The Sun Rises & Sets? Part 1 (TMF:364)

Thursday, March 17, 2016
Peace to Live By: The Sun Rises & Sets? Part 1 (TMF:364) - Daniel Litton
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       Here, we see that God creates the Sun, the Moon, and all the stars of the universe. Remember, don't wonder how God could have done that in one day! He is God. He spoke them into existence. Also, remember that he created light on the first day. So, light and darkness already existed before these objects of light. The Sun, obviously is the greater light, while the Moon is the night light. The stars are created I think with less importance. I want to briefly talk about the fact that the Bible says the Sun rises and the Sun sets. Doesn’t this mean the Bible got something wrong? No, like with anything else, this is easily understood. First, understand that in this day and age, we still use these terms to understand what we, as humans, see in the sky on a daily basis. That is, from our human perspective, the Sun does rise and set. Saying the Sun ‘rises’ and ‘sets’ is absolutely true from a human perspective standing on the earth. If someone says, “I am sitting still,” that is true—from a human perspective. However, we all know, though, thanks to our understanding of the earth’s movement—that we are never really sitting still. The earth is constantly turning through space.