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Psalm 19:4-6 ( suggest that the sun holes up at the ends of the earth until
it is time to rise. Enoch expands upon this idea. In 1 Enoch 41:5, he “saw the storerooms of the sun and the moon, from
what place they go out and to which place they return...” Further, “they keep faith one with another: in accordance
with an oath they set and they rise.” Enoch discusses the solar
and lunar motions at length, explaining why the apparent azimuths of their rising and setting varies with the season. The
explanation, found in the section called “The Book of the Heavenly Luminaries,” begins thus: This is the first commandment of the luminaries: The sun is a luminary whose egress is an opening
of heaven, which is (located) in the direction of the east, and whose ingress is (another) opening of heaven, (located) in
the west. I saw six openings through which the sun rises and six openings through which it sets. The moon also rises and sets
through the same openings, and they are guided by the stars; together with those whom they lead, they are six in the east
and six in the west heaven. All of them (are arranged) one after another in a constant order. There are many windows (both)
to the right and the left of these openings. First there goes out the great light whose name is the sun; its roundness is
like the roundness of the sky; and it is totally filled with light and heat. The chariot in which it ascends is (driven by)
the blowing wind. The sun sets in the sky (in the west) and returns by the northeast in order to go to the east; it is guided
so that it shall reach the eastern gate and shine in the face of the sky (1 Enoch 72:2-5). The openings in the vault of heaven in the east and west are matched to the seasons. On the longest day of
the year, the sun rises and sets through the northernmost pair. On the shortest day, it rises and sets through the southernmost
pair. The return routes of the sun and moon are outside the dome. Perhaps they rest in their “storerooms”
during their time off. The Stars Like
the Bible, 1 Enoch typically depicts stars as living, anthropomorphic beings. The Sons of the Gods are also dealt with in
1 Enoch, and they are associated with stars. This is consistent with Job 38:7, which says that when the earth's cornerstone
was laid “the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted aloud.” As mentioned earlier, Matthew 24:29 and Revelation 6:13 deal with stars that fall to earth. The image comes
from Enoch, but Matthew and John omit some details. In 1 Enoch 88:1, a star that fell from the sky is seized, bound hand and
foot, and thrown into an abyss. A few verses later, other stars “whose sexual organs were like the organs of horses”
are likewise bound hand and foot and cast “into the pits of the earth (1 Enoch 88:3).” Most stars just go through their motions night after night. Some stars never set, and Enoch was shown their
chariots (1 Enoch 75:8). Stars that do rise and set do so through openings in dome, just like the sun and moon. God, according
to 1 Enoch, runs a tight universe, and stars that do not rise on time are thrown into the celestial slammer. Showing Enoch
a hellish scene, the angel Uriel explains: This place is the (ultimate)
end of heaven and earth: it is the prison house for the stars and the powers of heaven. And the stars which roll over upon
the fire, they are the ones which have transgressed the commandments of God from the beginning of their rising because they
did not arrive punctually (1 Enoch 18:14-15). Enoch was not told the
sentence for tardy rising, but Uriel later shows him other stars “which have transgressed the commandments of the Lord,”
for which they were doing ten million years of hard time (1 Enoch 21:6). Enoch also was shown an even more terrible place,
a fiery prison house where fallen angels were detained forever (1 Enoch 21:10). 1
Enoch deserves study for its cosmology, but there is much more of interest. It profoundly influenced Christian eschatology,
and it is necessary reading for anyone trying to understand Hebrew religious thought at the dawn of the Christian era. Genesis 1:14-19 says that God made the sun and the moon and the stars on the fourth day, and placed
them in the firmament. The sun and the moon were to rule the day and the night respectively, but day and night had already
been created.
Another thought might be: Genesis 1:1 says : "In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth"...The heavens (sun, moon, stars, etc), including the planet earth, had been created
long before, at an unspecified time.
