Job 38:6, 7 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone - while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
God questions Job as to where he was when God created the world. This leads to the reference to the angels adn creation. We know that the angels and all heavenly creatures were created before the creation of this world. Here we learn that the angels shouted for joy when God created the world. The morning stars must be another way to refer to the angels. Jesus is the bright and morning star (Revealtion 22:16) and they are morning stars. Stars speak of glory, purity and light and of constancy, permanency and the numbers points to the fact there are so many angels.
It is rare to find a reference to angels singing in Scripture but that is the implication here. Perhaps the cause of their rejoicing was the anticipation of the work of salvation for which this earth forms the theatre. It may have been simply to do with the creation itself.
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