PAGE 11 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(SUN,MOON AND STARS)

GOD CREATES THE OTHER LIGHTS IN THE SKY: THE SUN, MOON AND STARS ON THE FOURTH DAY.  GOD LOVES TO USE NATURE TO TEACH US. HE SAYS:

"LET THERE BE LIGHTS IN THE EXPANSE OF THE SKY TO SEPARATE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT, AND LET THEM SERVE AS SIGNS TO MARK SEASONS AND DAYS AND YEARS." GEN 1:14

THE HEBREW WORD FOR SIGN IS "OTH", WHICH MEANS SIGN, BANNER, OMEN, PLEDGE, STANDARD, WITNESS, TOKEN, OR EVIDENCE.

THE SUN IN SCRIPTURE REPRESENTS GOD THE FATHER AND THE SUN RAYS REPRESENT GOD THE SON. THE WRITER IN HEBREWS SAYS:

"THE SON IS THE RADIANCE OF GOD'S GLORY AND THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF HIS BEING..." HEB 1:3

THE RAYS BEAMING OUT FROM THE SUN AND TOUCHING EARTH ARE THE SAME ESSENCE AS THE SUN BUT ARE THE LIGHT WE SEE AND FEEL. YESHUA, JESUS IS GOD MANIFESTED ON EARTH.  THE SUN REPRESENTS GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON.

THE PROPHET MICAH SAYS:

"BUT FOR YOU WHO REVERE MY NAME, THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL RISE WITH HEALING IN ITS WINGS."

LUKE SAYS:

"...BECAUSE OF THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD BY WHICH THE RISING SUN WILL COME TO US FROM HEAVEN."

THE PSALMIST SAYS:

"FOR THE LORD GOD IS A SUN AND A SHIELD"

THE STARS IN THE SKY REPRESENT THE ANGELS.

JOB SAYS THAT WHEN GOD CREATED THE EARTH:

"THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER AND ALL THE ANGELS SHOUTED FOR JOY."

IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THE SEVEN STARS IN JOHN'S VISION ARE THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES:

"AS FOR THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN STARS WHICH YOU SAW IN MY RIGHT HAND, AND THE SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS: THE SEVEN STARS ARE THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES, AND THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS ARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES." REV 1:20

ISAIAH PROPHECIES ABOUT THE FALL OF SATAN TO EARTH AND CALLS HIM THE STAR OF THE MORNING:

"HOW YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O STAR OF THE MORNING, SON OF THE DAWN! " ISAIAH 14

THE STARS REPRESENT BOTH THE GOOD ANGELS AND REPRESENT ONE THIRD OF THE BAD ANGELS UNDER LUCIFER.

THE MOON REPRESENTS THE NATION OF ISRAEL.  IT REPRESENTS THE CORPORATE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COVENANTED WITH GOD.

 THE MOON DOES NOT GENERATE ANY LIGHT ON HER OWN, BUT ONLY REFLECTS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN; THE MOON IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE SUN. UNLIKE THE SUN THAT NEVER CHANGES, EXCEPT FOR ECLIPSES , THE MOON IS HIDDEN FOR A TIME AND THEN WAXES AND WANES AGAIN.

THE CYCLES OF THE MOON ARE SYMBOLIC OF THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL.  THE FULL MOON IS SYMBOLIC OF THE TOTAL SHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD BEING REFLECTED IN THE PEOPLE. THE FEASTS OF PASSOVER,  UNLEAVENED BREAD AND SUKKOT ALL TAKE PLACE DURING A FULL MOON. PASSOVER CELEBRATES THE REDEMPTION OF THE ISRAELITES FROM EGYPT; UNLEAVENED BREAD POINTS TO THE RESURRECTION OF YESHUA AND SUKKOT POINTS TO AFTER THE TIME THAT THE MESSIAH YESHUA RETURNS TO EARTH AND LIVES AMONG US. THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS IS THE ONLY FEAST THAT TAKES PLACE DURING THE NEW MOON; IT POINTS TO THE TRIBULATION OR TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE.

AS INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS IN YESHUA, WE ARE LIKE THE FULL MOON AS WELL, WHEN WE HUMBLY TAKE OUR PLACE AS THE LESSER LIGHT AND LET GOD BE THE GREATER LIGHT. WE FULLY REFLECT THE LIGHT OF YESHUA WHEN WE ARE TOTALLY FOCUSED ON HIM.

