What's Up There

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Psalm 104:19-20

Alright, since we've seen where most beasts play, let's now see what is going on with those pesky planetary bodies. The current going scientific theory is that the earth and about eight other planets are all orbiting around a central body, the sun. Now the sun is presumed to be in fixed position but it's so hot up there that no one can really fly on past it to check. I mean, nobody, no instruments or nothing. There might be seven planets total now including earth. I think one of them was deemed to be a decommissioned space junk, rock, or some other such thing. Yes, I am referring to Pluto and leaving my own self out of that little memo. The other matter concerns the rest of the planets, all spinning continually in space in a circle and moving in a track around the sun. Then some of the planets are known to have moons, some more than others. This planet is earth and only has one. There is one sun and one moon here to keep things nice and simple.

Now I sure wouldn't like to get caught up in a discussion about intelligent life on other planets at the moment. Since I'm not there and have no way to check, let's just focus on the topic at hand. Instead, I find myself here on earth with its' one moon and sun and life of more or less intelligent nature. Then again, I haven't taken an intelligence test to find out. The other issue is one found in the Scripture. Seems to me I found a verse somewhere, I'm not sure just where that poses the question of four planetary bodies in orbit around a central figure, four on one side four on the other. That makes eight in all in case you were wondering, nine counting the single stationary figure found in the middle. These orbits are highly predictable as they have been measured in roughly the same position year after year. Scientists though are measuring these orbits from a single position, their spot back on earth. This lends the question, is the earth really as motionless as it appears? If that then is the case, does the sun really move?

That gap in logic would make the earth not the sun the main body of planetary interest. Being the main point that everything is measured from, it would make sense that this does not move. The measured orbit of the earth then would in actuality be describing the sun. If you think about it, there's like four planets on either side of the earth if you lined them all up in straight-line position which rarely if ever happens that way. That would mean, with the sun as an orbiting body that the fuel contained therein might someday go out. Since the fuel of the body is found contained in the light and the heat it gives off, some is also exerted on its path through the sky. Therefore, the sun might not have as much thermal energy in reserve as some scientists like to think. Then again, something up there is powering the thermal reaction that's helping it move. It would also help to explain the occurrences of things like sunspots, variations in the sun's heat and energy reserves.

Then again though, there's no way ever to know since the sun can't be measured just to check. Therefore, the sun and the moon together have an effect on the earth. The sun keeps it warm much like a great heat source and also gives it light. The moon on the other hand does more than just affect the moods of those that live here by making men crazy and also changing the tides. The moon can be used to guide the seasons. I'm not too sure about you, but sure there's harvest moon and wolf moon and summer moon and all that stuff. Although I'm not too sure about the issue of there being a man in the moon. Lest we should forget, let's visit the names of the planets again just for a minute.

Sun

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Maybe they're a bit out of order, what do you think? Let's try moving Neptune in line ahead of the sun and see what we get. Perhaps your culture knows them by all different names. Just think of the God that knows all the stars and calls each one of them by name. Try looking up at the night sky some time and you'll see. It's an awful lot to remember isn't it. Let's try adding in the orbits known to man thus far. Then we can talk about the planetary alignment and how it might all add up.

This would put all of them in line going to the right. Next, we need to go back left.

Now you know what the solar system would look like with all the space removed. I think this is the coolest part of this. There are two things you really ought to know. First off, is the little issue known as solar eclipse. There's the sun right there about two planets removed on the other side of earth. The thing is we only hear about the sun and moon's eclipse. An eclipse is caused by two planetary bodies moving one before the other. Then the two paths' cross and there's darkness for a while. With two other planets in the way, there really ought to be more than just the suns and moons eclipse. The correct terms are solar and lunar, by the way. Anyhow, this leads me to believe that the orbits really have been switched. Thus, the sun a perfect circle, never ceases to stand still. This too is why it only crosses with the moon maybe once or twice a year.

With all of earth's motion, you would think the two paths would cross a lot more often, don't you think? Consider, the earth is said to rotate continuously while the moon passes earth maybe once a day. Then again, there's daylight in half the world each for half a day. Thus, the eclipse really ought to be a daily if not weekly event. Only it's not, for reasons I just said. With the sun taking earth's orbit, there is no venial or mercurial eclipse because, these move to the back of the picture, just like Neptune while keeping their same orbit. This would also help explain the phenomenon of comets, whose movement appears to be a perfect sphere that goes vertically in relation to the space. Think of it a little bit like this. Hailey's comet is a prime example, of one that always comes and goes.

It would go like this in vertical, while the rest move flat like that through space. What if the sun also moved vertical, but we couldn't see that because of our altitude when we measured it from space? That's the funny thing about an angle. Take the page and tilt it if you can or even move your head. Is there one at which you can look that makes all this appear on just one plane? A plane is a geometric term for viewing things from space. Basically, it's what we talked about before with directions. Remember, there's the sheet of paper laying on the floor.

That's a plane, the first. Then you placed your hand atop of it which made the second plane. Then you added yourself which made the third. Finally, you added movement by waving your hand through the air making this the fourth and final plane. Alright, so there's a place where all these planes come together and appear to join as one. It's actually a pretty famous computer animation, if you know what I mean. If you don't, grab four pages aligned in different states, then fold them all together. I know, it's the pages of this book. This theory pretty much says, these bodies can move in any way they want, and even look a little bit like this. Well, I can't find the right thing I want to show, so why don't you do it for me. Some of you get in a line and then some more come and join it like the spokes upon a wheel. There, like that. Whatever do you think?

Now let's suppose the last and final view that is matter seen from space. There are set orbits, because the planets like much smaller bodies are governed by exact same laws. We will look at what those are in just a bit. The reason why these don't just fly off into space, like man did when he first stepped on the moon, is because large bodies like a planet are made up of lots of smaller stuff. This gives the body mass, which essentially is the weight. You know, the more stuff a person wears the heavier they are. The same is true with planets. Smaller planets like the moon that is made of dust and rock has a much lighter weight than say the earth. The earth has animals, trees, houses, cities, towns, oceans, seas, and also humans. It did at least, at the time that this was written. Maybe something's changed since then. Anyhow, the weight of the planets is what gives them mass and also keeps them on orbit from flying off in space.