Nataleigh - another commentary explains it like this: The Sun of Righteousness is Jesus Christ and it is in reference to the millenial reign of Christ after the anti-christ has been done away with. In Jeremiah he references Jesus as our Righteousness and in other passages Jesus is referred to as our sunrise.
God�s desire has always been to provide righteousness to those who trust Him (e.g., Genesis 15:6). On some occasions, God�s people were said to be �clothed in righteousness� ( Job 29:14; Psalm 132:9; Isaiah 61:10), and here in Malachi 4:2 God�s people will see the Sun of Righteousness Himself rising over the world. It�s a picture of the future millennial reign of Jesus Christ. The darkness of the Antichrist�s reign will vanish, and the light of God will take its place. It�s a new day dawning; God�s people will revel in their freedom like gamboling calves leaping from their stalls ( Isaiah 65:17-25; Hosea 14:4-7; Amos 9:13-15; Zephaniah 3:19-20).
I hope this helps some. Good question though as it invokes one to research the phrase and hence we all learn from it.
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God�s desire has always been to provide righteousness to those who trust Him (e.g., Genesis 15:6). On some occasions, God�s people were said to be �clothed in righteousness� ( Job 29:14; Psalm 132:9; Isaiah 61:10), and here in Malachi 4:2 God�s people will see the Sun of Righteousness Himself rising over the world. It�s a picture of the future millennial reign of Jesus Christ. The darkness of the Antichrist�s reign will vanish, and the light of God will take its place. It�s a new day dawning; God�s people will revel in their freedom like gamboling calves leaping from their stalls ( Isaiah 65:17-25; Hosea 14:4-7; Amos 9:13-15; Zephaniah 3:19-20).
I hope this helps some. Good question though as it invokes one to research the phrase and hence we all learn from it.
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