplified bible]
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it, but the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Proverbs 4 [amplified bible]
5 Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

6 Do not turn away from her (Wisdom) and she will guard and protect you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.

7 The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom [it is preeminent]!
And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation].

So where do we go from here?

I am not a doctor, PA [Physician’s Assistant], pharmacist, etc.

Just a concerned citizen who needs to share the biblical record of truth about how to separate truth from error using God’s wisdom and knowledge and how to apply critical thinking skills in the health field.

DISCLAIMER: This series of articles is not intended to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any disease and it is for educational purposes only.  You must seek a qualified health care professional for treatment of any medical condition.

I recognize that the vast majority of people working in the medical system are good, well-meaning people who just want to help.

Therefore, the death & destruction must come by deception, which takes the form of lies.

In other words, the workers in the medical system are taught lies, which are passed onto the naive and trusting patient, who pays the consequences with their lives.

I’m thankful for the good in the system and the emergency care facilities that have saved so many people’s lives.

We must realize that it is the system that has been compromised.

The few rotten apples near the top that have infiltrated, contaminated, saturated and dominated the rest of the barrel are the source of problem.

The information in this series will not be without controversy though, as many people are hopelessly blinded by and glued to the medical system and will defend it to the day they die from their 13 prescription medications!

Why was she so sick and broke?

Mark 5
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him [Jesus], he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway [immediately] the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

What was her plague?

From a medical perspective, although we can make some fairly educated guesses, we don’t know conclusively.

What we do know for certain is that she suffered horribly, as the red rectangle describes.

Sound too familiar for comfort?

The sad reality of our modern life is that virtually everybody has either walked in this woman’s shoes or know someone who has.

• Their 8-year old child is going through his second round of chemotherapy
• A sister is getting her daily dialysis treatment
• A co-worker is recovering from triple bypass surgery
• A parent, who no longer even recognize their own children, had to be put in a nursing home because of Alzheimer’s.

And now, the $64,000,000 question is:

WHY did the woman with the issue of blood:

• suffer many things?
• from many physicians?
• who wasted all her money?
• not get better?
• but got worse instead?

Doesn’t God have the answer?!

Of course he does.

We just have to know how to cut through the fog of confusion, lies and darkness.

Hard to see, the dark side is…

But with God’s light-saber of truth, there is hope, power and deliverance.

Hebrews 4:12 [Amplified bible]
For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

WHAT ARE THE 3 WAYS THE BIBLE INTERPRETS ITSELF?

To find our answer, we must first know the 3 ways how the bible interprets itself.

1. In the verse
2. In the context
3. where it was used before

Upon reading Mark 5:26, it is self-evident that this verse does not interpret itself: we still do not know why the woman got worse and lost all her income because of the physician’s treatments.

Therefore, this verse must either explain itself in the context or where it was used before.

If you read all of Mark 5, and even the entire gospel of Mark, it still does not explain why the woman lost all her money AND got worse.

Although this record of the woman with the issue of blood is mentioned in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, none of them explain this mystery medical mess either!

Therefore, Mark 5:26 does not interpret itself in the context.

So the only option left is that this verse must interpret itself by the third principle of interpretation: where it was used before.

Where was what used before?

Physician.

This word comes from the Greek word iatros [Strong’s #2395] and is used 7 times in the new testament.

7 the number of spiritual perfection in the bible.

True healing is first spiritual, then physical.

The root word of iatros is iaomai [Strong’s #2390] and is used 27 times in the new testament and is usually translated “healed” and is defined below.

British Dictionary definitions for iatrogenic:

adjective

• med (of an illness or symptoms) induced in a patient as the result of a physician’s words or actions, esp as a consequence of taking a drug prescribed by the physician
• social welfare (of a problem) induced by the means of treating a problem but ascribed to the continuing natural development of the problem being treated

This certainly makes sense!

