賽亞書 24:16我們聽見地極有人歌唱説：「榮耀歸於義人！」我説：「我消滅了！我消滅了！我有禍了！行，大行。」
賽亞書 42:10-12航海和海中所有，海島和其上居民，耶和華唱新歌，從地極讚美他！…
賽亞書 49:13諸天哪，應當歡呼！大地啊，應！眾山哪，應當發聲歌唱！因為耶和華安慰他百姓，要憐恤他困苦民。
賽亞書 59:19如此，人日落之處敬畏耶和華名，從日出之地敬畏他榮耀。因為仇敵好像急流河水沖來，是耶和華氣驅逐。
哈巴谷書 2:14認識耶和華榮耀知識要遍地，好像水充滿洋海。
「從日出地、到日落之處、耶和華名是應讚美的。」341 縱觀人類整個歷史，人們觀察到太陽早上升起、晚上落下，以色列曆法以太陽來測量，因為耶和華是這麼設置：創世記1:5「神稱光『晝』、稱暗為『夜』．有晚上、有早晨、這是頭一日。」342──整段經文裡，祂這模式而行──太陽落下，一天開始了；那日從日出起，直到一天結束，上帝名字是應讚美的，哈利路亞！343
太陽東方升起、西方下落──你無法這兩個方向給連接起來，這是可能──「東離西有多、他叫我們過犯、離我們有多。」344 聖經地宣稱，太陽我們眼前東邊升起，西邊消失（落下）。民數記地闡明，太陽是東邊升起：「東邊日出地、照著軍隊安營是營纛．有亞米拿達兒子拿順、作大人首領。」345 以及「… 耶和華殿門口、廊子和祭壇中間、有二十五個人、背向耶和華殿、面向東方、拜日頭。」 346
日西方下落，自然界中是可以，而且聖言中可以找到：「你們要準備攻擊他、起來罷、我們可以趁午時上去。、日斜、晚影拖長了。」347 説：「轉向西到亞斯納他泊、那裡到户割、南邊到西布倫、西邊到亞設、日出地、達到但河那裡．」348 以及：「 如此、人日落之處、敬畏耶和華名．從日出地、敬畏他榮耀．因為仇敵好像急流河水沖來、是耶和華氣驅逐。」 349
所以，正如耶和華吩咐那樣，東方和西方掌握著太陽方向──它升起、橫穿、落下──「從日出地到日落之處、使人知道我以外、沒有別神、我是耶和華、我以外並沒有別神。」350 聖經，太陽偏離過它模式、「轉變」過它路徑，違背過它最初原有計劃。它順服開始，如今順服，順服終結。正如詩篇19:6中説：「它從天這邊出來、繞到天那邊．沒有一物隱藏不得它熱氣。」或切地説，JPS Tanakh 1917 翻譯本的説法：「它從天出發，繞到天那邊盡頭；沒有什麼能躲避它熱度」──太陽繞，不停止。
聖經宇宙學上下文，整個背景是，我們不能跳過這一節之前兩節經文。是來詩篇19:4-6：
這些經文中，太陽説成是其氣去到世界邊端──它有自己住所、它歡喜發光、它天上（繞圈）行走──這些經文，太陽可能往任何方向去，只能地東到西直到末時，直到耶和華 (YHVH) 改換所有創造成了天新地後，太陽有了。 351
有關太陽事，可以講很多，而這些記錄裡面，你會明白我太陽這主題燃起渴望：古老太陽 (Old Shemesh) 和我愛情關係持續了一生。我希望離開本章之前分享後一點信息，儘管它討論過──太陽後退以及靜止不動（如果你留意經文上話，它們會成了你祝福）──太陽東到西行走例子只有這兩個，這是歷史上有史以來兩個奇蹟，無人能明白或解釋這事，只能説這是上帝手，要顯明人看，且是祂子民需要而成就事。
時間順序，第一個是約書亞呼求主，求祂幫助他脱離敵人手時，太陽他靜止不動──關於「約書亞日」(“Joshua’s Long Day”) 討論多時了，將來會有多討論，但要知道，許多人錯過了一些令人置信事實。
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343 利記22:6-7，23:5-6，32；尼希米記13:19；路加福音23:54；馬可福音16:1-2；以及約翰福音20:1
351 賽亞書13:10，約伯記9:7，約伯記3:9，珥書2:10，阿摩司書8:9，傳道書12:2，以西結書32:7，珥書3:15，馬太福音24:29，馬可福音13:24，珥書2:31，使徒行傳2:20，啟示錄6:12，路加福音23:45，以西結書32:8，路加福音21:25
The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. You can never connect the two directions, it is impossible. “As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.”4 The Bible firmly declares that the sun moves up into our view from the east and goes away (down) in the west. Numbers clearly states that the sun rises in the east. “The encampment of Judah is to settle east toward the sunrise under their standard. The leader of Judah is to be Amminadab’s son Nahshon.”5 And “…between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the LORD’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.”6
So, the East and West hold the direction of the Sun. It comes up, moves across, and goes down, just as YHVH commanded. “That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other,”10 According to scripture, there has never been a time where the sun moved away from its pattern. Never has there been a “shift” in its path nor has it ever disobeyed its original plan. It started in obedience, is obedient now, and will end in obedience. As the Good News Translation puts it in Psalm 19:6 “It starts at one end of the sky and goes across to the other. Nothing can hide from its heat.” Or more exactly, from the JPS Tanakh 1917: “His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.” The sun makes the circuit, without fail.
The entire context is so interesting, in the context of Biblical Cosmology, that we cannot skip over the two verses preceding this one. Again, from the JPS Tanakh 1917, Psalm 19:5-7:
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“Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tent for the sun,Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it;And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.”
In these verses, the sun is said to reach the end of the borders of the world with its heat, it has its own dwelling, it rejoices to shine, and it moves around (in a circle) in the heaven. According to these verses, there is no way that the Sun can go any direction other than east to west in perpetuity, until the end of time, where YHVH will change all of creation to a new heaven and a new earth and the sun will be no more.11
Much can be said about the sun, and inside these pages you will come to understand the burning desire that I have for the subject of the sun. Old Shemesh and I have a love relationship that has lasted my whole life. I hope to share one last bit of information before I leave this chapter, though it has already been covered. It is the movement of the sun going backwards as well as the sun standing still. If you pay attention to the words of the scriptures, they can be a blessing to you. There are only two instances of the sun not going from east to west and these are two of the greatest miracles ever recorded in history. No man can understand them nor can they explain them except that they are God’s hand shown evident to man, to accomplish a thing for His people, in their time of need.
The first (chronologically) is that of the sun standing still for Joshua, when he cried aloud to the Lord for help to deliver him out of the hand of the enemy. Much has been discussed about “Joshua’s Long Day” and much will be discussed in the future, but let it be known that many people miss some incredible facts about it.
經文：啟16：12
第六位天使碗倒伯拉大河上，河水乾了，要那日出地所來眾王預備道路。
「日出地」乃指東方，所來眾王指東方眾王，是指以色列之東外邦合眾國，有説是亞洲眾國，中國領首 (如Hal Lindsey)。但是指中東眾國(如伊朗、伊拉克及其聯邦或其支持者)，一聖裏方向位置、東南西北以色列角度看；二亞洲眾國聖經末世言裏有啟示；三因此處預言但11：40〜45説吻合，故此，啟16：12預言應指亞洲國家，不過亞洲國家末世戰事上有參與。