45 The earth
rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth
her light by night, and the stars also give their light, as they roll upon
their wings in their glory, in the midst of the power of God.
(Doctrine
and Covenants 88:45)
JE: But with
respect to them that fear God's name, his beams shall not be scorching but
healing, of a benign, pleasant, healthful nature. His light will be joyful to
them; it will be a glorious morning to them when this Sun arises after such a
long night, and their souls shall grow and flourish under the influences of
that Sun, as living plants and animals grow and thrive under the warm beams of
the sun, so that they shall “grow up as calves of the stall.”
When it is here said that the Sun of righteousness shall “arise with healing in his wings,” by “his wings” we are to understand his rays or beams.
When we look on
the sun in the heavens, his body appears to us as encompassed with bright beams
going forth on every side, or as it were with pointed flames of bright
light around about him.
These beams,
according to the ancient eastern manner of expressing things, were called the
sun's wings. The sun appears flying through the heavens, and those bright beams
that come out of the body of the sun were what they were wont to call his— the
sun's— wings.
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