The woman with the issue of blood:

• suffered even more because of the physician’s iatrogenic treatments
• became broke in the process, adding salt to the wound

Based on the definition of words, the phrase “iatrogenic disease” is a contradiction of terms, causing confusion to any thinking person.

dictionary.com has the modern definition of physician:

noun
1. a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
2. a person engaged in general medical practice, as distinguished from one specializing in surgery.
3. a person who is skilled in the art of healing.

Based on the fact that the modern medical system is the leading cause of death in the US, there is obviously a serious disconnect between the physician’s good intentions and the negative consequences of their treatment.

Since the devil is the one who steals, kills and destroys [John 10:10], he is the one who is ultimately in charge of the medical system therefore responsible for the consequences.

Except for a few bad apples, I do not blame the well-meaning individual physician, but rather the corruption of the entire system.

How did it get like this?!

What can an ancient book teach us about our modern medical system?

Although the book of Job is roughly 3,600 years old, it has more enlightenment for our lives than the most modern and advanced sources of information available today because God is its author.

If you go to www.biblegateway.com and do a search for the English root word “physician” in the KJV, you can see that it’s used 12 times in 11 verses of the bible:

1. Genesis 50:2 – physicians used twice
2. II Chronicles 16:12 – physicians
3. Job 13:4 – physicians
4. Jeremiah 8:22 – physician
5. Matthew 9:12 – physician
6. Mark 2:17 – physician
7. Mark 5:26 – physicians
8. Luke 4:23 – physician
9. Luke 5:31 – physician
10. Luke 8:43 – physicians
11. Colossians 4:14 – physician

After reading all of them, it’s self-evident that only one verse has the answer – Job 13:4.

Job 13
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

The Companion Reference bible says the name of Job comes from the Hebrew word iyyob and means “afflicted”!

The only book of the bible with the answer as to why the woman with the issue of blood suffered from the physicians comes from the book of Job, whose name means “afflicted”.  Both Job and the woman were afflicted with disease.

In Job 13:4, who is the “ye” referring to?

Job chapters 4-11 mention Job’s 3 friends, who later turned into miserable comforters.

• Bildad the Shuhite
• Eliphaz the Temanite
• Zophar the Naamathite

Since they were his friends, he expected them to help him, which they did at first, but sometime later, they turned against him and spoke lies about him.

That is why he called them “forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value”.

That’s pretty strong language, isn’t it?

Yes, but it was the truth.

Although why Job’s friends turned against him is the subject of another deep and advanced teaching, we can still get our answer just from researching Job 13:4.

• It’s interesting to note that the first usage of physician chronologically is in the book of Job [the 1st book of the bible written], which highlights the dark side of the medical system
• The first usage of physician canonically [Genesis to Revelation] highlights the good in the medical system
• This demonstrates the adversary’s parasitic nature and most effective strategy: mix in the bad with the good.   He feeds off of the good to gain usefulness and credibility while corrupting the whole system with the bad from within

WHAT ARE AT LEAST 2 BENEFITS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT?

I Corinthians 10:11
Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

This is in reference to the old testament, which was written directly TO the Israelites and NOT to us, the members of the body of Christ, which came into existence on the day of Pentecost in 28A.D..

The old testament was written for our admonition, so what does that mean?

In light of the effects of our modern medical system, this is very appropriate advice.

From this Greek word nouthesia, we get our English word nouthetic.

Nouthetic counseling [wikipedia]

“Nouthetic counseling (Greek: noutheteo, to admonish) is a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based solely upon the Bible and focused on Christ. It repudiates mainstream psychology and psychiatry as humanistic, fundamentally opposed to Christianity, and radically secular.

Its viewpoint was originally articulated by Jay E. Adams, in Competent to Counsel (1970) and further books, and has led to the formation of a number of organizations and seminary courses promoting it.

The viewpoint is opposed to those seeking to synthesize Christianity with secular psychological thought, but has failed to win them over to a purely Biblical approach”.

The woman lost her health and all her money because of treatments from the medical system.

