The Biblical Foundations of Health

The Biblical Foundations of Health

A Final Project

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Introduction 3-4

CHAPTER 2

Definition of Health 5-6

CHAPTER 3

Biblical view of Man 7-13

CHAPTER 4

Concept of Body , Spirit and soul 14-24

CHAPTER 5

Biblical laws of health 25-28

CHAPTER 6

Biblical view of disease 29-34

CHAPTER 7

Concepts of healing 35-39

CHAPTER 8

p Biblical Diet 40-43

CHAPTER 9

Summary 44-47

CHAPTER 10

Conclusion 48-51

CHAPTER 11

References 52-53

CHAPTER-1

INTRODUCTION

1 .1 Background

Thanks to the stressful lives that we all lead today , there is a growing concern about being healthy and fit . Despite a phenomenal technological advancement made by the modern day medical science , the concerns about deadly and seemingly incurable diseases like AIDS , cancer , neurological and cardiac diss , etc is on the rise . Good health has become a rare commodity and although people have the means to lead a comfortable and an affluent lifestyle , very few have the kind of health and well being needed to enjoy this lifestyle

Mankind has made numerous advancements , but the one thing that it has not been able to cope with is learning how to avoid falling sick and staying healthy . The ironical part is that man has the theoretical knowledge about how to stay healthy , but still ignores and compromises with his knowledge by indulging in stressful activities and not sparing any time for recreation , exercise , fresh air or rest . As they say everything comes for a price and so does vibrant good health . A great deal of self-control and diligence is required to achieve a healthy body and a healthy mind

It is amazing to observe that most of the modern medical science discoveries were prevalent even thousands of years back and can be found in the health principles laid down in the Bible . It is a fact that the ancient Hebrew was well versed with the `modern day medical science laws of health and well being . The Bible reveals numerous ancient health keys which provide valuable insights into ways of avoiding a lot of illnesses and disease . The health laws mentioned in the Bible show ways of avoiding diseases which are contagious or lifestyle driven epidemics , plagues , venereal diseases , cerebral and cardiac diss and even cancer

There is a lot of emphasis on the physical self in the Bible . It mentions that we all humans were created in the "image of God ' and that God , after creating us with physical bodies , also gave us the ability to heal physical bodies . As per the Bible , human beings , despite being multifactorial , are an integrated whole and it is this wholeness and integration of these multiple factors which results in good health

It is a fact that the Eternal 's purpose for humans is to be healthy However , unfortunately , many of us , even those who are supposedly true believers , are unhappy with their bodies and keep abusing them . There...