How Did The Sun And The Moon Stand Still In The Book Of Joshua?

Even in the days of Jeroboam I, the man who founded the Kingdom of Israel, God already knew that Israel would be troublesome. It was forewarned that, “…the LORD will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked the LORD to anger by making Asherah poles.” The Israelites’ reason of doubt for God was that they were unsure that they could take over their promised land. God told them that they could remove the current inhabitants, but they were convinced that they could not. Not believing in the word of the Lord led to their exile for forty years of “wilderness wandering.” They had forgotten all of the great things that He had done for them, such as delivering them from Egyptian enslavement. Hope was given up on Him

The Moon was the wife of the Sun. It was believed that an eclipse was the result a great serpent or mountain lion trying to eat her. To frighten off the creatures, they would point their weapons at the moon and start screaming and shouting at it.

Chapter three of Engaging the Christian Scriptures goes into detail over selective parts of the sections of history, writings, and prophets. Chapter three gives the reader information over several books in the Bible such as Joshua, Judges, Jeremiah, etc. The chapter dives into the text of Joshua and gives the reader useful insight over Joshua and him leading the Israel across the Jordan river to conquer the land of milk and honey, Jericho. The book of Judges purpose was to teach Israel that God is faithful and certain to punish sin therefore each person must remain loyal and devoted to the Lord. The purpose of Jeremiah was to warn of the destruction that they were about to face and to urge Judah to return and submit to God. Towards the end

I infer that the author was saying there was only darkness that you could tell day because of no sun nor night because of no moon. Together in both readings, darkness is viewed as a black or negative space.

“He saw the moon low in the sky now. The moon there and the light of the moon caused by what? By the sun of course. And what lights the sun? Its own fire. And the sun goes on, day after day, burning and burning. The sun and time. The sun and time and burning. Burning. The river bobbled him along gently. Burning. The sun and every clock on the earth. It all came together and became a single thing in his mind. After a long time of floating

God is being called the “Sun maker”,as it serves for one large illusion to the book genesis as how God brought light into the world, which credits him as being the “Sun-maker”. This makes the “poor humans” to feel powerless; as they cannot make the sun rise any faster or slow it down. The only way to stop this feeling of powerlessness (according to joe) is to create light in the time where God has not made any, thus the street light. Another example of this is when the hurricane hits and a Janie and a few others are stuck inside of a building waiting for it to be ovey did not look at anything else but the

Because of Joshua's faith and obedience to God, he was able to lead the children of Israel across the Jordan

The sun is always overhead, and it is omnipresent. The sun was ready for Mrs. Turpin to be transformed like a harvest when the passage said, “The sun was a deep yellow now like a harvest moon and was riding westward very fast over the far tree line as if it meant to reach the hogs before she did” (O’Connor 392). God is trying to make her see her sin before it is too late. God is forceful with Mrs. Turpin in showing her the error of her ways.

"How the Almighty had made the earth a gleaming plain girdled with waters; in His splendor He set the sun and the moon to be earth's lamplight, lanterns for men and filled the broad lap of the world with branches and leaves; and quickened life in every other thing that moved."(Line 92)

Meaning/Interpretation: Joshua 1 describes how God uses Joshua to fulfill His promise to the Israelites. God encourages His people to be strong and courageous as they trust Him and Joshua to lead them into battle. This major theme of Joshua is repeated multiple times throughout the chapter. This repetition is used to highlight the significance of being strong and courageous during the time. Being strong and courageous in times of battle and uncertainty required the Israelites to put their trust in God. As He promised to Moses, God promised to that He would never leave Joshua. Yet, the main theme of the book of Joshua is obedience. Joshua displays obedience when he gives instruction to the people of Israel to be lead to Canaan. Joshua tells the people that they need to prepare to cross the Jordan river in there days. The significance of three days is not known, but it is speculated that it could have taken three days to cross the river. Furthermore, the people of Israel trusted God and Joshua to lead them to the promised land of Canaan.

Neither here nor in verses 14-18 is an original creative act implied. A different word is used. The sense is, made to appear; made visible. The sun and moon were created "in the beginning." The "light" of course came from the sun, but the vapor diffused the light. Later the sun appeared in an unclouded sky. Genesis 1:5 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. The word "day" is used in Scripture in three ways:

In the story of Coyote steals the sun, Coyote wishes to go over the mountain range where no one dares to go. When he reaches the other side, he finds the village of light where it is so bright it nearly blinds him. He sneaks into the village and sees the chief pull the sun into a basket and pull the moon out from the other one. He was astonished and went back to his village to tell the chief. The chief wouldn’t believe Coyote and told him that the sun and moon were useless.

An examination of Israelite theology goes beyond finding similarities and differences, it should articulate the relationships which existed and clarify the cultural context. Otherwise, the mere interpretation of text may lead to interpretation with a theological significance based on our understanding.

On the fourth day god creates the ‘lights in the sky of heavens to divide the day from the night', in simple terms this means the sun, moon and the stars.

The term “morning star”, found in verse 12 of chapter two, is a controversial term. Hirsch believes that the term “morning star” is literal and stands for the actual sun; whereas, other scholars believe it could be an allusion or metaphor. Motyer believes that the morning