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. (Malachi 4:2)
Heb. push, “to spring about,” or “to paw the ground [playfully].” The redeemed are pictured as leaping for joy at the final outcome of God’s justice and love (see GC 673).
The Sun of righteousness.
An expressive figure of Christ as the “light of the world” (John 8:12; see John 1:4) and the Source of our righteousness (see Jer. 23:6; 1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9). Christ is ever ready to bring spiritual light to His people in times of need. In this sense it may be said that the “Sun of righteousness” arose at the first advent of Christ (see DA 261), and will “arise” in a special way in the time of great moral darkness just preceding His second advent (see PK 716, 717).
Calves of the stall.
Heb. ‘egle marbeq, “fatted [?] calves.” The exact meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. The RSV reads “calves from the stall.” The LXX reads “young calves let loose from bonds.”