Isa 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
illness was not in the world until adam and eve did the one thing God said not to... eat the fruit. God said what He made was good and then after creation week said it was very good. there is no way illnesses could have been in paradise with God saying its good. I do not know anywhere in the bible it speaks of germs or comes out talking about when illnesses came into existence.
The Book says Jesus was given the sentence of 40 lashes, most likely with the cat-o-nine whip. Historically that was what was used. the culture back then believed 40 lashes was death for sure and so if a sentence was given for 40 lashes they only gave 39. i am not going to say Jesus only got 39 or no He got the full 40. but i will say tho is that in the world today there are 39 types of categories of diseases. 39. by His stripes we were healed.
I believe when man fell in the garden is when diseases and illnesses entered the scene. can i prove this with scripture? not word for word, but it is mostly implied. its because of sin we have these illnesses today.
my other theory is that the germs and bacteria were always present but our immune system previous to the fall would have been impervious to these illnesses.
germs are a physical thing. demons are spirits.
the important thing here tho is that Jesus Christ has paid in full the penalty for us and that we have the opportunity to one day never be sick again. no death. no suffering.
i do have suspicion tho that in hell there will be illnesses and you will never get well. i read some literature written by someone that practiced rituals out of the book of the dead, and he wrote that in hell there was a demon he saw with some sort of STD that caused its genitalia to rot perpetually, with out end. this particular demon howls in pain and agony continuously.
i am so glad i am saved.