- 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
- Fair So 6:10
- Bright Job 31:26
- 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
- Of glory of Christ in the Church Isa 60:20
- Of fairness of the Church So 6:10
- Of changeableness of the world Re 12:1
- (Becoming blood,) of judgments Re 6:12
- (Withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities Isa 13:10; Joe 2:10; 3:15; Mt 24:29
The New Topical Text Book
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The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.