The sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. MALACHI 4:2
Starlight is the witness of God’s people in a Christ- rejecting world. But, one day, we will see the full light of the sun.
A glorious day is coming. The Lord Jesus Christ will return in power and glory, and when He comes again, the whole world will be flooded with light.
The dead will be raised. All that has been hidden in darkness will be exposed (1 Cor. 4:5). There will be a new heaven and a new earth, and God’s people will enter the full joy of their inheritance:
And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. (Rev. 22:5)
We will live in the light of the presence of the Lord forever. Malachi says that day will be like the sunrise on a glorious new morning. “The sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings” (Mal. 4:2).
The Old Testament era was like moonlight. The three years of our Lord’s public ministry were like a floodlight. Today, we are living in the era of starlight. But that is not the end of the story. A new day is coming when Christ will return in power and glory.
Knowing that the era of “sunlight” is coming—bringing full healing, restoration, joy, and love along with it—how does that help you to live for Jesus Christ today?
Written by Colin Smith
Read by Sue McLeish
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