Isaiah30:26 "Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound."
"The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold." Well, this is one prophecy that will never come true. Since the moon has no light of its own, but only reflects that of the sun, it could never shine like the sun. And the sun will not, at least not while there are humans to see it, shine 7 times as bright as it does now.
2007-07-19 18:49:34 · 17 answers · asked by 飞龙 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe the interpretation has a spiritual significance, not meant to be taken literally.
*duh*
2007-07-19 18:53:26 · answer #1 · answered by Hawk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you interpret this literally, you have to interpret the entire bible literally and arrive the earth was created around 6,000 BC just like Archbishop Usher did. So, the Bible is figurative, not literal.
Anyway, the light of the Sun is, in fact, exactly like the light of the Moon. As the Sun goes about converting approximately 600 million tons of hydrogen into helium every second through nuclear fusion, quanta of electromagnetic radiation are generated. These quanta are more commonly referred to as photons. Some of these photons can be detected by human eyes and have been called light by humans. Also generated are photons which have frequencies that cannot be detected by human eyes but can be felt by humans. Think of UV rays. UV rays also come in photons and when those photons hit human tissue, their kinetic energy is absorbed and excites the atoms inside that tissue making the tissue feel warm. So, we can feel the heat of the energy of the Sun's photons. Now, not all the photons leave the surface of the Sun and hit the earth, some hit the surface of the Moon and are reflected off it to the earth. The primary source of these photons is still the Sun, so they are all the Sun's light. In a few billion years when all the hydrogen is used up, hydrogen fusion will stop. Then all the atoms left over will pull themselves together under their gravitational attraction since there is no heat energy holding up the Sun's surface. Eventually enough pressure will be created for helium fusion to begin. At this point the energy created by this process will cause the Sun's surface to swell and turn the Sun into a red giant. It will be brighter form earth's perspective until it swells enough to engulf the earth. The brightness increase will be because more energy being released AND the bigger area emitting the light. The Sun's light could then be increased sevenfold, I am not sure cause I haven't done the math. In any case, if any one is around on the surface of the earth to see this increase, they are going to be in for a very bad day. Talk about heat wave.
2007-07-19 19:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "as" does not imply that it is of it's own but seven fold and as bright as the sun usually is.This is rather a dubious thing but sounds to be dripping in superstitious influence.
This prophecy will still not come true however at the time it was probably quite effective in influencing people that placed so much stock in their ignorant understanding of the awesome orbs in the sky.
peace
2007-07-19 19:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about that... It seems to me that all it is saying is that the sun is brighter than the moon and both will get brighter... Not very controversial or profound really...
If the sun got brighter wouldn't it cast more light on the moon making it brighter too?
But whether it can or can't happen doesn't exactly seem to me to be an intragal part of Christian theology, the disproving of which will send the church as an institution crashing to the ground.
Your just quibbling over semantics.
Why are you so desperate to prove Christianity false? And who are you trying to prove it to? Us or yourself?
2007-07-19 19:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by David M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we don't. The Bible was written in ancient times, before anyone knew these facts.
You are surely kidding. You are making yourself look silly. No one believes that the moon shines on its own.
No one believes that the world is flat.
What you are doing is going through the Bible, picking out verses describing what people thought of the physical universe at the time, and applying them to the present. That's faulty logic.
2007-07-19 19:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a Prophecy of when Christ is here on earth..He out shines both the Sun and Moon
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2016-09-30 08:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by herbin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. This is phenomenological language, something the ancient Hebrews loved to employ. Moreover, this section of Isaiah is apocalyptic meaning it will certainly have hyperbolic language.
2007-07-19 19:10:23 · answer #8 · answered by seminary bum 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?
(a) God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)
(b) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)
In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?
(a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
(b) One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)
How many fighting men were found in Judah?
(a) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
(b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)
God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?
(a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)
(b) Three (I Chronicles 21:12)
How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
(a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)
(b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)
How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?
