Jehovah-Ropheka

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Here we have translated into English the Hebrew title, Jehovah-Ropheka. Disease, as we all well know, is the fruit of sin. If our Lord were to deal with the fruit righteously, He must deal with the root, and this necessitated the cross with all its suffering and woe. In this aspect, our Lord's life must have been very wonderful. Every time He healed a leper, every time He made the lame to walk, every time He made the blind to see, the deaf to hear, He must have been deeply conscious that in doing so, only His sacrificial death on the cross could meet the root question of sip, and justify Him in relieving poor sad suffering humanity of its sad fruit. By these miracles in the sight of men He proved His power on earth to forgive sin. We read, "But that ye may know that the Son of man bath power upon earth to forgive sins, (He said unto the sick of the palsy), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. And immediately he arose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God." (Luke 5:24, 2524But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. 25And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. (Luke 5:24‑25)).