Healing in His Wings

(Mal 4:2 NKJV) But to you who fear My name

The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

Num 15:38-39 ESV

(38) "Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their
garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of
each corner.
(39) And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of
the LORD, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which
you are inclined to whore after.

If you will look at a tallit, you will notice there are four corners to which the tzitzit are
attached. In Hebrew the word for corner is “kanaph”. It can also be translated as wings
or skirt. Those who were priests, kings, or prophets had special designs on their corners
that they wore like insignias for the military. Knowing this, let’s read some of those
familiar scriptures again.

H3671
‫כנף‬
kânâph
kaw-nawf'
From H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed
clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle: - + bird, border, corner,
end, feather [-ed], X flying, + (one an-) other, overspreading, X quarters, skirt, X sort,
uttermost part, wing ([-ed]).

H3671
‫כנף‬
kânâph
BDB Definition:
1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt
1a) wing
1b) extremity
1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)

Deu 22:12 ESV

(12) "You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you
cover yourself.

Rth 2:12 ESV

(12) The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by
the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!"
Rth 3:9 ESV
(9) He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your
wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer."

1Sa 15:27-28 ESV

(27) As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
(28) And Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this
day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

1Sa 24:4 ESV

(4) And the men of David said to him, "Here is the day of which the LORD said to you,
'Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall
seem good to you.'" Then David arose and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

Psa 61:4 ESV

(4) Let me dwell in your tent forever! Let me take refuge under the shelter of your wings!
Selah.

Eze 16:8 ESV

(8) "When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love,
and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I
made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD,
and you became mine.

Zec 8:23 ESV

(23) Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every
tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have
heard that God is with you.'"

You all remember the story in the NT of the woman with the issue of blood. Have you
ever asked yourself why she wanted to touch Jesus’ clothes? What was the basis of her
belief? Where did she get the idea?

Mar 5:25-34 ESV

(25) And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
(26) and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
(27) She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and
touched his garment.
(28) For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well."
(29) And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was
healed of her disease.
(30) And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately
turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?"
(31) And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you
say, 'Who touched me?'"
(32) And he looked around to see who had done it.
(33) But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling
and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
(34) And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be
healed of your disease."

Jesus was a Jewish rabbi of the first century. He wore a tallit. The woman who touched
him was Jewish as well. She had heard the teachers expound on Mal 4:2 that when
Messiah came, He would have healing in His wings – or on the corners of His tallit. Her
faith was based on the word of God and when she acted on that faith – she was made
whole.