(a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)
(b) Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)
How long did he rule over Jerusalem?
(a) Three months (2 Kings 24:8)
(b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)
The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time?
(a) Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)
(b) Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)
When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after?
(a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)
(b) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)
How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark?
(a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)
(b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9)
When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture?
(a) One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)
(b) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)
How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?
(a) Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)
(b) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)
In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die?
(a) Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)
(b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)
How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple?
(a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)
(b) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)
Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?
(a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)
(b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)
Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab?
(a) Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)
(b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)
How many were the children of Zattu?
(a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)
(b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)
How many were the children of Azgad?
(a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)
(b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)
How many were the children of Adin?
(a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)
(b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)
How many were the children of Hashum?
(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)
(b) Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)
How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?
(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)
(b) One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)
Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:
(a) 29,818 (Ezra)
(b) 31,089 (Nehemiah)
How many singers accompanied the assembly?
(a) Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)
(b) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)
What was the name of King Abijah’s mother?
(a) Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2)
(b) Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20) But Absalom had only one daughter whose name was Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27)
Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem?
(a) Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40)
(b) No (Joshua 15:63)
Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary?
(a) Jacob (Matthew 1:16)
(b) Hell (Luke 3:23)
Jesus descended from which son of David?
(a) Solomon (Matthew 1:6)
(b) Nathan(Luke3:31)
Who was the father of Shealtiel?
(a) Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12)
(b) Neri’ (Luke 3:27)
Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ?
(a) Abiud (Matthew 1: 13)
(b) Rhesa (Luke 3:27) But the seven sons of Zerubbabel are as follows: i.Meshullam, ii. Hananiah, iii. Hashubah, iv. Ohel, v.Berechiah, vi. Hasadiah, viii. Jushabhesed (I Chronicles 3:19, 20). The names Abiud and Rhesa do not fit in anyway.
Who was the father of Uzziah?
(a) Joram (Matthew 1:8)
(b) Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1)
Who as the father of Jechoniah?
(a) Josiah (Matthew 1:11)
(b) Jeholakim (I Chronicles 3:16)
How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until Christ?
(a) Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17)
(b) But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen (see Matthew 1: 12-16)
Who was the father of Shelah?
(a) Cainan (Luke 3:35-36)
(b) Arphaxad (Genesis II: 12)
Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?
(a) Yes (Matthew II: 14, 17:10-13)
(b) No(John 1:19-21)
Would Jesus inherit David’s throne?
(a) Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32)
(b) No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1: I 1, I Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his descendants can sit upon David’s throne (Jeremiah 36:30)
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?
(a) One - a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3 5). “And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it.”
(b) Two - a colt and an *** (Matthew 21:7). “They brought the *** and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon.”
How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?
(a) By a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17)
(b) His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41)
Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?
(a) By the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22)
(b) On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43)
When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus’ daughter already dead?
(a) Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, “My daughter has just died.”
(b) No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death.”
Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey?
(a) Yes(Mark6:8)
(b) No (Matthew 10:9; Luke 9:3)
Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist?
(a) Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16)
(b) No (Luke 9:9)
Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus before his baptism?
(a) Yes (Matthew 3:13-14)
(b) No (John 1:32,33)
Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus after his baptism?
(a) Yes (John 1:32, 33)
(b) No (Matthew 11:2)
According to the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing his own witness?
(a) “If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true” (John 5:3 1)
(b) “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true” (John 8:14)
When Jesus entered Jerusalem did he cleanse the temple that same day?
(a) Yes (Matthew 21:12)
(b) No. He went into the temple and looked around, but since it was very late he did nothing. Instead, he went to Bethany to spend the night and returned the next morning to cleanse the temple (Mark I 1:1- 17).
2007-07-19 18:55:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was written in a literary way to express an idea.
2007-07-19 18:59:37 · answer #10 · answered by nikkita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah says in the Qur'an that the light of the moon is reflected light.
2007-07-19 18:53:57 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