Romans 6:23,Romans 8:13) Sin is a disease each one of us is born with. Most people in the Bible who had leprosy were separated from the people they loved because their disease was contagious. Life for lepers would be lonely because...
Are there still lepers in Molokai? A tiny number of Hansen's diseasepatients still remain at Kalaupapa, a leprosarium established in 1866 on a remote, but breathtakingly beautiful spit of land on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Thousands lived and died there in the intervening years, including...
How credible is it that an apparently contagious disease is healed precisely in seven days (Numbers 12:14–15) without leaving lasting physical complications? What historical or medical evidence supports the ten lepers' instantaneous healing (Luke 17:11-19)? Ellicott's Commentary for English ...
The Corona Virus (Covid-19 is apparently a bit different than the flu in that the bacteria attack the lungs instead of the stomach and is extremely contagious. Also, the death rate is a bit higher than that of the flu, although most cases range from very mild to severe with a death r...
Hansen's Disease is named for Norwegian researcher Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who discovered the bacterium behind the disease in 1873. His discovery reshaped the way people thought about leprosy; previously, people thought the disease was used to punish the wicked, and that it was highly inf...
The identification of the condition as a "harmless rash" suggests that not all skin abnormalities were considered serious or contagious. This distinction is important in understanding the balance between caution and compassion in the Levitical laws. The acknowledgment of harmless conditions demonstrates a...
But the delta variant of COVID, a highly contagious mutation of the virus that has led to some breakthrough infections, has changed that. While booster shots aren’t being officially distributed in the United States (yet), many impatient and affluent people are again angling to get a...
I believe Jesus felt the same way when He healed ten lepers and only one of the ten returned to glorify God with a loud voice, falling down on his face at Jesus’ feet and giving him thanks (Luke 17:11-18). Jesus said in verses 17 and 18,“Were there not ten cleansed? But the...
what are the symptoms of leprosy? please help. Byanon75570— On Apr 07, 2010 I have one of my friend who has the disease from last forty years. First he said he had taken Dapsone, and now some medicine clofazimine and ofloxacine. He at present is not disfigured, but it seems that ...
The Corona Virus (Covid-19 is apparently a bit different than the flu in that the bacteria attack the lungs instead of the stomach and is extremely contagious. Also, the death rate is a bit higher than that of the flu, although most cases range from very mild to severe with a death ...