Promise in the Prophets 452: Sun of Righteousness will Arise

452. Sun of Righteousness will arise

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

God promises a Sun of righteousness to arise with healing for us. Of course, this is a prophecy of the Messiah who is to come and arise on the earth. The dawning of that day was Christmas Day, the birth of Jesus. The Christ arises, like the sun, for those who fear the name of the Lord, that is, those who believe God

Jesus is the light of the world; Jesus is the sun rising. Isaiah 9:2: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who dwelt in land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.” We, all humans born on earth, live in a land of deep darkness. The dark land is called “the world” with its godless philosophical, religious, political, temporal, material, self-centered ways of thinking. The world system is blinded by the lies of Satan and shrouded by Death. People do not even know the darkness in which they live until they see the light of Christ. We all need the revelation of the Spirit to shine a light upon our dark ways through the Word of God. We are blind until we see. When the Sun rises and the Light shines in our dead spirit, then we believe. Believing is seeing. Now we walk in the light as He is in the light, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. Jesus is light. The Light penetrates the heart and pushes back the darkness. This Sun needs to rise in our hearts every morning, for the darkness threatens to engulf us every day. Darkness wants to swallow us up and smother us, but it cannot. The Sun shines. The Light comes. 

The promise includes healing. The metaphor seems mixed: does the sun have wings? But the truth is that healing comes with the Sun. Jesus is truth and righteousness. We are righteous by faith; righteousness heals broken hearts, damaged emotions, deceived minds and unhealthy bodies. Healing arises. Healing comes. Receive Him and go forth.