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Does the Bible talk about physical health
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Books have been written about this subject. "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Pro 17:22 "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." Prov 4:20-22
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Jesus said its not what goes into the mouth its what comes out of it (in the broad sense our tongue)........very important.
Now our body is our Temple and we should look after it. I've got some serious work to do myself about what goes into my body as i know it will complicate my health in latter life, it won't shorten it (as the Lord knows when i'll die). I just need to look after it and keep on remembering what our Lord said about my tongue.
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Now our body is our Temple and we should look after it. I've got some serious work to do myself about what goes into my body as i know it will complicate my health in latter life, it won't shorten it (as the Lord knows when i'll die). I just need to look after it and keep on remembering what our Lord said about my tongue.
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think that's medical advice, even in the OT alcohol was used as a pain reliever, now we've got painkillers/morphene. Baron women were even advised in the old Testament not to drink alcohol and they became pregnant. I wouldn't say anyone who has a drink is for hell (many people do become judges/taking the role of Christ in such matters). The important thing I believe is we shouldn't consume our life with earthly lusts of the flesh, Christ should come first. Some people may waken up and want a smoke/an alcoholic drink/a cup of coffee/check their message or email list first, before giving thanks to our Lord.
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The Bible tells us what to eat and what to not eat.
The Bible speaks about physical death in many places.. including Matthew 10:28 regarding the lake of fire (fiery hell) event in Rev 20
Ministry of Healing: The Ministry of Healing, by Ellen G. White. Table of Contents
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Quite true. The Bible contains a lot of information regarding health and diet, some of which was merely intended for Israel (the dietary laws) and some of which is applicable to everyone (not eating raw or undercooked meat - Acts 15). As for food offered to idols, it is not a health issue, but a conscience issue.
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All of which was intended for humans... God made humans.
Notice the instruction for the "humans" in Genesis 6 and 7 regarding different kinds of animals ... for example.
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One comment by Dr Avery Jackson was - our bodies benefit if it's an authentic laugh and when we make ourselves laugh. Thought it was interesting and useful.
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: ..."
Pro 17:22
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: ..."
Pro 17:22
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Is it your claim that "Kosher regulations" you mention are in the Bible?
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Is it your claim that "Kosher regulations" you mention are in the Bible?
Interesting - I thought I was replying to one your posts.
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The closest comment I can think of in the Bible which might have some resonance with our modern fitness concerns is Paul's advice to Timothy - 1 Timothy 4:8 NIV
I'm not even sure what St. Paul was referring to when he mentioned "physical training". Did he mean manual labour, as most work was carried out by hand? Was he referring to a planned fitness training program along the lines of the Greek Olympiads in line with Greek thinking at the time? I'd have thought that by the time most ancient citizens had done a full days hard physical labour, as well as walking everywhere, they would not have been very interested in doing additional exercise.
Incidentally the muscles used in walking have a significant effect on the usage of glucose in the blood stream, as apparently the relevant muscles have a heap of mitochondria in their cells. These are the powerhouses of the body's cells. And what do we not enough of today? Walking, so add that to our sugar and fat laden diet, and diabetes is rampant.
I mean the two disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, a distance of about seven miles or eleven kilometres.
Our Bodies Are Made for Walking - Resilience.
In Biblical times health would have been a hit and miss affair at the best of times. There would have been high infant mortality, high birth mortality amongst women, no antibiotics or vaccines, primitive and painful surgery, no refrigeration or freezers, smoky wood fires, and the food supplies would have depended very much on the weather. Fishermen could fish all night and catch nothing...
There would not have been many obese people except perhaps among the very wealthy. Most of the citizenry would have had their work cut out just getting enough to eat. I've read the average life span was about 35 years of age, although once the dangerous years of childhood passed, lifespans were probably not all that far off today's averages.
Human Lifespans Nearly Constant for 2,000 Years | Live Science
Our lifespans seem to be still around three score years and ten, and not much more.
Our concern with health in the West is the opposite to those ancient citizens - we're so well fed, and most of us do so little exercise in the normal run of things, that we are concerned with weight control and related diseases - obesity, heart attacks, diabetes, cholesterol, emphysema from smoking, and all the rest.
That wasn't a problem back then.
I'm not even sure what St. Paul was referring to when he mentioned "physical training". Did he mean manual labour, as most work was carried out by hand? Was he referring to a planned fitness training program along the lines of the Greek Olympiads in line with Greek thinking at the time? I'd have thought that by the time most ancient citizens had done a full days hard physical labour, as well as walking everywhere, they would not have been very interested in doing additional exercise.
Incidentally the muscles used in walking have a significant effect on the usage of glucose in the blood stream, as apparently the relevant muscles have a heap of mitochondria in their cells. These are the powerhouses of the body's cells. And what do we not enough of today? Walking, so add that to our sugar and fat laden diet, and diabetes is rampant.
I mean the two disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, a distance of about seven miles or eleven kilometres.
Our Bodies Are Made for Walking - Resilience.
In Biblical times health would have been a hit and miss affair at the best of times. There would have been high infant mortality, high birth mortality amongst women, no antibiotics or vaccines, primitive and painful surgery, no refrigeration or freezers, smoky wood fires, and the food supplies would have depended very much on the weather. Fishermen could fish all night and catch nothing...
There would not have been many obese people except perhaps among the very wealthy. Most of the citizenry would have had their work cut out just getting enough to eat. I've read the average life span was about 35 years of age, although once the dangerous years of childhood passed, lifespans were probably not all that far off today's averages.
Human Lifespans Nearly Constant for 2,000 Years | Live Science
Our lifespans seem to be still around three score years and ten, and not much more.
Our concern with health in the West is the opposite to those ancient citizens - we're so well fed, and most of us do so little exercise in the normal run of things, that we are concerned with weight control and related diseases - obesity, heart attacks, diabetes, cholesterol, emphysema from smoking, and all the rest.
That wasn't a problem back then.
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Genetics also plays a huge factor. I think we all know very old people who have engaged in very unhealthy activities yet live well into their 90's and some into their 100's. I knew a man who was a habitual cigar smoker. His first wife died in her 60's from lung cancer from his smoke, but he lived to 96 and never did stop smoking his cigars.
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I'm aware of that. My job involves transporting people to medical appointments, hospitals and the like. Some people are in their nineties and look like they're in their sixties (although I've noticed they're always very careful where they put their feet - they don't want to have a fall).
There are other people riddled with arthritis in their sixties (and I did meet one younger bloke some years ago who had chronic arthritis - you could feel the bones crunch when he just rotated his arm).
It's the luck of the draw. But at least these days the medicos can often do something about it. My wife is just about to have her second knee replacement. Fifty years ago she'd have been stuck with it.
There are other people riddled with arthritis in their sixties (and I did meet one younger bloke some years ago who had chronic arthritis - you could feel the bones crunch when he just rotated his arm).
It's the luck of the draw. But at least these days the medicos can often do something about it. My wife is just about to have her second knee replacement. Fifty years ago she'd have been stuck with it.
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