The Sun Of Righteousness Shall Arise.

THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL ARISE.

Malachi 4:1-2.

There was a remnant in the days of Malachi who reverenced the LORD and remained loyal to Him (Malachi 3:16-18). Those who revere the LORD are remembered by the LORD and are made up as His jewels. And when He returns, He shall discern between the righteous and the wicked (cf. Psalm 1:6).

“Behold the day cometh” (Malachi 4:1), speaks of the day of the LORD. In today’s allocated verses we see the two advents of Jesus: first here, it is the second advent, which “burns like a furnace” for the wicked.

Next, we see the first advent of Jesus, when unto those who reverence the LORD does “the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings” (Malachi 4:2). This can only be Jesus, the Righteous One, whose righteousness is imputed to those who put their trust in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21) and is alluded to in the song of Zacharias (Luke 1:78).

When Jesus first came, it was to bring light, healing, and salvation into this troubled world (cf. Luke 4:18-19). The end of Malachi 4:2 speaks of God’s people going forth “as calves of the stall.” This speaks to us of the freedom which Jesus brings, which is ‘freedom indeed’ (cf. John 8:36).