Here's an article from the BBC News about Jesus using marijuana to heal people:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2633187.stm
Here's an excerpt:
In the ancient world, diseases such as epilepsy were attributed to demonic possession. To cure somebody of such an illness, even with the aid of certain herbs was considered exorcism or miraculous healing.
Interestingly, cannabis has been shown to be effective in the treatment of not only epilepsy but many of the other ailments that Jesus and the disciples healed people of such as skin diseases, eye problems and menstrual problems.
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Here's another article on Jesus Christ using Cannabis:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html
Excerpt:
The Greek title "Christ" is the translation of the Hebrew word Messiah, which in English becomes "The Anointed" D. The Messiah was recognized as such by his being anointed with the holy anointing oil, the use of which was restricted to the instillation of Hebrew priests and kings. If Jesus was not initiated in this fashion then he was not the Christ, and had no official claim to the title
Unlike the shamanistic priests and kings of earlier generations, Jesus did not follow the strict Old Testament taboos that limited the holy cannabis oils use to Yahweh's chosen few (Exodus 30:33), but broke tradition and began to liberally use it in both healing and initiation rites.
Through this open distribution the singular Christ, "the Anointed", was extended to become the plural term "Christians", that is, those who had been smeared or anointed. "By rubbing on this divine unction. . . obtained from certain special herbs or plants, they believed they were donning the panoply of God."
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Here's another viewpoint on marijuana and the bible:
http://www.iahushua.com/T-L-J/Mbib.html
Excerpt:
The sacramentality of marijuana is declared by Christ himself and can be understood only when a person partakes of the natural divine herb. The fact is communion of Jesus cannot be disputed or be destroyed. Marijuana is the new wine divine and cannot be compared to the old wine, which is alcohol. Jesus rejected the old wine and glorified the "new wine" at the wedding feast of Cana.
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Here's a nice article about the use of Marijuana Incense in the ancient world:
http://www.etext.org/Politics/CRC/incense
Excerpt:
Incense was assigned miraculous powers by the Israelites. It
was burned in golden bowls or cauldrons placed on or beside the
altar. It was also burned in hand-held censers. In the Blessing
of Moses, a poem belonging to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and
written about 760 B.C., the sacrificial smoke is offered to the God
of Israel.
Exodus 40:26 describes Moses burning incense, a cloud covering the tent of the congregation and the glory of the Lord filling the tabernacle. Leviticus 16:2-13 describes how God appeared in a cloud and refers to it as the clouds of incense. Numbers 16:17-19 describes how every man of the congregation had a censer full of burning incense and that the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. Isaiah 6:4 describes how Ezekial saw God in a smoke-filled inner court. Numbers 11:25 describes how God was revealed to moses and the seventy elders in a cloud; that the spirit rested upon them and that they prophesied and ceased not.
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Although they don't necessarily agree that Jesus used marijuana, here's a group called Christians For Cannabis:
http://www.christiansforcannabis.com/
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And here's an article about marijuana (Kaneh Bosm) in the Old Testament:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc05/kanehb.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2633187.stm
Here's an excerpt:
In the ancient world, diseases such as epilepsy were attributed to demonic possession. To cure somebody of such an illness, even with the aid of certain herbs was considered exorcism or miraculous healing.
Interestingly, cannabis has been shown to be effective in the treatment of not only epilepsy but many of the other ailments that Jesus and the disciples healed people of such as skin diseases, eye problems and menstrual problems.
--
Here's another article on Jesus Christ using Cannabis:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html
Excerpt:
The Greek title "Christ" is the translation of the Hebrew word Messiah, which in English becomes "The Anointed" D. The Messiah was recognized as such by his being anointed with the holy anointing oil, the use of which was restricted to the instillation of Hebrew priests and kings. If Jesus was not initiated in this fashion then he was not the Christ, and had no official claim to the title
Unlike the shamanistic priests and kings of earlier generations, Jesus did not follow the strict Old Testament taboos that limited the holy cannabis oils use to Yahweh's chosen few (Exodus 30:33), but broke tradition and began to liberally use it in both healing and initiation rites.
Through this open distribution the singular Christ, "the Anointed", was extended to become the plural term "Christians", that is, those who had been smeared or anointed. "By rubbing on this divine unction. . . obtained from certain special herbs or plants, they believed they were donning the panoply of God."
--
Here's another viewpoint on marijuana and the bible:
http://www.iahushua.com/T-L-J/Mbib.html
Excerpt:
The sacramentality of marijuana is declared by Christ himself and can be understood only when a person partakes of the natural divine herb. The fact is communion of Jesus cannot be disputed or be destroyed. Marijuana is the new wine divine and cannot be compared to the old wine, which is alcohol. Jesus rejected the old wine and glorified the "new wine" at the wedding feast of Cana.
--
Here's a nice article about the use of Marijuana Incense in the ancient world:
http://www.etext.org/Politics/CRC/incense
Excerpt:
Incense was assigned miraculous powers by the Israelites. It
was burned in golden bowls or cauldrons placed on or beside the
altar. It was also burned in hand-held censers. In the Blessing
of Moses, a poem belonging to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and
written about 760 B.C., the sacrificial smoke is offered to the God
of Israel.
Exodus 40:26 describes Moses burning incense, a cloud covering the tent of the congregation and the glory of the Lord filling the tabernacle. Leviticus 16:2-13 describes how God appeared in a cloud and refers to it as the clouds of incense. Numbers 16:17-19 describes how every man of the congregation had a censer full of burning incense and that the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. Isaiah 6:4 describes how Ezekial saw God in a smoke-filled inner court. Numbers 11:25 describes how God was revealed to moses and the seventy elders in a cloud; that the spirit rested upon them and that they prophesied and ceased not.
--
Although they don't necessarily agree that Jesus used marijuana, here's a group called Christians For Cannabis:
http://www.christiansforcannabis.com/
--
And here's an article about marijuana (Kaneh Bosm) in the Old Testament:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc05/kanehb.html
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