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Other beautiful parallels

1. “The Sun of righteousness” from the book of the prophet Malachi (Mal. 4:2) The last
book of the Old Testament ends with a promise: “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.” Here it is no longer a star, but the full Sun — an
image of the full daybreak and of healing. The morning star (Venus) appears first,
when the night has not yet ended, and proclaims: “Soon the sun will rise!” Jesus is
both the morning star (the herald) and the Sun of righteousness itself, which brings
final healing, righteousness, and freedom. Many see a connection here: Christ first
comes as a quiet Light in the heart (the morning star), and at the Second Coming —
as the bright Sun that will scatter all the darkness of the world.
2. The light shining in the darkness (2 Pet. 1:19 and John 8:12) We have already spoken
of this: Peter calls us to hold to Scripture “as unto a light…” Jesus Himself says: “I
am the light of the world” (John 8:12). A beautiful chain results:
- Scripture — a lantern in the night,
- The morning star (Christ) — already rising in the heart of the believer,
- The full day — when He comes in glory.
3. The promise to the faithful (Rev. 2:28) In the epistle to the church in Thyatira, Jesus
promises to the one who overcomes: “And I will give him the morning star.” This
means — to give Himself, His glory, His light, and a share in His kingly power.

The whole beautiful picture

The entire Bible seems to paint one story about the Light that conquers the darkness:

• 1400 years before the Nativity of Christ, Balaam sees a distant star out of Jacob.
• At the moment of Jesus’s birth, this star becomes visible — the magi follow it.
• Throughout the life of believers, Christ quietly rises as the morning star in the heart
through the Word and through faith.
• In the end — He appears as the bright morning star and as the Sun of righteousness,
bringing full healing and a new day.