Moon, The
Moon, The
Created by God - Ge 1:14; Ps 8:3
Made to glorify God - Ps 148:3
Called the lesser light - Ge 1:16
DESCRIBED AS
Has a glory of its own - 1Co 15:41
APPOINTED
- To divide day from night
- Ge 1:14 - For signs and seasons
- Ge 1:14; Ps 104:19 - For a light in the firmament
- Ge 1:15 - To light the earth by night
- Jer 31:35 - To rule the night
- Ge 1:16; Ps 136:9 - By an ordinance for ever
- Ps 72:5,7; 89:37; Jer 31:36 - For the benefit of all
- De 4:19
Influences vegetation - De 33:14
First appearance of, a time of festivity - 1Sa 20:5,6; Ps 81:3
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Standing still in Ajalon
- Jos 10:12,13 - Signs in, before the destruction of Jerusalem
- Lu 21:25
Lunacy attributed to the influence of - Ps 121:6; Mt 4:24
Worshipped as the queen of heaven - Jer 7:18; 44:17-19,25
WORSHIPPING OF
- Forbidden to the Jews
- De 4:19 - Condemned as atheism
- Job 31:26,28 - To be punished with death
- De 17:3-6 - Jews often guilty of
- 2Ki 23:5; Jer 8:2 - Jews punished for
- Jer 8:1-3
ILLUSTRATIVE