Thursday, August 24, 2017

Sun Worship

Today, when we talk about sun worshipers, we think of teenagers soaking up the rays at Daytona Beach during spring break.  But thousands of years ago, worshiping the sun took on a little different meaning.  Ancient inscriptions have shown that people all over the world worshiped the sun as their god with full control of the universe.  The warmth and light that all life requires radiated from their god. I can only imagine the horror that they felt on those rare times when the sun lost its brilliance in the middle of the day due to the moon passing in front of it.  At some point, there were scholars who could explain the phenomena, but there must have been millions of people who thought their god was dying, if only for a few minutes.  As the nation watched the eclipse this week with iPhones, eclipse glasses, shoe boxes and telescopes, it would be impossible to imagine that there was even one person who didn't know exactly why the sky was darkening.  I watched with utter amazement at the beauty of the phenomena, and I praise the creator that made it all possible.  My sin is the only thing that separates me from His brilliance.

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