It is a rarity in the parts of the USA that will witness this year’s total solar eclipse, but according to ASTROMONY.COM there is such an eclipse somewhere on earth every 18 months. This has been occurring since God created the Sun and the Moon and the Earth. He placed them in such a harmonious relationship that the timing of eclipses has been predicted for the next thousand years by NASA.
One of the oldest records of solar eclipses was recorded on a clay tablet found at Ugarit, in modern Syria
in 1375 BC. Many other ancient texts and petroglyphs also describe solar
eclipses. The first one predicted was in 585 BC by the philosopher Thales, but
it has not been determined how he was able to do this.
The first scientific
prediction was by Edmund Halley In 1715. He used Newton’s theory of universal gravitation to map its
path through England. London and other cities in its path were prepared to
experience the astronomical event. By the way, he also discovered Halley’s
Comet. There is no shortage of information on the Web for those interested in
further study.
There is also a mystical
spin about solar eclipses. Is it a sign of God’s judgement? Is it a good or bad
omen? Does it give new beginnings? Can it bring about healing and
transformation? Is it a sacred time? These are all ideas men have had, but the
solar eclipse is simply a heavenly event that occurs in a mathematical,
predictable time frame.
I’m reminded of David’s
praise in Psalm 8:
O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who
have set Your glory above the heavens!
When I consider
Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have
ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You
visit him?
O LORD, our
Lord, How excellent is
Your name in all the earth!
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