Wings of Healing

Jesus fulfilled over 300 Messianic prophecies through His birth, life, death, and resurrection.

The probability of just eight of those prophecies being fulfilled by one person is 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000 — one in one hundred quadrillion.

That is not chance.That is not coincidence.That is a written miracle and promise.

One prophecy I heard the other day absolutely blew my mind. A pastor mentioned it, and I couldn’t stop thinking about it! I have taught and preached from the book of Malachi several times — and somehow I missed this!

Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament. There are 400 years between the Old Testament and the New Testament, a period often referred to as the “400 years of silence” or the intertestamental period. As far as we know, God did not speak, and no Scripture was written during that time.

One of the final prophecies in Malachi speaks of the coming Messiah and says that the “Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings” (Malachi 4:2). Verse 6 says, “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.”

The image of the sun’s rays spreading across the earth beautifully symbolizes the coming infusion of light and healing. In John 9:5, Jesus says, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Now here’s what is so incredible.

When Malachi says the Messiah will have “healing in His wings,” the Hebrew word used for “wings” is kanaph. This word can also be translated as “corner,” “edge,” or “fringe of a garment.”

Fast forward 400 years.

Jesus arrives on the scene. The Gospels describes Him as a Rabbi, and Jewish rabbis wore garments with fringed tassels hanging from the corners of their robes. The Hebrew word for those corners? Kanaph.

In other words — those fringes were the “wings.”

Now fast forward to Mark 5.

A woman who had suffered from an issue of blood for twelve years approaches Jesus. Scripture specifically says she touched the edge of His garment — the fringe — believing she would be healed.

Think about that.

This woman knew the prophecy in Malachi 4. For 400 years, Israel had waited for the Messiah who would come with “healing in His wings.” In faith, she reached for the kanaph — the fringe of His garment.

And immediately — she was healed.

What a powerful fulfillment of prophecy. And this wasn’t an isolated incident:

·       Mark 5 — The woman touches the fringe of His garment and is healed.

·       Matthew 14:36 — “They begged Him to let them touch even the fringe of His cloak, and all who touched it were healed.”

·       Mark 3:10 — “Many pressed in to touch Him.”

·       Mark 6:56 — “As many as touched Him were made well.”

Healing in His wings.

God said it.

Four hundred years passed.

Jesus fulfilled it.

If God kept his promise, what does that mean for your future? As a believer it means your eternity is secure. This is something I plan to share with the team this weekend in hopes it will strengthen their faith. I hope this strengthens your faith as well.

Pastor Jeremy- War Eagle!