When John saw Jesus, he saw Him as the sun and the angels as stars. This imagery of Revelation 1 omits the moon.
The moon shines as the sun on the day the Lord binds up the wounds of His people. The moon is again mentioned in Revelation chapter 12 where it is under the feet of the woman travailing in childbirth. The imagery there strongly implies the Lordship of Christ which comes about through the travail of His people to the forming of Christ Himself in them. As Christ has been snatched up, so shall we be whom He has formed.
The church is arrayed with the sun as the woman is, that is, as we through overcoming have put on Christ, as we have when we first come to know Him.
The moon shines as the sun on the day when the towers fall (Isaiah 30:25-26). This is when all the best laid plans of men come to waste. It is the day of slaughter, but for God's people a day of deliverance. They walk directed by God's word. It illuminates the path and assures us that we won't stumble.
The Jews believe that on this day that the moon will radiate instead of reflect light. This in Christian terms is the work of Christ in us to radiate through us. He has wrought the change in His people bringing them into new covenant with Him in His will and through His blood. No longer is the will of God something to be grasped at but rather as is true with Jesus becomes true of us, we no longer regard equality with God a thing to be grasped but rather we serve.
When the time comes for Christ to be revealed in glory, we shall be revealed as having been with Him. Before that time, we do not give up doing good knowing that our labor is not in vain.
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