Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, 15and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. 16And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night--and the stars. 17And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Matthew Henry: “(2.) The moon is a less light, and yet is here reckoned one of the greater lights, because though, in regard to its magnitude and borrowed light, it is inferior to many of the stars, yet, by virtue of its office, as ruler of the night, and in respect of its usefulness to the earth, it is more excellent than they. Those are most valuable that are most serviceable; and those are the greater lights, not that have the best gifts, but that humbly and faithfully do the most good with them. Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister, Mt. 20:26.
Clay Miller: I love how Matthew Henry can take a passage on nature and apply it to life in a fair way. Be like the moon and reflect God’s light. Serve. It will make you shine brighter than desiring to be served or being served. Per capita, are you using your gifts more than those who have more gifts?
The moon is another phenomenal entity. Its diameter is more than a fourth of the earths but it is larger than Pluto. When the sun is directly shining on it, it can be over 215 degrees Fahrenheit. It can dip to –243 degrees F. when the sun is not shining directly on it. It orbits the earth elliptically sometimes as close as 221,000 miles away (perigee) and sometimes as far away as 252,000 (apogee).It completes a full orbit around the earth every 27.3 days and travels a million and ½ miles a month.
We always will see the same side of the moon. If you stood on the moon, the earth would always be the same place in the sky. Depending on how much of the moon is facing the sun, the face side we see will be full or barely seen. Lunar phases depend on the position of the sun and earth. The moon basically has no atmosphere. If you stood on the moon, the sky would always be black even in full daylight.
The moon is crucial for sustaining our environment. Ocean tides are the result of the moon’s gravitational pull. The earth actually bulges toward and away from the moon affecting the water level of the oceans. As the earth rotates on its axis, the bulges move across the earth. This is why there are two high and low tides each day. So, along with the sun, the moon’s gravity has a great affect on the earth’s tidal ebb and flow. These tides are absolutely vital to the balance of earth’s ecosystems.
How did the moon form then? Natural processes? Split from the earth billions of years ago after earth was hit by a Mars sized object? Formed elsewhere and just captured by the earth’s gravitational pull? Formed along with the earth as some kind of double planet? These are what evolutionists want you to believe. But none are feasible. Minerals have been found on the moon that are unknown on earth. So this undermines the earth and moon being one body that split. The sad thing is, over 20 billion dollars has been spent by scientists trying to figure out how the moon “evolved”. How did it form? Genesis 1 tells us…God simply created it and placed it in its most serviceable place.
