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The word witchcraft brings about
images of women in dark pointy hats standing over
cauldrons stirring smoldering contents while
chanting rhymes calling upon the forces of darkness.
What does Scripture actually say witchcraft is and
how does that line up with our beliefs that have
been handed down from generation to generation?
Witchcraft defined
Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft
(5331), hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which
I tell you before, as I have also told you in time
past, that they which do such things shall not
inherit the kingdom of Elohim.
farmakeiva Pharmakeia (far-mak-i'-ah); Word
Origin: Greek, Noun Feminine, Strong #: 5331
the use or the
administering of drugs, poisoning. sorcery,
magical arts, often found in connection with
idolatry and fostered by it Metaphorically: the
deceptions and seductions of idolatry
This is from the root word
farmakeuvß Pharmakeus (far-mak-yoos'); Noun
Masculine, Strong #: 5332
one who prepares or
uses magical remedies sorcerer
The drug industry is
recognized as the Pharmaceutical Industry!
Webster's Dictionary defines
pharmaceutical as:
From the Greek word Pharmakeia, to
practice witchcraft, use medicine, a
poison, medicine 1. Of pharmacy or pharmacists. 2.
Of or by drugs: as, pharmaceutical cure.
Revalation 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all
in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the
bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your
merchants were the great men of the earth; for by
their sorceries (5331)were all nations deceived. Re
9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of
their sorceries,(5331) nor of their fornication, nor
of their thefts.
The following tables
present date from Fortune Magazine for the top 5
industries by each of those 3 measures plus the
Computers, Office Equipment industry for comparison.
The computer and office equipment industry is a
useful comparator because like the pharmaceutical
industry it is a high technology manufacturing
industry, but unlike the pharmaceutical industry it
has produced continuous improvements over the past
50 years in quality and cost effectiveness.
TOP 5 INDUSTRIES
(Plus Computers, Office Equipment)
Return on Revenues
Industry Rank Industry 2001 Profits as % of Revenues
1 Pharmaceuticals 18.5
2 Commercial Banks 13.5
3 Diversified Financials 10.9
4 Mining, Crude-Oil Production 8.6
5 Household Products 8.3
23 Computers, Office Equipment 2.3
These are the top 5 companies. There are a total of 14
US Companies, their revenues are $215,098,000,000.00
and their profits are $37,733,000,000.00, for 2001.
Pharmaceuticals
Rank Company Revenues Profits
Millions $ Millions $
1 Merck 47,716 7,282
2 Johnson & 33,004 5,668
Johnson
3 Pfizer 32,259 7,788
4 Bristol- 21,717 5,245
Myers
Squibb
5 Pharmacia 19,299 1,501
The following is an
excerpt from a 2001 report from Doctors Without
Borders. Copyright 2001 IPS:
The MSF group (Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF - Doctors Without Borders)
report says that, of the 1,393 new medications
approved between 1975 and 1999, just 13 - or one
percent - were aimed at treating tropical diseases,
demonstrating the "dire lack of drug R&D into
unprofitable diseases." "Drugs are not developed
according to public health need, but according to
profitability," said Pécoul. MSF is currently
funding three pilot drug development projects on
drugs for malaria, leishmaniasis and sleeping
sickness, working in partnership with experts from
Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia and Burkina Faso. Walter
Fust, director of the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation, said "the profits from developing
new medications for a disease that affects mostly
the poorest countries of the world are judged by the
pharmaceutical industry to be too small to justify
new investments."
In Debarim (Deuteronomy)
28, the Blessings and Cursings are listed. One curse
is of particular interest in light of the
pharmaceutical companies:
Debarim 28:50
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not
regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the
young:
And in 2 Dibre haYamim (Chronicles)
36:17, when judgment was brought upon Yahudah (Judah):
2 Dibre haYamim 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the
Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in
the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion
upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that
stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
How does this Nation regard
the old?
Prescription Drug Pricing in Vermont:
Drug Companies Profit at the Expense of Older
Americans
Prepared for Rep. Bernard
Sanders Minority Staff Report Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight
U.S. House of Representatives
October 9, 1998
This staff report was prepared at the request of Rep.
Bernard Sanders of Vermont. In Mr. Sanders' district,
as in many other congressional districts around the
country, older Americans are increasingly concerned
about the high prices that they pay for prescription
drugs. Mr. Sanders requested that the minority staff
of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
investigate this issue. Older Americans in Vermont pay
inflated prices for commonly used drugs. For the ten
drugs investigated in this study, the average price
differential in Mr. Sanders' district was 96%. When
just the five most popular drugs for seniors are
considered, the price differential increases to 109% .