Wouldn’t you like to know why and how this happened so that you could avoid the pain, suffering and bone-crushing debts?

According to a study at Harvard University, 75% of all bankruptcies are due to medical debt.

Besides teaching us how to avoid things that might harm us, the old testament has another benefit.

Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Definition of learning below.

So now there are at least 2 benefits of the old testament:

• Warn us of evil so we can avoid it
• Learn how to apply its instruction [wisdom].

Definition of warn [from dictionary.com]:

verb (used with object)
1. to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:

They warned him of a plot against him.

She was warned that her life was in danger.

What does the word say about how to deal with evil?

Proverbs 22:3 [amplified bible]
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it, but the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Proverbs 27:12 [amplified bible]
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it, but the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].

Definition of naive
[nah-eev]
adjective

• having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
• having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She’s so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
• having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
• not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.

God has told us not once, but twice that the wise will clearly see the evil coming from a distance and avoid it, but the naive will not see it and pay the consequences.

Based on consequences, the woman with the issue of blood was naive, not using the knowledge and wisdom of the old testament to her advantage.  Although she paid dearly for it, she was still able to believe for complete healing by Jesus Christ.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…

God’s word is the spiritual searchlight that enables us to see the evil coming and take wise actions.

The essence of the woman’s problems in Mark 5:26 can be summarized below:

• She had her health stolen away from her
• She had all her money stolen away from her

This is an exact contradiction to the word & will of God:

III John 2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

How did this happen?

Like it was said at the beginning of this article, the root problem is spiritual.

John 10:10 [amplified bible]
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

Matthew 7
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Based on John 10:10 & Matthew 7:16, the thief, who worked through the medical system, was behind the woman’s loss of money and health.

Since the effects of the treatment from the physicians contradicts III John 2, then they cannot be based on the truth and therefore must originate from the world, which is run by Satan, the God of this world.

In John 8:44, Jesus Christ was confronting a particular group of evil Pharisees [religious leaders] in the Jerusalem temple.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The usage of the word “father” is a figure of speech called a Hebrew idiom of origination. Whenever it is said that somebody is a father of something, in the Hebrew culture it meant he is the originator of it.

That makes sense since it’s the father who has the seed.

This corroborates what Job 13:4 says: forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

For the third time, we have a confirmation of lies:

• Job 13:4 – forgers of lies
• III John 2 – the lie of directly contradicting this verse in effect
• Matthew 7 – false prophets’ rotten fruit

In contrast to God, who can only tell truth, Job’s friends were “physicians of no value” because they were “forgers of lies”.

Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Therefore, God could not and was not the one who inspired Job’s friends to lie.

Therefore, their lies ultimately originated from the adversary.

CONCLUSION

The purpose of the old testament is to warn us of evil in order to avoid it and to teach us wisdom, which is the application of knowledge.

Job 13:4
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Although Job was referring to his 3 friends, the general principles of this verse and their application to our lives in light of the purpose of the OT is obvious: our modern medical system is full of lies because it’s run by our adversary, the devil.

That’s verified by the fact it kills 800,000 people annually in the U.S..

Hebrews 2
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

There are always spiritual realities behind the physical ones.

Ecclesiastes 1:9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The woman with the issue of blood was blessed just to be alive.

Many things change over the centuries, but 3 things in our lives do not:

• God and his word
• The devil
• Human nature

In terms of general principles, this is why our modern medical system is no different than ones that existed hundreds or thousands of years ago.

The woman with the issue of blood got worse and became broke because her physician’s treatments were based on lies.

If the first physician she saw told her the truth, she would have been healed and she never would’ve seen all the rest.

That started the downward cascade that stole her health and money, one lie at a time.

I Timothy 6 [amplified bible]
9 But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].
10 For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.

The fact that all of their treatments were based, at least in part, on lies suggests a common source: the adversary, the originator of lies and the author of death.

All this explains the problems the woman with the issue of blood had with so many different physicians.

In my next article, we’ll dig even deeper into Job 13:4 and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes…