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. BUT UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME SHALL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS. The effect of the judgment on the righteous, as contrasted with its effect on the wicked (Malachi 4:1). To the wicked it shall be as an oven that consumes the "stubble;" to the righteous it shall be the advent of the gladdening "Sun," not of condemnation, but "of righteousness," not destroying, but "healing," as "the Lord our righteousness" (Jeremiah 23:6). UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME. The same as those in Ma...

The Prophet now turns his discourse to the godly; and hence it appears more clearly that he has been hitherto threatening those gross hypocrites who arrogated sanctity to themselves alone, while yet they were continuing to provoke God’s wrath; for he evidently addresses some different from those previously spoken of, when he says, Arise to you, etc.; he separates those who feared God, or the true servants of God, from that multitude with whom he has been hitherto contending. _Arise_, then, _to you who fear my name_, _etc _ There is to be noticed here a contrast; for the body of the people were infected as it were with a general contagion, but God had preserved a few uncontaminated. As then he had been hitherto contending with the greatest part of the people, so he now gathers as it were apart the chosen few, and promises to them Christ as the author of salvation. For the godly, we know,...

1-3 Here is a reference to the first and to the second coming of Christ: God has fixed the day of both. Those who do wickedly, who do not fear God's anger, shall feel it. It is certainly to be applied to the day of judgment, when Christ shall be revealed in flaming fire; to execute judgment on the proud, and all that do wickedly. In both, Christ is a rejoicing Light to those who serve him faithfully. By the Sun of Righteousness we understand Jesus Christ. Through him believers are justified and sanctified, and so are brought to see light. His influences render the sinner holy, joyful, and fruitful. It is applicable to the graces and comforts of the Holy Spirit, brought into the souls of men. Christ gave the Spirit to those who are his, to shine in their hearts, and to be a Comforter to them, a Sun and a Shield. That day which to the wicked will burn as an oven, will to the righteous be...

Verse Malachi 4:2. _YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME_] The persons mentioned in the _sixteenth_ verse of the preceding chapter, ye that look for redemption through the Messiah. Malachi 3:16 _THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The Lord Jesus, the promised Messiah; the Hope of Israel. _WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS_] As the _sun_, by the rays of _light_ and _heat_, revives, cheers, and fructifies the whole creation, giving, through God, _light_ and _life_ everywhere; so Jesus Christ, by the influences of his _grace_ and _Spirit_, shall quicken, awaken, enlighten, warm, invigorate, heal, purify, and refine every soul that believes in him, and, by his _wings_ or _rays_, diffuse these blessings from one end of heaven to another

BUT (AND) UNTO YOU, WHO FEAR MY NAME, SHALL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE - It is said of God Psalms 84:11, “The Lord God is a sun and a shield, and Isaiah 60:19, The Lord shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory; thy sun shall no more go down, for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light;” and Zacharias, speaking of the office of John the Baptist in the words of Malachi, “thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His way, speaks of Luke 1:76, Luke 1:78. the tender mercy of our God, whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness.” “He w

EXPOSITION MALACHI 4:1 4._ The final separation of the evil and the good at the day of judgment._ MALACHI 4:1 BURN AS AN OVEN (_a furnace_)_. _Fire is often spoken of in connection with the day of judgment and the advent of the Judge. It is a symbol of the holiness of God, which consumes all impurity, and also represents the punishment inflicted on the ungodly (Psalms 1:1; Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 66:15,...

BUT UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME,.... The few that were of this character among that wicked nation; Malachi 3:16: SHALL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE; not the Holy Ghost, who enlightens sinners, convinces of righteousness, and gives joy, peace, and comfort to the saints, but Christ: and thus it is interpreted of him by the ancient Jews, in one of their Midrashes or expositions a; they say, Moses says not they shall be for ever pledged, that is, the clothes of a neighbour, but until the sun comes, until the Messiah comes, as it is said, "unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise", c. and Philo the Jew b not only observes, that God, figuratively speaking, is the sun; but the divine "Logos" or Word of God, the image of the heavenly Being, is called the sun; who, coming to our earthly system, helps the kindred and followers of virtue, and affords ample ref

Malachi 4:1. _For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you_ Here is the difference: «But unto you» Malachi 4:2. _That fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise-_ Not like a scorching and burning oven as the sun of the heavens is in the East, but he shall arise Malachi 4:2. _With healing in his wing; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall._ All is right with those who are right with God....

FEAR See note, (Psalms 19:9). (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _ SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 1:16). _...

THE REMNANT AND THE CONCLUDING PROPHECY CHAPTER 3:16-4:6 In the midst of all these moral conditions, the apostasy of the masses, we find a pleasing picture of a godly portion, whom the Lord mentions in a special manner. There were those who feared the Lord. They had no sympathy with the wicked practices of their brethren; they did not share the contempt and unbelief manifested by the rank and file of the people. They were drawn together by the Spirit of God; they had fellowship one with another. They came together to think upon His Name, to honor Him, to read His Word, to call unto the Lord. And the Lord heard; He was pleased with them, and He is represented as recording their names in the Book of Remembrance, the bookkeeping in glory Psalms 56:8. He has a special promise for such. “And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spa