This past Tuesday Arizona voters headed to the polls to vote for one of the most controversial propositions on the ballot this year, Proposition 203. The citizen-initiated proposition hoped to legalize marijuana for medical treatments for diseases such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, and Alzheimer’s. This is the fourth time in 14 years that the issue of legalizing marijuana has come before voters; the first time being in 1996, followed by 1998, 2002 and now 2010.
Believe it or not the issue of drugs is discussed in the Bible. In Galatians 5:20, the Apostle Paul lists sorcery as one of many “works of the flesh” (i.e. sins). Interestingly, the Greek word for sorcery used in this passage is pharmakeia. Pharmakeia can be defined as the use or administering of drugs, which is where the English word pharmacy is derived. In addition to Galatians, this term is used only two other places within the Bible. In Revelation 9:21, the Apostle John reports that during the time of the Tribulation, one of the evils that men did not repent of was their sorceries (i.e. drug use). Several chapters later in Revelation 18:23, John reveals that the great men of the earth, who were part of the now fallen Great City Babylon, used sorceries (i.e. drug use) to deceive the nations.
According to Scripture, it is clear that the use and administering of drugs will be an issue in these Last Days. So much so, that even in the face of great tribulation, men will rather turn away from God than to turn away from their drugs. Further, the widespread use of these drugs will allow the powerbrokers of the world to deceive the masses. With this thought in mind, it is safe to say that the fight to legalize marijuana is not over and that supporters of this proposition will be back for the next election in Arizona in order to pass this into law.
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