Jehovah Rapha – Heals

Names of God

“If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statues, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you. (Exo.15:26 NKJV)

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Rapha - Heals.

Yahweh Rapha – the Lord who heals

Shortly after his people left Egypt for the Promised Land, God revealed himself as Yahweh Raphe, “the LORD who heals.” The Hebrew word rapha means heal, cure, restore, or make whole.

We first discover the name of Jehovah Rapha in Exo.15:26. Prior to this verse, we see instances of “rapha,” even in regards to something God can do for people (Gen. 20:17), but this is the first instance in which God reveals Healer as part of his identity. Scripture also uses the name Jehovah Rapha in verses such as Jer. 30:17, Isa. 30:26, Isa. 61:1, and Psalm 103:3.

Jesus heals

The New Testament reveals Jesus as the Great Physician, the healer of body and soul, whose miracles point to the kingdom of God.

Therefore

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Peter 2:24