The book Our Created Moon: Earth’s Fascinating Neighbor reveals some ways the Moon benefits mankind.
One obvious way is the light it reflects at night, which has guided travellers on land and sea for centuries. But do you know that the light of the Moon seems to have been programmed in a special way just for farmers? The “harvest moon” is the name given to the full Moon that occurs around the autumn equinox, around September 21.
At this time of year, the Moon rises at nearly the same time several nights in a row —just in time to give some extra light to farmers bringing in the fall harvest. Thus the term “harvest moon” (The rest of the year the moon rises 50 minutes later.)
Do you know that you breathe because of the moon? It’s the moon’s gravity that causes the ebb and flow of the oceans’ tides. Without this stirring, the water would become stagnant and unhealthy, and sea life would die, including its abundant plant life (and there is more plant life by weight in the sea than on land). Without the oxygen from these plants, our atmosphere would deteriorate and we would die for lack of air.
And then there is the protection factor. If you looked on the far side of the moon, you’d see that it is especially heavily cratered, with some craters more than 150 miles in diameter. Why? The moon is a space helmet, its gravity sucking in space rocks that would otherwise collide with earth.
There are reasons the Creator put the moon there.
Reference: Don DeYoung and John Our Created Moon: Earth’s Fascinating Neighbor (Master Books, 2003), pp. 71-84
From: http://www.illustrationsforsermons.com/
Image: In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20, 1969, the U.S. Postal Service released two stamp designs in 2019 commemorating that historic milestone. Image courtesy The Hans India.