Creation Personified
The Heavenly Host
Personifications · 6 verses
The celestial bodies are personified as servants of God and witnesses to His works. The sun is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, rejoicing as a strong man to run a race. The sun knows his going down. Sun and moon stood still at Joshua's command. The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The morning stars sang together at creation, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. Yet these luminaries are not to be worshipped—they are creatures, not Creator. In judgment, the sun is darkened, the moon turns to blood, and stars fall from heaven. Their personification emphasizes their role as obedient servants in God's cosmic household, testifying to His glory and executing His will.
Scripture References
“Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.”
“He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.”
“Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.”
“They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.”
“When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
“For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.”