This is an amazing passage in so many ways. First God created the sun to govern the day and the moon to govern the night. The moon works our tides. Bring about the ebb and flow that keeps our earth alive and thriving. The sun and moon also help the plants grow, die and fertilize the ground so more plants can grow.
My favorite part though is the signs and seasons. God gave the wise-men a way to find the baby Jesus in the sky. So day one He set His son as savior, day four He sets up the star to follow. He sets up the night sky and the day sky so mariners could traverse the oceans so wanders could find their way. Even so the slaves of our country could follow the northern star to freedom. And much more.
14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. 17 God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
And again God saw it was good. Notice how everything is still good.
Who--God
What--Creation
When--The beginning
Where--Everywhere
Why--For God's Glory--for our safety and health
How--by His omnipotence
Day 1--The creation of Light--of His son becoming our savior
Day 2-- The separation of waters to make Heaven
Day 3--The creation of dry land and plant life
Day 4--The creation of the sun and moon for "signs and for seasons and for days and years"
Psalm 74:16
16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
You have prepared the light and the sun
Psalm 136:7
7 To Him who made the great lights,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting:
Psalm 19:1
The Works and the Word of God.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.The heavens are telling of the glory of God;And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Psalm 150:1
Psalm of Praise.
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty expanse
Jeremiah 10:2
2 Thus says the Lord,
“Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;
Psalm 104:19
19 He made the moon for the seasons;
The sun knows the place of its setting.
Psalm 136:8-9
8 The sun to rule by day,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
9 The (moon and stars to rule by night,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 8:3
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
Job 38:7
7 When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Isaiah 40:26
26 Lift up your eyes on high
And see who has created these stars,
The One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one of them is missing.
Jeremiah 33:20
20 “Thus says the Lord, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,
Jeremiah 33:25
25 Thus says the Lord, ‘If My covenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have not established,
Jeremiah 31:35
35 Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for light by day
And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
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