The Love of Money

I've participated in several rather curt conversation about herbs and pharmaceuticals, recently.  Seems ever since I wrote the article about sickness, it's been one disagreement after another somewhere.  As I was praying, I simply asked Abba if I was being stiff necked in my view.  With that, it was as if information just began to pour from the throne.  He is G-d, and He shares His glory with no other.  He is YHWH Raphah.  Messiah is our High Priest.  According to Torah, illnesses were to be presented before the High Priest.  He changes not, and Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
I've always accepted that America's Christian society has embraced the idea of our Creator using doctors and pharmaceuticals, and will argue that belief vehemently; but the government taking control, NOW there's a problem . . .

Nurses are mentioned in Scripture, but it was a life commitment of service, not a lucrative career of passing meds and enforcing policy.  The term physician rarely appears, and it was not part of the culture of Israel.

In the book of Acts, the term for sorcery referred to a magician, but in Galatians, the term "witchcraft" and in the Revelation, the term "sorcery" were translated from the word:

farmakeiva  [pharmakeia]  The foundational term seems obvious, with the eternal results, ominous.  I've shared this information for years, and for the most part, I'm viewed as a religious zealot on the subject, but, I'd rather be seen as a kook by men, than to stand in account for not sounding this warning. Now, to the love of money trail . . . It began simply with aspirin in the mid 19th century and near the turn of the 20th century, literally exploded around the world.  The foundation for the pharmaceutical industry was the formulation of synthesizing natural products for mass production and patents.  It began so simply.  No company could hold a patent on nature.  The properties of white willow bark were chemically reproduced, made into a powder, and at first only distributed to doctors to prescribe.  As the market expanded, the laboratories determined the most lucrative plan was to make it directly available to the public.  It was then that formulas were patented and logos pressed into tablets.  As more chemicals were formulated, and nature still cannot be patented, the pharmaceutical industry has grown to be a very powerful and wealth generating industry, in which most societies have placed their "undying" trust.  So powerful, that Monsanto purchased GD Searle & Company nearly 30 years ago. The connection between a poor diet and synthetic remedies generates a great deal of wealth but no true health.