Whatever we need in life, we can go to God and redeem our covenant rights. He is expecting us to do this.
The Woman With the Issue of blood
Mark 5:25-34
25And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well." 29 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?" 31And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'" 32And he looked around to see who had done it. 33But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
Matthew 9:20-22
20And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, 21for she said to herself, "If I only touch his garment, I will be made well." 22Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well.
Luke 8:43-48
43And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. 44She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. 45And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!" 46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me." 47And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace."
Why didn't she touch his feet or his arm? She put a demand on the convenant.
Newborns understand that there a supply of milk somewhere, but it must place a demand for it.
Matthew 9:21
21for she said to herself, "If I only touch his garment, I will be made well."
What is the significance of the fringe of His garment and the Covenant with God?
Jesus said, somebody placed a demand on me; who was it? The woman took the initiative to place the demand. Why the fringe? Because:
1. She said it within herself, specifically the fringe, will make her whole.
2. Fringe = tassle of twisted wool (from Greek). She was reaching for the tassle of the prayer shawl, worn on Jesus as he walked by.
Numbers 15:37-41
37The LORD said to Moses, 38"Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. 39And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. 40So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. 41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the LORD your God."
The fringe or tassle intends to remind people of the God's Commandments. Verse 38: tassle called wings, the corner of the prayer shawl is often called "wings". 5 double knots + 8 strands + 600 (number of the Hebrew word for hem [tzitzit]) = 613 old testament commandments. On Jesus, the hem [tzitzit] represents the fulfillment of the law because He obeyed all of the Commandments and did not sin. He is the Holy One. In a sense, the woman thought, If I take His obedience for my sins, I can exchange my sickness for His healing, my weakness for His strength.
Healing in His wings
Malachi 4:2
2 But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Jesus possesses the Convenant. He who knew no sin was made sin so that we would know the righteousness of God. He took upon all the curse so that we would be made blessed. It is our faith in His obedience that is honorable to God. Jesus is the Sabbath, how we receive rest. He took all of the sins and the curses and the consequences of the disobedience of Adam and Eve upon Him so that I can have His understanding, His love, His compassion, His patience, etc.
And if I touch the hem of His garment, and He will call me Daughter, and my faith will make me well.
[The woman who had the "issue" or "discharge" of blood for 12 years appeared while Jesus was on His way to heal Jairus' daughter, who was dying. After the woman was healed, Jesus raised Jairus' daughter, who had died but was described by Jesus as "not dead but sleeping". (Luke 8:52) God is capable all the time! It doesn't even matter when He shows up!]
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