The Naman Miracle
2 Kings 5
New King James Version
Naaman’s Leprosy Healed
1 Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper.
2 And the Syrians had gone out on[a] raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She [b]waited on Naaman’s wife.
3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”
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9 Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.”
11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’
12 Are not the [c]Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
14 So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
According to the bible, Naaman was a commander of the army of Syria. He was a good commander and was held in favor because of the victory that God brought him.
Yet Naaman was a leper. Naaman’s wife had a servant girl from Israel who said that a prophet there would be able to heal him. Naaman tells his lord this and he is sent to Israel with a letter to the king.
The king of Israel didn’t know what to do, yet Elisha sent a message to the King, advising that the King tell Naaman to come to see him. Elisha then told Naaman to go bathe in the Jordan seven times and he would be clean.
Naaman was angry and would have left, but his servant asked him to try it and he was healed. A servant of Elisha, Gehazi, seeing Naaman being turned away from offering God offerings, ran after him and falsely asked for clothing and silver for visitors.
And the leprosy from Naaman fell on Gehazi and would remain in his descendants.
According to Rabbinic teaching, Naaman was the archer who drew his bow at a venture and mortally wounded Ahab, King of Israel
1st Kings 22:34 This event is alluded to in the words “because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria”
2nd Kings 5:1, and therefore the Syrian king, Naaman’s master, was Benhadad. Naaman is represented as vain and haughty, on account of which he was stricken with leprosy.
The Midrash Tanchuma a commentary on Jewish law helps clarify, says that Naaman was stricken with leprosy for taking an Israelitish maiden and making her his wife’s servant.
Be careful what you do and say or do to a child of God, it may return to you a curse, and you would be better to bless a child of God rather than curse one.
If you find yourself on the short end of the blessing it would show how smart you are to make that thing right, so you can be blessed.
Get it right in the eyes of God, I didn’t ask a crook to get it right I asked a child of God to get it right.
A crook is gonna find that the blessing has already left, and it won’t return till you get right with God.
The Naman Miracle, Naman was no jew, he had no part in the Commonwealth.
Naaman was the commander of the Syrian army, who had cruelly attacked Israel. Not only was he a Gentile—a non-Jewish person—he was a hated enemy of the people.
Despite this, Naaman becomes the first person healed of leprosy.
Leprosy, in the Bible, is a type of sin. We all have had leprosy,
Luke 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
Some people would rather live treating the symptoms rather than finding the cure.
Your stubborn pride has disfigured you, your life will get cut short because of your stubborn pride.
What is the Naaman Miracle?
When God has set the date stamp for your miracle, it’s going to happen.
It’s happening as you do what God has said.
Don’t allow anything to mess with your Miracle.
In a couple of minutes, I’m going to anoint you with oil. This will start your act of obedience and this will trigger a miracle in your life.
The anointing will destroy this yoke.
Break the curse off and allow God to shake this thing off your life.
I see in the Spirit it’s beginning to happen.
Refuse to carry this burden into the new year.
You are about to step into blessing. Your Miracle is happening. God said this thing is turning around.
Miracles of health
Break off high blood pressure!
Break off kidney disease!
Break off cancer!
Financial breakthroughs
Promote your business.
Break the spirit of Poverty off your financial situation
You are due that pay raise, reach for it!
You are due that promotion, believe it!
Malchus, Caiaphas the High Priest’s right ear man
This fictional story is based on Luke 22:49-51
Malchus, the Slave Whose Ear Was Cut Off
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
When Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, St. Peter cut off the ear of Malchus, a servant of the high priest, who was then healed by Jesus This is the story of Malchus…
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“You are my ear, boy,” says Caiaphas the High Priest to his servant Malchus. “Now go! Tell me what’s happening.” His words are sharp.
Malchus hasn’t been a boy for years, but he is in no position to protest. Malchus takes pride in being a servant to the most powerful Jew in Israel. When he ventures out of the temple into Jerusalem proper, people who know of him treat him with respect.
“We’re so glad you’re here, Malchus,” they say. “How may we help you, Malchus?”
His special talent is listening and hearing. As reigning high priest in an intensely political environment, Caiaphas has many enemies. Malchus is indeed his ear in the city.
Lately, he has been dispatched to learn about Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth, who is visiting for Passover. Malchus listens as Jesus teaches in the temple colonnade called Solomon’s Porch.
“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,” Jesus is saying. “No one comes to the Father, but by me.”