Genesis 1:2 is talking about the time
when God turned his attention to preparing the earth for habitation. At that time, the earth was still 'formless
and waste'. Outer space and everything in it, including planet earth, had already
been in existence 'from the beginning'. The 'creative days' spoken of in the Bible at Genesis 1:3-31- are talking about
the time spent specifically preparing the EARTH for mankind. When God first started creating things on earth,
there was a 'swaddling band' or a heavy water-filled cloud all around the earth. We can see this by what happens at Genesis 1:6-8 where God seperates
the cloud into water 'on the earth and water ABOVE the sky'...or 'heavens'. So, at the time spoken of at Genesis 1:3
the thick cloud of water vapor, which had kept 'darkness on the surface of the earth', was thinning enough for light from
the sun , moon and stars, to be seen from the surface of the earth. "Light came to be". In verse 4, God sets
the earth to rotating, creating night and day. Later in vs 16, when the 'luminaries' are "made" it's important
to note that the word used here is, infact, 'MADE', not 'created'. The word for MADE in Heb., wai·ya′‛as
(from ‛a·sah′), is different from "create" (ba·ra'′) found in
Genesis 1: 1, 21, 27 . The Sun and moon had been 'created' LONG before, when
God created the heavens. On the first "day," the expression "Let light come to be" was used. The Hebrew
word there used for "light" is 'ohr, meaning light in a general sense. But on the fourth "day,"
the Hebrew word changes to ma·'ohr′, which refers to a luminary or source of light. (Ge 1:14) So, on
the first "day" diffused light evidently penetrated the swaddling bands, but the sources of that light could not
have been seen by an earthly observer. By the fourth day, things had cleared up. SUN AND MOON “NOT” CREATED ON DAY
FOUR. For
those who believe the Sun and moon was created on day four, here is something to consider. The word appointed in Psm- 104:19
"He "appointed" (or made) the moon for "seasons" (Feasts or Sabbaths) is the same Hebrew word found
in Gen. 1:14. Where it says "He "made" (appointed) two great lights" The word MADE means APPOINTED in
Hebrew.
The question is, When did He appoint (make) the moon for Seasons? Was it not in Genesis
1: 14 where it says He made/appointed the great lights for seasons??
The
Scripture is teaching that there were two great lights appointed on day four for a purpose (calendar) not created on day four.
They were placed in the firmament of the heaven in such a way not only to give light on the earth but for a calendar
to beacon the appointments of God.
When
you make someone captain of a team, or appoint them to be captain, it doesn't mean they were not already there for you to
make or appoint them captain, epically if you had already called the team together in the beginning before you made or appointed
someone captain. (Both Heaven AND Earth were created before He worked on them for 6 days and on day 4, two great
lights were appointed for a special task, other than divide the light from the darkness which it was already doing
before day 4, see Gen-1.)
Remember you had evening and morning, evening and morning, evening and morning,
before day four. You also had light, green things, night and day, creation of the Heavens, Earth, etc before He made/appointed
the sun and moon to rule and for the calendar. Where do you think they were before He appointed them???
In the Tanach, Stone edition,
commentary by a well known Hebrew Scholar named Rashi, in his comments on Gen-1:14 it says " The luminaries, which
had been created on the first day, were set in place on the forth" (work day), there is no evidence what so ever to support
the theory that the great lights were created on day four, but were appointed on the 4th work day, or advanced upon for His
calendar.
Even if the sun and moon were created on day 4, it would still be in plenty of time to do what they were
created for and that is for a beacon of the appointments. “Let them be for days and years signs (beacons) and
seasons (appointments)” yes, even if the sun and moon were created on day four they would be in plenty of time to beacon
the appointments including the weekly appointment, after the six workdays and even if they were created on day four it would
not made day four the first day of the year or the first day of the month because it does not say what phase the moon
was in or what position the sun was in on day four. I believe they BOTH would have been in a 4th work day of the Year and
Month, so as to reflect the previous days, which any calendar will do.
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