“There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:41‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

So what makes our sun unique to all the other stars. We do. That is not to say that we are to the soul existence of the sun, but that God has chosen to place this planet earth next to our sun in the exact location to give life and heat and cold to our planet. The expert star people have found very few other solar systems with a small planet as close to the sun as we are. They typically find a large planet really close to the sun. And if that was the case for our solar system that planet would block some of the sun’s light and heat from reaching our planet when they are closely lined up. A quick read form the Nasa website told me this morning that around half of the solar system has only one sun. And our sun is average in size. God has made our sun special for us. 

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sun-compare/en/

So what makes our moon special? it is different from the sun in the way it does not make its own light but it reflects the light of the sun. Like us Christians, we do not make our own light but We reflect the light of the Son of God. The moon is the time setter for God’s calendar. He did not base it on the sun as we do. But His months start with the new moon. 

So what about the stars. We can see that there are different size stars with different brightness levels, but can each star really be different from each other? Yes! The mathematical chances that each star is 100% exactly like another is 0% at least according to Christiananswers.net

https://christiananswers.net/q-eden/star-differences.html

So with different splendors for the sun, moon, and all the stars why did God bother with them. For the sun He needed a heavenly body to rule over the day. And the Moon to rule over the night. And I believe that the stars number His kids. 

“Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years. They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. God made the two great lights — the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night — as well as the stars. God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1:14-19‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/gen.1.14-19.hcsb

“He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.””

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/gen.15.5.hcsb

Take a look around you today and tonight and marvel at the great splendor of God who created the sun to give us light and heat during the day and the moon and stars that help us travel at night.