The celestial connection

Deuteronomy 4:19 NASB connects the hosts of heaven, sun moon and stars, to the sons of God that he allotted the nations to, describing them as one in the same.

In my mind this (Deuteronomy 4:19) sums it all up in one sentence. There are many verses, however, that state a direct connection between celestial bodies and angels.

  • The stars were singing during creation (Job 38:7).
  • In Revelation John says he saw an angel standing in the sun (Revelation 19:17).
  • Revelation 12:4 says that a third of the stars were swept from the sky by the tail of the dragon.
  • In Psalm 147:4 it says that God knows every star and he “calls them by name”.
  • Corinthians 15:41 speaks of the sun, moon, and stars and that each of them has different “glories” (they differ from one another).
  • In Genesis 1:16 God created the sun, moon, and stars to govern the day-night on the fourth day of creation.
  • In Genesis 2:1 it says “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts” the word hosts there is the Hebrew word צָבָא it means an army.
  • In Judges 5:20 we see stars engaging in battle against Sisera.
  • In Psalm 33:6 it says “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host” stating that he breathed life into the hosts of heaven just as he did with mankind when he created them. 
  • Psalm 148:1-3 points again to the sun, moon, and stars as being the heavenly hosts created by God as spiritual beings who praise His name.
  • 1st Corinthians 15:39-41 speaks of how the sun, moon, and individual stars all have their own different "glories", or types of bodies as the context infers. Note that the stars are being included in a list of living creatures.
  • Job 25:5 speaks of how the stars are not pure in God's sight.
  • Acts 7:43 speaks of a specific star being associated with the god Rephan.
  • The Satan is referred to as a star in the esoteric passage of Isaiah 14:12.
  • Matthew 24:29 and Mark 13:25 Jesus speaks of the stars falling from heaven and the powers of heaven being shaken.
  • And of course, let us not forget the star of Jesus in Matthew 2:2-9

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