THE moon is a type of the Church of Christ. It has no beauty or glory apart from the sun and so the Church has no beauty apart from Christ. It shines in the night, and it shines with the reflected glory of the absent sun. The Church on earth shines in the world’s night of sin, and reflects the glory of the Sun of Righteousness, the One Who is absent from the world, but reflected in His people here.
And the stars, the shining stars, seem to me to represent individual saints. We cannot count the number of the stars, we cannot count the number of the redeemed. “Behold the heights of the stars, how high they are.” How high are sinners saved by grace? They are seated in heavenly places in. Christ. “The morning stars sang together.” “He hath put a new song into our mouth, even praise unto our God.” “He telleth the number of the stars, He calleth them all by name.” Listen to what the Lord says, “I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the City of my God, New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God; and I will write upon him my new name.”
And the praise song of the stars ascends to the glory of the Most High. “Praise Him all ye stars of light! Praise Him ye heaven of heavens.” And the praise song of the blood-bought flock of the Lamb is, “Unto Him that loveth us, and hath washed us from our sins in His Own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
Yes, the heavens declare the glory of God. Let them teach us His wondrous glory in the redemption of the world. Let moon and stars, shining in His light, “utter speech” and “show knowledge” to extol His wondrous Name.
Heyman Wreford.