Sorcery; Witchcraft
by Robert Goldman
(Ione, California)
STRONG'S GREEK DICTIONARY
5331 Pharmakeia: Medication, A Drug, Pharmacy
5332 Pharmakeus: Pharmacy, Pharmacist, Druggist
Revelation 18:23- Your Merchants (Pharmaceutical Companies) were great (Rich) men of the earth, All nations were led astray by your Sorcery- (Medications).
The worship of false god's and WITCHCRAFT (Pharmacy, Medications) I tell you now as I have told you in the past, That people who behave in these ways WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF YAHWEH. Galatians 5:20-21
(Also see Revelations 9:21; 21:8)
WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY
Medication: A medicating or being medicated, A medicine, Substances for curing or healing or for relieving pain.
Pharmacy: The art or profession of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, Drug Store,
Pharmaceutical: To practice witchcraft, use medicine, A poison, Medicine, Drug.
Pharmacist: A person licensed to practice pharmacy, Druggist.
Editor's Note:
Re 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Ga 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Ga 5:21 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 God.
Re 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Re 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Rev. 18:23--Merchants
Strong #: 1713
Emporos (em'-por-os);
one on a journey, whether by sea or by land, esp. for trade
a merchant as opposed to a retailer or petty tradesman
Rev. 18:23--Sorceries
Gal. 5:20--Witchcraft
Rev. 9:21--Sorceries
Strong #: 5331
Pharmakeia (far-mak-i'-ah);
the use or the administering of drugs
poisoning
sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it
metaph. the deceptions and seductions of idolatry
Rev. 21:8--sorcerers
Strong #: 5332
Pharmakeus (far-mak-yoos');
one who prepares or uses magical remedies
sorcerer
Although medications can certainly be used in a wrong way, so can many other things which would also be included under the heading of "witchcraft" or "sorcery".
In Rev. 18:23, merchants would not be solely confined to Pharmaceutical Companies but certainly could include them.
I just felt this needed some further clarification, so that someone did not get the idea that all Doctors and all Medication is wrong to use. For example, sometimes people break bones and need doctors to put them back together or some of us would have either bled to death or never been able to walk again. Sometimes certain medications are needed for infection or pain relief on a temporary basis. Sometimes people are diabetic and are not able to control the condition with diet so then need insulin. There are many other examples that could be used.
The wrong use of medications would certainly include all drugs used for recreational purposes and addictions, whether those drugs are bought on the street or from a Pharmacy. Laura Lee
