SWEDEN - Tattoos Cause Lymphoma?

Arno Froese

The Torah rules in Leviticus 19:28 that permanent tattooing on the body violates Jewish law, “You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.” In addition, the Rambam (Maimonides) saw the origin of this prohibition [relating to it being] an act of idolatry, arguing that it was a pagan custom.

Perhaps the great Jewish commentator on the Torah knew something that scientists in Sweden now suspect. They have just published a study on the subject in the journal E-Clinical Medicine under the title, “Tattoos as a risk factor for malignant lymphoma: A population-based case-control study.”

“We already know that when the tattoo ink is injected into the skin, the body interprets this as something foreign that should not be there, and the immune system is activated. A large part of the ink is transported away from the skin to the lymph nodes, where it is deposited,” said Lund University’s Christel Nielsen.

-www.jpost.com, 27 May 2024

Arno's Commentary

Common sense dictates that deliberately deforming one’s skin is not the intention of the Creator. David prayed in Psalm 139:14: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” Then he adds in verse 16: “Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”

The article quotes Leviticus 19:28, which reads in the KJV: “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”

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Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.