THE SHULAMITE GIRL IN THE SONG OF SOLOMAN WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRIDE IN HER FULL GLORY IS DESCRIBED AS THE FULL MOON:

"WHO IS THIS THAT GROWS  LIKE THE DAWN, AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE FULL MOON, BRIGHT AS THE SUN, AS AWESOME AS AN ARMY WITH BANNERS?." SONG OF SOLOMAN 6:10

THE WOMAN IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS A PICTURE OF THIS:

"A GREAT AND WONDROUS SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN; A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN, WITH THE MOON UNDER HER FEET AND A CROWN OF TWELVE STARS ON HER HEAD." REVELATION 12:1

THE WOMAN IS CLOTHED WITH THE SUN. SHE IS CLOTHED WITH THE LIGHT OF YESHUA, JESUS AND THE MOON IS UNDER HER FEET. SHE IS STANDING ON THE MOON, WHICH I BELIEVE REPRESENTS  THE LIGHT OF THE MOON  BLAZING THROUGH HER, BUT SHE RECOGNIZES THAT THE SUN IS THE GREATER LIGHT AND THAT SHE IS THE LESSER LIGHT; THEREFORE, THE MOON IS UNDER HER FEET. THE STARS AROUND HER HEAD I BELIEVE ARE THE ANGELS OF EACH OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.

ISAIAH PROPHECIES ABOUT THE DAY THAT YESHUA RETURNS TO ISRAEL IN HIS SECOND COMING:

"THE LIGHT OF THE MOON WILL BE AS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, AND THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WILL BE SEVEN TIMES BRIGHTER, LIKE THE LIGHT OF SEVEN DAYS, ON THE DAY THE LORD BINDS UP THE FRACTURE OF HIS PEOPLE AND HEALS THE BRUISE HE HAS INFLICTED." ISAIAH 30:26

AFTER YESHUA RETURNS TO ISRAEL AFTER THE TRIBULATION TO HEAL THE WOUNDS OF HIS PEOPLE, WE SEE A PICTURE OF THIS WOMAN AGAIN:

"...TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN, AND PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE IN ZION-TO BESTOW ON THEM A CROWN OF BEAUTY INSTEAD OF ASHES, THE OIL OF GLADNESS INSTEAD OF MOURNING, AND A GARMENT OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF A SPIRIT OF DESPAIR."  ISAIAH 61:2

ISAIAH SPEAKS OF THE END OF TIME WHEN GOD WILL REPLACE THE SUN AND THE MOON WITH HIS OWN LIGHT:

"THE SUN WILL NO MORE BE YOUR LIGHT BY DAY, NOR WILL THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE MOON SHINE ON YOU, FOR THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, AND YOUR GOD WILL BE YOUR GLORY.  YOUR SUN WILL NEVER SET AGAIN, AND YOUR MOON WILL WANE NO MORE; THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, AND YOUR DAYS OF SORROW WILL END." ISAIAH 60:19

JOHN DESCRIBES THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH AS HAVING NO SUN OR MOON. HE SAYS:

THE CITY DOES NOT NEED THE SUN OR THE MOON TO SHINE ON IT, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD GIVES IT LIGHT, AND THE LAMB IS ITS LAMP." REV 21:23

AS LONG AS GOD IS NOT LIVING ON EARTH WITH US, THE SUN, MOON AND STARS ARE SYMBOLIC OF HIS TRUE LIGHT AND A WITNESS TO HIS COVENANT PROMISES. THE LORD SAYS:

"IF THEY VIOLATE MY STATUTES AND DO NOT KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, THEN I WILL PUNISH THEIR TRANSGRESSION WITH THE ROD AND THEIR INIQUITY WITH STRIPES. BUT I WILL NOT BREAK OFF MY LOVINGKINDNESS FROM HIM NOR DEAL FALSELY IN MY FAITHFULNESS. MY COVENANT I WILL NOT VIOLATE, NOR WILL I ALTER THE UTTERANCE OF MY LIPS. ONCE I HAVE SWORN BY MY HOLINESS; I WILL NOT LIE TO DAVID. HIS DESCENDANTS SHALL ENDURE FOREVER AND HIS THRONE AS THE SUN BEFORE ME.  IT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER LIKE THE MOON, AND THE WITNESS IN THE SKY IS FAITHFUL." PSALM 89

"THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS, HE WHO APPOINTS THE SUN TO SHINE BY DAY, WHO DECREES THE MOON AND STARS TO SHINE BY NIGHT, WHO STIRS UP THE SEA SO THAT ITS WAVES ROAR-THE ALMIGHTY IS HIS NAME: 'ONLY IF THESE DECREES VANISH FROM MY SIGHT,' DECLARES THE LORD, 'WILL THE DESCENDANTS OF ISRAEL EVER CEASE TO BE A NATION BEFORE ME.'" JEREMIAH 31:35-36

WHEN WE LOOK UP AT THE SKY AND SEE THE SUN AND THE MOON; WE KNOW THAT GOD'S IRREVOCABLE COVENANT WITH THE NATION OF ISRAEL HAS NOT BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.