{"id":3338,"date":"2025-07-08T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:32:34","slug":"healing-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/healing-and-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing and Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In the Waypoints manga \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/project\/pool\/\"><strong>The Pool<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d a man finds <strong>hope and healing<\/strong> after some 38 years of waiting and relying on the wrong things.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like all our stories, this one is inspired by scenes from one of the biblical biographies of Jesus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/JHN.5.NLT\" rel=\"noopener\">John 5:1-15<\/a>). It takes place at a place called the Pool of Bethesda. Though it was located in Jerusalem, there is archaeological evidence that this healing pool, where the story takes place, may have had connections to paganism, specifically Greek god of healing, Asclepius.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This manga shows the main character\u2019s heart change from trusting in superstition to having true faith in Jesus. As he discovered, Jesus is the true source of healing He\u2019s the one with power and authority over both natural and supernatural evils.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And yes, <strong>this is still true today!<\/strong> The following video tells one Japanese\u2019s man\u2019s story of finding healing and hope in Jesus:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_video_0 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u9707\u707d\u5f8c\u306b\u5947\u8de1\u3092\u901a\u3057\u3066\u5909\u308f\u3063\u305f\u4eba\u751f | A Miracle After a Disaster \u300c\u6771\u65e5\u672c\u5927\u9707\u707d\u300d (ENG SUB)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dtw2gM3eEbM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do YOU look for healing and hope in life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_post_nav_0 et_pb_posts_nav nav-single et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"nav-previous\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/another-manga-art-process-video\/\" rel=\"prev\" class=\"\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">&larr; <\/span><span class=\"nav-label\">Previous Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"nav-next\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/mom-blog\/\" rel=\"next\" class=\"\"><span class=\"nav-label\">Next Post<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waypoints.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}