The Last Prophecies.

The Last Prophecies.

In the last prophecy of the Old Testament Christ is known as the rising sun, the Sun of Righteousness, coming with healing in His wings. This a promise, that those who keep His commandments would be both healed and blessed.

What’s more relaxing than to bask in the warmth of the noonday sun? Without the sun, nothing would exist upon the earth. The sun emits a huge amount of power, or energy. It brings joy, healing and vitality. It can also do the opposite and burn as a furnace, when not used correctly.

Jesus, who presides over the people in the final judgment, decides as to whether we shall burn in the heat of hell, or arise to a joyous and final resting place.

The ancient people of the bible often depicted solar imagery as deity symbols. Ancient civilisations used a winged sun disk as a symbol for divine beings. Hezekiah’s royal seal was that of a winged sun disk. So, it’s not a great stretch of the imagination for imagery such as this to be used in biblical writings.

There are a number of biblical passages comparing the Lord to the sun, to fertility, righteousness or justice, drawing a connection between them. As the moon shall be a light and the sun sevenfold, the Lord crosses the chasm between heaven and earth, bringing health and vigour to His people.

The last prophecy of the New Testament, Christ is the bright and morning star, the light of the morning, who comes with healing in His wings. His resurrection, our promise of life eternal and of life abundant.

Both Jesus and satan are called the morning star. How can that be? They’re so opposite in relation to each other. Though Jesus and satan have similarities, one is by far the greater. Jesus is the ‘bright morning star.’ Satan, just the morning star. Satan as always, the counterfeit - the lesser being, for that is all satan can do – copy and an inferior copy at that.

Just as Jesus is the Lion of Judah, bringing love and life and saving the nations, Satan too is depicted as a lion. Satan, the roaring lion seeking whom he can devour, bringing disillusionment as he comes to kill, steal and destroy. Satan, once again the inferior copy. A copy of hatred, as he tries without success to emulate the One and Only True God of the heavens.