The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible

Star language speaks of divinity or glorification elsewhere. In Revelation, Jesus himself, the morning star, and angels are identified with star language to denote their divine, nonearthly, nature

The divine sons of God are called the “morning stars” in Job 38:7 and “the stars of God” in Isaiah 14:13. The imagery of Joseph’s dream, where the sons of Jacob (Israel) are stars (Gen 37:9), is no accident. Neither is it a coincidence that Abraham’s offspring will be “as the stars.” While that phrase speaks of a numerical multitude

tude of offspring, that isn’t its only message