#4 "Fourth Day"

Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. Then God made two great lights: the  greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Genesis 1:14-19

It is interesting to see throughout history the sun, the moon and the stars have all been worshiped, yet here we are given an account of them as being created for a purpose. God is light; the scriptures tell us and so here we see in verse three that there was also light, but just like the waters and the land there is now a separation and a purpose attributed the sun and the moon. One to rule the night and the other the day. In verse 14 we see that they are for signs and seasons and days and years. If you are familiar with the New Testament story of the birth of Christ, God uses a star in the sky over Bethlehem to signal the birth of His Son, our Messiah. It all seems to follow a certain order and design. It will be interesting to see if this design carries all the way through the Bible.

These lights will also be used as signs in conjunction with God's judgment: "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved." Joel 2: 30-32