THE LORD GOD IS A SUN. This is a statement of fact. The presence of God illuminates the whole area of His vicinity. The sun that gives us light and life is a star. All the stars of our universe are suns. Some are six hundred thousand time brighter than our sun. God shines with a greater brilliance than all of His creation. Antares, a bright star visible in the southern sky in the summer time, is four hundred million miles wide. It would take a jet plane traveling at the speed of one thousand mile per hour forty-six years to pass over its surface. We live in a vast universe and our God is in control of it all. Ps. 84:11The sun is not God, even such a thought is ridicules, but the glory of God is sunlike, bright and brilliant.
THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. The arrival of the Sun of righteousness. The day of judgment and retribution. A prophecy of the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus. Mal. 4:2 Please note the context in which this verse is set. The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven. Something that is revealed is an object that is seen, manifest or is disclosed. Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His strong and mighty angels at which time He will come in as a blazing, flaming fire, exterminating the ungodly who have rejected the Lord. They will be banished from His presence and from the glory of His power into everlasting destruction. 2 Thes. 1:7-9 We all recognize the truth of the scriptures concerning His Coming as a thief. Please note the total destruction destined for this earth and its inhabitants when HE COMES AS A THIEF. There will be one massive celestial explosion at which time the heavens and their contents, the atmosphere and the created stars will explode with an immense roar. The elements, the building blocks of all that exists or is material, or in other words the atomic structure of creation will breakup and melt because of the intense heat. The earth will be laid bare and all the works of men will be destroyed. No country or city will remain after such a horrendous visitation of destruction. 2 Pet. 3:10 It must also be noted here, that the Apostle makes reference to the COMING of that day. The word COMING that is used is the Greek word, pariousia, coming or rapture. 2 Pet. 3:12 Here he will reiterate his statements referring to the destruction of the heavens and their desolution and the breaking up of the atomic building blocks of all things that exist.
THE VISIT OF THE DAYSPRING. The birth of the Lord Jesus was the visitation of the rising sun or the dayspring. His intent was that the light, the glory of His Father should not only visit this earth but also be revealed to all, thus bringing peace of heart. Lk. 1:78-79 It is fitting that we give avid attention to the <more sure word of prophecy >, the Word of the Lord. Knowing that Christ in our lives is the elimination of the darkness of sin. The dawning of the day of light and the reception of the morning star into our hearts. 2 Pet. 1:19 Jesus is that bright and morning star. Remember, all stars are suns. Rev. 22:16 The overcomer will receive the morning star. Rev. 2:28 Let the light of that star of glory arise and shine in His fullness in your heart.