Healing in His Wings - Javan Smith - Charis Daily- Season 1, Ep. 18

Main ideas / concepts

• Healing associated with Jesus’ garment: The teaching centers on the belief that people sought healing by touching the “hem/border” of Jesus’ garment, linked to Malachi 4:2—the “Son of righteousness” who brings healing “in his wings/border.”

• The woman with the issue of blood as the key example (Luke 8):

  • She had a 12-year issue of blood.
  • She spent everything on physicians but was not healed.
  • She came from behind and touched the border of Jesus’ garment, and her flow stopped.
  • Jesus responded by asking, “Who touched me?” and said, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole.”

• Not only one person touched the hem: The speaker argues this practice was recurring—scripture (Mark 6) indicates that whenever Jesus entered places, people brought the sick into marketplaces and begged to touch the hem/border of His garment, and “as many as touched Him were made well.”

• Why the “hem/border” specifically? (Malachi 4:2):

  • The “wings” term is presented as coming from Hebrew “kanap,” which can mean either “wing” or “border/skirt/edge of a garment.”
  • Therefore, “healing in his wings” is interpreted as healing in his garment border/edge—the part people reached.

• Expectation arises from revelation of Jesus’ identity:

  • The speaker connects garment-touching faith to beliefs about who Jesus is (Messiah).
  • Example: “Son of David” language used by blind men is framed as evidence that they recognized Jesus as Messiah—creating expectation for healing.

• What scholars think they touched: the “tassel/sit(s)/tzitzit” (Numbers 15):

  • The video claims scholars generally agree the woman likely touched a specific tassel on the border of Jesus’ garment (described by the speaker with the term “sait/sit,” corresponding to biblical tzitzit).
  • Numbers 15:37–39 is used to explain that God commanded Israel to make tassels on the corners/borders of garments with a blue thread, as a reminder to remember and obey God’s commandments.

• Humility as the posture of receiving healing:

  • The tassel is framed as reminding people they are meant to keep God’s law.
  • Since no one kept the law perfectly (except Jesus), the reminder becomes a mirror of human failure—driving someone toward humbling themselves rather than trusting in their own righteousness.
  • Healing receptivity is described as coming when a person shifts from their own unworthiness to Jesus’ perfection/worthiness.

• Contrast with Pharisee pride (Matthew 23):

  • Matthew 23:5 is used to describe Pharisees who “enlarge/broaden the borders” of their garments/tassels.
  • The speaker interprets this as flaunting righteousness (pride), which prevents people from coming to Jesus in dependence.
  • Practical implication: stop self-effort and self-display, and instead go low and touch Jesus’ garment in faith.

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Instructional / “how to” elements (presented as methodology)

• Combine Gospel accounts to build the full picture

  • Read/compare Luke 8, Matthew’s account, and Mark’s account to understand the narrative context and details.

• Approach Jesus in faith rather than needing to understand mechanics

  • The speaker emphasizes you don’t need to know how it works—only to act in faith (analogies mentioned include eating and seed growth).

• Understand the spiritual meaning behind the garment “border/tassel”

  • Connect the “border/wings” idea to Malachi 4:2 (Hebrew kanap = wing/border).
  • Accept the commonly taught view that people touched the garment’s tassel, associated with Numbers 15:37–39.

• Adopt humility (“go low”) before touching/receiving

  • The tassel is framed as reminding you you haven’t kept the law perfectly.
  • Therefore, touching Jesus’ garment is depicted as requiring humility: acknowledge failure, then look to Jesus’ perfection.

• Shift trust away from personal righteousness toward Jesus

  • The speaker contrasts true reception with Pharisaic pride.
  • Recommended posture: stop “lengthening/enlarging” your own righteousness (self-flaunting) and instead rely on Jesus as Messiah.

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Speakers / sources featured (as referenced in the subtitles)

Speaker(s)

• Javan Smith (speaker of the content)
• Charis Daily (program context; not necessarily a separate speaker)

Scriptural sources quoted or referenced

• Luke 8 (woman with the issue of blood; “border of His garment,” “who touched me,” “faith has made you whole”)
• Mark 6:56 (seeded idea: whenever he entered places… begged him that they might just touch the hem/border… as many as touched were made well)
• Leviticus 15 (laws about bodily discharges and uncleanness context for the woman)
• Malachi 4:2 (Messianic prophecy: healing in “wings/border” / “kanap”)
• Numbers 15:37–39 (tassels on garment borders; reminder to remember commandments; blue thread)
• Matthew 23:1–5 (Pharisees; enlarging borders/tassels; pride)
• Galatians 4:4 (Jesus born under the law)
• Mark 4 (seed analogy referenced)
• 1 Samuel (referenced indirectly via the “kanap”/robe-border illustration, e.g., David cutting Saul’s robe border)
• Ruth (referenced indirectly via “spread your skirt… / under your wing” concept)

Other referenced call/organization (not a speaker)

• Caris Daily
• Caris Bible College
• Prayer line: 719 635 1111