Reply To: Healing School 2024/2025 Discussion Board 1

[Miriam IfeanyiChukwu]

Great submission, Bro Chibuike. I particularly like the comparisons you made between the Passover instituted by Moses as instructed by God in the Old Covenant/ Testament (Exodus 12) and the Lord’s Supper/ Communion by Jesus and His disciples in the New Testament (Matt. 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-25), which the believers today are instructed to participate in by Apostle Paul (1 Cor. 11:23-26).
Just as bread must be broken before it can be shared, so too was the body of Jesus broken. On the cross, God took all the sicknesses and diseases of mankind and put them on Jesus’ healthy and perfect body. The skin of His flesh was torn by the platted crown of thorns placed on His head, He was beaten with cords, His body lacerated, even His side was pierced with the sword for the benefit of mankind (Isaiah 53:1-12, Deu. 25:3, Matt. 27:28, Mark 15:17-20).
The purpose of the broken body was curative -to bear our sicknesses and pains (Isaiah 53:3-5, 1 Peter 2:24, Matthew 8:16-17), and preventive -to provide nourishment (Matt. 6:11).
The Blood is closely tied to forgiveness which is essential for spiritual healing (Matt. 26:28, Luke 22:19-20). The cup represents the blood that ratifies the new covenant (Luke 22:20), and healing is part of the New Covenant (Psalm 103:2-3; Exodus 12).