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The Lights of Heaven

During the day, our planet basks in the warmth of the sun. By day, it is the sun that illuminates our world. On the other side of the planet at the same exact moment in time, it is night, and during night the sun does not shine. Instead, moonlight helps us to see at night. The Bible shows that this is by design.

Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And 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. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon 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. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

The lights that we see, the sun, the moon, and the stars were created by God to keep track of days, seasons, and years. God divided each year into many months. Each month according to the calendar God created starts with a new moon, a time when the moon is not lit by sunlight. We know that a new moon starts each month as the Feast of Trumpets is celebrated on a new moon.

Psalm 81:3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Leviticus 23:24
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

As we go from month to month we encounter the various seasons. For example, the Feast of Trumpets comes at the time of year marking the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. During various times of year, different constellations are visible and located in different parts of the sky at different times of night. These constellations can also be used as signs, according to Genesis chapter one. With that in mind, lets look at how stars might fit into a prophecy found in Revelation.

Revelation 12:1
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

Though the Book of Revelation can be confusing, Revelation 12:1 when compared to the remainder of Revelation 12, appears to chronologically occur first. If this references celestial objects as Wikipedia articles suggest, the women is most likely the constellation Virgo and the garland of twelve stars could be the constellation Coma Berenices. The sun clothes Virgo in very late September through early October shortly after sunrise. During certain years, the moon is under the feet of Virgo. Revelation 12:3 introduces the great dragon. Draco, the constellation, is north of Virgo in the sky, and once was the constellation closest to the north pole.
So as we look at the lights of heaven, the sun by day and the moon and stars by night, we are reminded that God created these to mark days,months, years, seasons, and to even provide signs.

All verses are from the King James Version.
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