Condition: Consumption (Tuberculosis)

This is a disease involving the wasting away of tissue.  The Hebrew word here means roughly “emaciation.”  God declares this to be part of the curse for breaking the Law in Deuteronomy 28:15-68.

Deuteronomy 28:22:
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

It is also listed among the curses for breaking God’s covenant in Leviticus 26:14-39.

Leviticus 26:16:
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Why should a penalty for breaking the Law reside in a Christian, who is righteous as far as the Law is concerned because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ?  It shouldn’t.  Christ has redeemed us from this curse (Galatians 3:10-14).

“Emaciation” is listed three times as one of Job’s trials that Satan gave him (Job 10:10-11, Job 16:8, Job 19:20).  Satan gave it to him and God healed him.  If God would heal Job of this, He surely wants you to be rid of it as well!

One of the most famous healing evangelists in history was healed from this disease before he started his ministry.