This means that senior citizens and other individuals
who pay for their own drugs pay twice as much for
these drugs than the drug companies' most favored
customers. For other popular drugs, the price
differential is even higher. This study also analyzed
a number of other popular drugs used by older
Americans, and in some cases found even higher price
differentials. The drug with the highest price
differential was Synthroid, a commonly used hormone
treatment manufactured by Knoll Pharmaceuticals. For
this drug, the price differential for senior citizens
in Vermont was 1,515%. An equivalent dose of this drug
would cost the manufacturer's favored customers only
$1.75, but would cost the average senior citizen in
Vermont more than $28.00. For Micronase, a diabetes
treatment manufactured by Upjohn, an equivalent dose
would cost the favored customers $10.05, while seniors
in Vermont are charged $46.56. The price differential
was 363%
WARNING!
Revalation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers,(5332) and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone: which is the second death.
Ibrim (Hebrews) 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you
an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the
living Elohim.
What happens to those that
depart from the living Elohim?
Debarim 28:15, 59-61
But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken
to the voice of Yahuah, your Elohim, to observe to
do all His commandments and His statutes which I
command you this day; that all these curses shall
come upon you, and overtake you. 59 Then Yahuah will
make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your
seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance,
and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60
Moreover He will bring upon you all the diseases of
Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall
cleave unto you. 61 Also every sickness, and every
plague, which is not written in the book of this
law, them will Yahuah bring upon you, until you are
destroyed.
Those who are in unbelief
get sick and then turn to the sorcerers for a
curse!
The sorcerers of Scripture are
the doctors and pharmacists of today!
How did the Emmisaries,
Prophets and Taught Ones die?
Ya'acob (James), son of Zabdai (Zebedee): Beheaded
Philip: Scourged and impaled
Ya'acob: Beat, stoned, and hit in the head with a club
Mattias: Stoned and beheaded
Andri (Andrew): Impaled
Mark: Dragged to pieces
Kepha (Peter): Impaled
Shaul (Paul): Beheaded
Yehudah (Jude): Impaled
Bartholomi (Bartholomew): Beaten and impaled
T'oma (Thomas): Speared
Luke: Hanged
Shim'on (Simon): Impaled
Yohanan (John)the Immerser Beheaded
Mosheh (Moses): Died; his strength not abated
Not one died of an illness or
sickness!
Could it be that through
unbelief: curses of disease and sickness fall and
then a turning to witchcraft for cures?
Tehillim (Psalm)
32:1-11
A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2
Blessed is the man unto whom Yahuah imputes not
iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my
roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy
hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into
the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my
sin unto You, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahuah;
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For
this shall every one that is El-like pray unto You
in a time when You may be found: surely in the
floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto
him. 7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve
me from trouble; You shall compass me about with
songs of deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct you
and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will
guide you with mine eye. 9 Be you not as the horse,
or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose
mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they
come near unto you. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked: but he that trusts in Yahuah, mercy shall
compass him about. 11 Be glad in Yahuah, and
rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you
that are upright in heart.
Tehillim 103:1-3
A Psalm of David. Bless Yahuah, O my soul: and all
that is within me, bless His qodesh name. 2 Bless
Yahuah, O my soul, and forget not all His
benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who
heals all your diseases;
Mishle (Proverbs)
3:7,8
Be not wise in your own eyes: fear Yahuah, and
depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to your
navel, and marrow to your bones.
Yeshayahu (Isaiah)
53:4-6
Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten
of Elohim, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for
our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon
Him; and with His stripes we are healed. 6 All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and Yahuah has laid on Him the
iniquity of us all.
Mattithyahu (Matthew)
4:23,24
And Yahusha went about all Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the Tov News of
the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness
and all manner of disease among the people. 24 And
His fame went throughout all Syria: and they
brought unto Him all sick people that were taken
with divers diseases and torments, and those which
were possessed with devils, and those which were
lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and He
healed them.
2 Kepha (Peter) 1:3
According as His Mighty-like power has given unto
us all things that pertain unto life and
Elohimliness, through the knowledge of Him that
has called us to esteem and virtue:
Bemidbar (Numbers) 23:19
Elohim is not a man, that He should lie;
neither the son of man, that He should repent:
has He said, and shall He not do it? or has He
spoken, and shall He not make it tov?
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