The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford

Author:Kathie Lee Gifford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

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THE MAN BORN BLIND AND DIVINE DNA

Immediately after Jesus left the temple in Jerusalem, He came across a man born blind from birth. Upon seeing this blind man, His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (John 9:2). Jesus responded that this man’s blindness was not the result of any transgression committed by him or his parents. It occurred so that God’s power might be brought to light in him.

Jesus then spat in the dirt, made mud with His saliva, placed it on the eyes of the blind man, and told him to go wash in the Pool of Siloam. After washing, the man was miraculously healed and could see for the first time in his life!

We must understand how the Lord performed this miracle to comprehend the full magnitude of this miracle and its deeper message. The most important part of this miracle was the use of saliva to make the mud. This was a man born blind from birth, which means he was born with a genetic defect. He therefore needed to experience healing on both a spiritual and genetic level to be fully cured. If you have ever taken a DNA test or watched an episode of CSI, then you know that one way to get DNA is through saliva. Through His saliva, Jesus was transferring His perfect DNA to this blind man to supernaturally heal him of his genetic defect. In the same way that the Lord created Adam out of the dirt of the ground, Jesus performed a new creation miracle that brought new life to this man.

But there is something more! Jesus’ use of spittle was also meant to communicate an important message about His origin and position as God’s firstborn Son and legitimate heir to His Father’s kingdom. In that culture, the firstborn son was entitled to a double portion of his father’s estate. The right of receiving the blessing of the firstborn could be contested if it were proved that the one in question was the firstborn of his mother but not his father, or if he was deemed to be illegitimate because he was born out of wedlock.

There was a belief among some first-century rabbis that the saliva of the firstborn son had healing properties and could be used to prove that the son in question had the right to receive the blessing of the firstborn. There is an example in the Talmud in which a son was proved to be the firstborn because his saliva was used to heal a man’s ailing eyes, which was supported by the following statement: “The spittle of the firstborn of a father is healing, but that of the firstborn of a mother is not healing.”3 But this example is minor in comparison to the miracle Jesus performed in John 9. Jesus did not restore the sight to an individual like in the example above, but He actually gave sight to a man who never had it at all.

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