What arrogance! thinks the servant. He moves among the crowd incognito, ear open for a seditious comment he can report back to his master.
“Come to me, all you who are weak and heavy laden,” Jesus continues, “and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Strange, thinks Malchus. How does arrogance fit with gentleness and humility? Malchus sees arrogance and pride up close every day. What is this?
“You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them,” Jesus is saying now.
Not only Gentile rulers are like that! reflects Malchus. All rulers want to flex their muscles and make others jump — at least the rulers he’s familiar with.
“Not so with you,” Jesus continues. “Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your slave, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Strange words! Amazing words to this slave. So, Jesus sees himself as a servant, not a would-be dictator. So different from Caiaphas!
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost,” Jesus concludes.
Who’s lost? wonders Malchus.
Gradually, he begins to recognize the Teacher’s followers. An astute observer of body language, Malchus focuses in on one man, Judas. Ambivalence is written all over him. So Malchus befriends him and arranges for a discreet meeting with Caiaphas.
Now it is night, Passover night, and Malchus goes on a hush-hush mission with temple soldiers — and Judas. They move into the Garden of Gethsemane. Suddenly, they encounter someone, and soldiers converge, their torches casting eerie dancing shadows among the gnarled olive trees. Malchus, breathing hard, catches up.
Jesus is standing, somehow calm amidst the confusion. “Who are you looking for?” he asks.
“Jesus of Nazareth,” is the retort.
“I am he,” says Jesus.
Now, with supreme hypocrisy, Judas kisses him to confirm the identification and the soldiers move in. One disciple flashes a sword and begins to brandish it wildly.
Malchus is struck, blood gushing from his head. The blade has sliced his ear clean off. He clutches at his head to stop the bleeding and drops to one knee. Blood is pouring down his neck, drenching his cloak. He begins to wobble; blackness is engulfing him.
Then a sudden warmth. Pain ceases, and the flickering light of the torches reappears. Jesus is kneeling before him, his right hand covering his wound. All Malchus can see is the man’s eyes filled with gentleness and love that melt all enmity.
“You’ll be all right, now,” Jesus assures him.
A soldier jerks Jesus to his feet and the spell of the moment is broken. Malchus reaches up to feel his head. The ear is there — all of it. His ear is whole, the bleeding stopped, only his blood-soaked cloak to indicate that there ever was a wound.
But the crowd has moved on now, torchlight diminishing, voices receding. Malchus is alone.
“You are my ear, boy.”
Oh, yes! He must run to report what had happened. He must get up and run.
Somehow, he cannot. The drive to please his master is gone. He cannot forget those gentle eyes boring into his soul. He cannot forget the hand on his face. He hears Jesus’ words again, “You’ll be all right now.” Words of concern — for him, an enemy, deeply involved in the plot to silence the Teacher. He is an agent of Jesus’ arch enemy, yet Jesus heals him. It doesn’t make sense.
Finally, Malchus gets to his feet and returns to the palace. The courtyard is a stir with news of Jesus’ capture. “The Nazarene is inside being interrogated right now,” says one. “The elders have gathered to try him.”
Malchus returns to his room and removes his stiffening cloak and tunic. He washes the caked blood from his shoulder, arm, and face, and soaks his hair and beard to dissolve the remaining blood. All the time he stares athis ear in the mirror. It is whole, undamaged, without pain.
What have I done to this kind, gentle man? Malchus asks himself.
The rest of the day is a blur. He follows the multitude to Pilate’s quarters, hears Roman’s pathetic attempt at washing his hands of the matter, and goes behind as the crowd surges up the narrow streets to Golgotha, just outside the city. By the time Malchus arrives on the hilltop, Jesus is hanging from a cross, his body and face mutilated almost beyond recognition.
Malchus is aghast at what he has done, at his part in this ugly business. Jesus’ words flood back, “… To seek and save the lost.” Surely, I am lost, says Malchus. I have shed innocent blood.
Now Caiaphas arrives, puffing, strutting, taunting. So vengeful, so petty, so filled with hatred.
Malchus burns with shame. He kneels, but no one is watching as he pours out his agony and begs forgiveness. Thunder cracks. Wind blows. As Malchus strains his ear — his whole ear — he can hear Jesus’ unbelievably gracious answer to his cry: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Malchus rises. The man they call “the ear of Caiaphas” is different, for this slave’s ear now listens for a newMaster.