The Woman With The Issue Of BloodPosted by j2wu on January 21st, 2010
Jesus Heals The Woman With The Issue of Blood!
A woman of desperation receives healing.
Luke 8:41: And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: 42: For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. 43: And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44: Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45: And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 46: And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 47: And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately. 48: And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. 49: While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. 50: But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. 51: And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 52: And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53: And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. 54: And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. 55: And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. 56: And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
Here is a woman in those times would have been considered unclean according to the law. In Leviticus 15:19 “And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.”
That means she was separated from everyone for twelve years. Not only that, everywhere she touched became unclean. Can you imagine the pain and desperation this woman had especially when she was hearing about the miracles of Jesus? Did she have children, and according to the Law, was not able to be around them or her husband otherwise, they would become unclean? Can you see her desperation?
She had spent 12 years and all her money on the “worlds” methods and what would seem logical using Dr’s. So in faith she reached out into the unknown, the unlogical, “I think I’ll just touch the hem of His garment..” we need to be more like her and reach for the unknown and stop being content with the logical and world’s methods.
That day in the crowd, Jesus was walking through and she touched His hem and he knew it. Lets look at the significance of the hem or fringes of the garment of Christ wasn’t acting out of foolish desperation but because she was unclean touched the furthest part of Jesus’ hem to not contaminate him?
The fringes of the Lord’s garments which the Jews refer to as ‘Wings’. With determination of her Hopes of Faith to receive the Healing found in the Wings of the Lord were rooted in the Beliefs of Malachi 4:2. which states ~ “Unto you that Fear My Name shall the Sun of Righteousness Arise with Healing in His Wings”.
The hem or fringe on Jesus garment is called — tzizit”. She knew that the hem contained the fringe (tassle) known as the zizit. THis was the holiest of the garb worn by the Jew. See numbers 15 for the importance of this fringe.
It represented the 613 laws of God. Jesus made a point of showing that it was not the tassle but the woman’s faith that had healed her. Her courage despite being an “unclean woman” caused her to touch many in the crowd as well as Jesus himself. She was afraid to come forward, at first, because she had broken the law.
The woman reaching for Jesus’ hem, was symbolic of one reaching for healing in the Word because there is healing in the Word. The Word works like medicine (Proverbs 4:20-22).
“He sent forth his word & healed them” (Psalm 107:20).
There are a number of symbolisms in the knots and windings
The five knots tied in each tassel can be viewed as symbolic of the five Books of Moses, these books are known as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. This is the material
written in the Sefer Torah [Torah scroll]. Of course, the Torah is the foundation for all of Judaism. The knots and windings are also considered symbolic of the Shema (shem-ah): Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohenu Adonai Echad – Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One [Deuteronomy 6:4].
Each Tzitzit is made from 8 strings, 7 white and one blue. ‘Seven’ is the number representing perfection in the physical realm. ‘Eight’, therefore, transcends the physical realm and symbolizes a direct link to the spiritual realm.
Each group of 8 strings is knotted 5 times to form a Tzitzit. There are five books in the Torah. Each of the 4 tzitzit have 8 strings, making a total of 32 strings. Thirty-two is the numeric value of the Hebrew word for “HEART”.
The tzitzit’s loose strings represent God’s ‘heart strings’ 613 mitzvot (or 613 Commandments. transliterated as Taryag mitzvot; TaRYaG is the acronym for the numeric value of “613″.) In Judaism there is a tradition that the Torah (i.e. the “Pentateuch”) contains 613 mitzvot (mitzvot in Hebrew means “commandments”, from “precept”, plural: mitzvot; from tzavah- “command”).
According to the main source, of these 613 commandments, 248 are mitzvot aseh (“positive commandments”) and 365 are mitzvot lo taaseh (“negative commandments”). 365 corresponded to the number of days in a solar year and 248 was at that time believed to be the number of bones or significant organs in the human body.
“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings,” Malachi 4:2.
As the torah was placed over the head, it formed his own tent. WINGS of the garment were formed when the arms were held out.
For this reason, the corners of the prayer shawl are often called “wings.” During the first century there were several traditions associated with the tzitzit concerning Messiah. One was that these knotted fringes possessed healing powers. Certainly the woman with the issue of blood knew of these traditions, which would explain why she sought to touch the hem (the wings) of Jesus’ prayer garment. The same word used in Numbers 15:38 for corner is used in Malachi 4:2 for wings. An ancient Jew under the prayer shawl could be said to be dwelling in the secret place of the Most High and under His wings (Ps. 91:1- 4). The lady with the issue knew that if Jesus were the promised Messiah, there would be healing in His wings (fringes) “that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole,” Matthew 14:36.
Amen and Jesus Still Heals Today!
by Traci Morin
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