Host of heaven – Sun, Moon, & Stars
Images of the sun, moon, and stars with faces on them, or stars that glow in the dark are usually placed in a child’s room. God gives us scriptural warnings against taking nature out of the context in which He has intended. Deuteronomy 17:2-3; Deuteronomy 4:19; II Kings 17:16; Jeremiah 19:13; Zephaniah 1:5; Acts 7:43; and in Acts 7:42-43 the Greek word for ‘host’ is “stratia, strat-ee’-ah; …the angels, the celestial luminaries”. The celestial luminaries are the sun, moon, and stars. Celestial luminaries would cover our man-made glow in the dark stars! Not all things which glow with man-made light are bad; what I am talking about is the combination of the shape and the glow. It is the shape of something that gives it its false sense of spirituality – or its false sense of enlightenment. God made the sun, moon, and stars; however, He did not put faces on them, nor did He tell us to do it (man-made light, or no man-made light) – this is man’s idea. Even some cartoons have a sun with a face on it and it talks to the children. Today many people look to nature but do not look to the one who created nature. Children are not being taught about God the creator, but are being taught the lie that they came from nature. Romans 1:25: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. The Greek word for ‘creature’ in Romans 1:25 is “ktisis, ktis’-is; …creation, creature”. Hebrews 11:3: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. The New Living Translation reads: By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen. Nature did not create itself – and nature is not to be worshipped! Parents should not be promoting nature worship by decorating their child’s room with suns, moons, and stars that glow or that have faces. Parents should not be allowing their children to watch programs where nature is talking to them. Deuteronomy 4:19: And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 17:2-3: If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded. II Kings 17:16: And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. I Chronicles 16:26 and Psalm 96:5: For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. Jeremiah 19:13: And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. Zephaniah 1:5: And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham. Acts 7:43: Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. From the beginning of creation, and even now, there have been people who have worshipped nature. I Chronicles 16:26 and Psalm 96:5: For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. Though our children may not be worshipping nature – what if our ancestors did? By putting these false images of nature in their room we could be reconnecting a chain of iniquity that will affect our children and their relationship with the Only True God, and His Son Jesus Christ. People have been trying to bring heaven to earth since the Egyptians. Proof is the Egyptian pyramids. Some historians have concluded that when the pyramids were built they were strategically placed in alignment with the stars. There was also a hole (like a window) built into each pyramid so that light would shine in at a precise time and position, acting as what the Egyptians believed was some sort of spiritual portal to transport the dead that were inside. (See ancient Egyptian history of pyramids)
Note: The Egyptian sun disc [wafer] is used in Roman Catholic communion; they even call it the host, naming it after the host of heaven! The Greek word for ‘host’ in Acts 7:42-43 is “stratia, strat-ee’-ah; …the angels, the celestial luminaries”. They may worship the host – but God is the Lord of hosts! Malachi 3:7-9: Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts…
