Ending the harm

 "He who forgives all your sins, and heals all your diseases". Psalm 103:3.

"As the sun was setting, they brought all those who were sick with various diseases to Him, and laying His hands on them, He healed each of them". Luke 4:40.

Back in my twenties, I had an opportunity to vacation on the Greek island of Kos. Hiring a bicycle, I proceeded to zoom around various parts of the island, and thereby found myself outside the ruins of the school of Hippocrates on a bank holiday when entrance was free. The ancient forum is famous because it was here that the universal credo of the medical profession - 'do no harm' - was supposedly born.

Fast forward several centuries to the present, and the scope of the Hippocratic oath in respect to the preservation of life has well and truly been re-defined.

In a week where a British mother's very reasonable request for more time in respect to her son's brain injury has been refused by both the medical profession and the courts, we face the stark reality of the ramifications of that change. The reality is that authorities of 'free' countries have taken it upon themselves to own comprehensive measures of well-nigh exclusive boundaries of control to those they deem 'qualified' to determine the health and medical rights of everyone else (and, as is being evidenced right now, they do not intend to stop there). This has all been predicated upon the idea that these 'experts' know exactly what is best for everyone, and therefore, legislation is imposed to insure that total conformity is maintained, even to the point where "DNR" notices are given without any reference to the desires of the patient or their families.

How such 'procedures' become acceptable has been evidenced in the devastation now beginning to emerge as a direct result of the pandemic policies of the last few years. In the last few weeks, Germany, France and Sweden have all published initial materials which reveal serious adverse consequences of the rapid, inadequately tested mRNA materials employed against Covid, and other studies show that this is almost certainly the tip of a much larger series of consequences in respect to long-term health in realms such as natural immunity against disease and male and female fertility.  In truth, then, it appears that the pharmaceutical corporations have been given free reign to introduce an agent into the very vital chemistry of people's bodies that is essentially poisonous to life.

The great tragedy here is that several medical voices have been raising these manner of concerns since the very beginning of this outbreak, publicly questioning the veracity of both social restrictions and the well-nigh mandatory imposition of the vaccination program. They have been muted by the mainstream and ridiculed by authorities, but the growing body of data validates their concerns - our medical bodies have been turned into a singular point of delivery to provide little above and beyond the authorised "remedy" of these highly dangerous materials.

Now, we are witnessing the unveiling of the awful economic, medical and social consequences of this vile policy. Thousands of excess deaths are being reported, access to vital health services are being curtailed so that many cannot consult with doctors or obtain essential medical treatments. Young children have been drastically impaired in their essential development due to school closures and social distancing/masking regimes, and are now being required to take a substance into their bodies for a threat that almost exclusively kills the elderly.

The consequences of the actions of the last two years are horrendous, and those who sought to say this must be challenged are being proved right, but for most of us, this leaves us in a state of deep vulnerability. The fact is that the institutions that most of us have depended upon for much of our lives have been seriously crippled by what has been imposed upon them. Just a few months ago, a large body of nurses, for example, were protesting outside of hospitals because they were about to be forcefully expelled from their profession because they refused to be injected with this deadly substance.

What are we to do?

Where can we find aid in this time of need?

The churches in general have taken the view that these policies have all been good, closing their doors when told and even becoming vaccination centres, holding out a poison as remedy instead of remaining open to hold out the genuine word of life. This is a ringing inditement against their 'faith', especially as it amounted to the ostracism of any medical or theological questioning of the well-nigh mandatory requirements. Only when we reached the point where society would only allow the vaccinated access to normal activities was there any form of concern.

We have to be pragmatic, taking 'a little wine' (medication) for our health where required, and seeking to eat and exercise as best as we can to keep ourselves in good health, but the honest truth is that most of us will continue to need the assistance of this crippled service.

My own hope is that after such abuse, we will begin to see a reversal of the madness in what unfolds next - that some in places of authority will begin to speak up and aim to undo some of the damage that has been done. This isn't going to be a panacea that will remedy all the ills by any means, but we can pray that this will be a genuine step in the right direction.

What is required now is a great deal of care, discernment and wisdom on our part in respect to what we say and do, seasoning the days where possible with what needs to be addressed, and seeking to show by our own example that the life bestowed by heaven is one of blessing and goodness, even amidst such pestilent days.

The vital remedy is always the healing of our souls, so that though this body is indeed destroyed, yet in this very flesh we shall see God.

Redemption for the individual and the world as a whole only comes through the death and resurrection evidenced in the Cross of Jesus Christ, so all that is truly vital for us, must be bestowed from that eternal source.

May God continue to give us wisdom and mercy in these days, and may they indeed be rich because He does so.