“AND HE SAID unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole: go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.” “He saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.”
In addition to the individual blessings with these two incidents there is an interesting typical meaning to the narrative. First, Jairus tells us, in type, of the godly remnant of Israel looking for their Messiah and when Jesus came they recognized and owned Him as such. They were well aware their nation was “sick unto death,” but they hoped the Lord would have healing for it and that they would see an earthly kingdom set up right then and there in power and authority.
But, sad to say, it was the members of that very nation who crucified the Lord and would not have Him. “He came unto His own, but His own received Him not.” John 1:1111He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:11). Certainly God could not bring restoration and blessing to a wicked nation under those circumstances. In Matthew 21 verses 37 to the end of the chapter, the Lord spoke directly to the Jews of this very thing when He said: “He sent unto them His Son, saying, they will reverence My Son. But when the husbandmen saw the Son, they said among themselves... come, let us kill Him... When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will He do unto these husbandmen?... I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”
Yet God does not forget His earthly people Israel and has great promises for the faithful remnant of a future day. But meanwhile an interval exists while the “glad tidings” are presented to all nations everywhere, including individuals among the house of Israel—but with blessing to that nation delayed.
The woman, whose story interlocks with that of Jairus and his daughter, appears then to be a type of one individually seeking (and finding) salvation, even though she is a member of the nation now suffering for their rejection of Christ. She is also a type of sinners of all nationalities— very much aware of a sad and hopeless condition, after trying every possible cure through her own resources and the most costly in the world around her, but “was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.”
This reminds us that the law and commandments (though themselves good and perfect) cannot bring us individually to God, for we cannot fulfill them; nor can an effort to improve our nature, our behaviour, or turning to this world’s “religions” free us from our incurable sins and the pronouncement of death upon us. No, none of these things is of any avail. The trouble was incurably in her blood — the vital essence of life itself. So it is with man in his natural state. The incurableness of sin is affecting the very issue of life and try though he will, he can never improve himself or change his unhappy condition, except by coming to Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, owning his need and resting in faith on the work of Calvary.
You say, “But I have nothing to bring.” So it was with this poor soul. She had spent all and was penniless, but this only made her the more acceptable to the Lord. What a delight to find the very Son of God fully meeting her need and asking nothing in return except faith. Salvation is “without money and without price” and the invitation in Revelation 22:1717And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:17) is: “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
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