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The Sun of God: friend or foe?

Sunshine:our Enemy?

• YES if...

• you have a diet high in cholesterol and fats

• you do not exercise

• you stay out too long and get a sunburn

Sunshine:our friend?

• YES if...

• You have a healthy diet low in free fats and without cholesterol from animal products

• an adequate amount is received each day

• you exercise regularly

studies have shown that with proper sun

exposure...• blood pressure decreases

• assists in weight loss/weight gain by stimulating the thyroid gland and normalizing metabolism

• blood output from the heart will increase

• stress tolerance will increase

• depression can be remedied

• menopausal symptoms can be drastically lessened.

sun worship in ancient

civilizationsTraced all the way back to

the tower of Babel with Nimrod, Marduk and

Tammuz, names for the Sun god, according to the book

of Ezekiel.

We see it in the culture of Egypt, Phoenicia, Assyria,

Incas, Mayans, Aztecs, India and more...

sun worship in paganism

Pagan Rome: Christmas, Easter, and the Sun

Day

Constantine, who was an avid worshipper of Apollo, The sun god

Decided that a compromise needed to be made: His

conversion was based on a vision of the cross in the sun

Papal Rome and sun worship

Sun Worship, the greatest evil according

to Scripture

BAbylon and sun worshipAt the center of the city

of Babylon, was a temple that housed the remains of the tower of Babel. Sun worship was

at the core of the religious system of idolatry in Babylon

the idol

The dream of the image in Daniel 2 made a huge impact on the King. He

decided to make sure all worshipped him and his

kingdom and so he made a massive image or statue of solid gold

representing the greatness of Babylon

who to worship?

Daniel’s 3 Friends

the same one’s that we learned before had stood up for their diet, now have to choose between the

pagan sun worship of Babylon or the faithful worship of the Creator of the

sun.

The book of Revelation even goes in depth to show that at the end of the world, there would be another crisis of worship over the same issues of Sun Worship and Creator Worship

the sun of God

These 3 men chose not to bow down to the King’s

statue. As in most ancient civilizations, the king was

also known as a representation of ‘The Sun’.

The King got so angry that he threw them into a furnace prepared for

sacrifices to appease the sun god

the son of God

Nebuchadnezzar recognized a 4th person in the fire...He called him

‘The Son of God’.

The King recognized a power greater than the

sun god, The Son of God, The Creator of the sun

the fine line

As we can see, there is a fine line of taking advantage of the

healing properties of the sun and the actual

worship of the sun rather than the Creator

of the sun.

the healing properties of the sun

• It is the UV rays of the sun that are responsible for the reaction with plants and the human body.

• All windows block UV rays

Increased immune response

Upon UV ray exposure, the neutrophils and

lymphocytes in the blood multiply and are stimulated to

eat germs more rapidly in addition to an increase in

oxygen

It is not by chance that more people are sick in winter than

in summer. It is directly related to exposure to the UV

rays of the sun

The sun’s UV rays• When the Lymphocytes are in high amounts they will produce Interferon naturally in the body.

• Interferon is the key ingredient in many cancer treatments in the United States

• It is very effective in treating carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia

Lowers cholesterol

• UV rays cause the serum levels of cholesterol in the blood to drop due to vitamin D synthesis

• Lower cholesterol will increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood

sunshine a natural insulin

The effect of sunlight on the body’s sugar

metabolism parallels that of insulin.

Sunlight facilitates the conversion of blood

sugar(glucose) to stored sugar in the liver and muscles (glycogen).

sunlight and aging

Fats in the diet are a main contributor to free radical formation. Because of this

many believe a high fat diet is a major cause of aging.

Combine this high fat diet with sunlight and you have

the ingredients for accelerating wrinkles, breast,

colon and skin cancer!

skin cancerThere is a clear correlation.

lighter skin=more skin cancer on the parts of the body that are exposed to

the sun.

Darker skin people have much less skin cancerbut...more of the other

types of cancer!

the sun has a direct

influence on cancer

sun can increase skin cancer but it typically always will decrease

other types of cancer.

Burning of the skin is the problem

sunscreen = skin cancer?Fat in the diet is a key

ingredient in skin cancer,

but sunscreens also contain fats

This is why sunscreen,

oil or lotion may actually stimulate cancer

formation.

fats in our food

Is Salad Healthy?

FACT: The intake of salad dressing and

cooking oils has increased dramatically in the last 100 years

from 1.5lbs/year to an estimated 25lbs/year or

more

Fats and sunburn

There is a reason why some can get sunburn so much easier. It is because of the fat in the diet reacting with the UV rays of the sun

How does sunlight inhibit cancer?

Sunlight increases the use of oxygen in the tissues and thus stimulating the immune system and the production of antibodies.

Cancer cannot live in a highly oxygenated

environment

per capita sugar

consumption in the U.S.A

1820- 8.9lbs/year and 2010- 130lbs/year

Sugar slows circulation and lowers blood oxygen levels

Sugar will stiffen the RBCells and will thus prevent proper flow and they

will stick together (clotting)---Including starches void of fiber---white flower/rice/processed foods

Vitamin DWhen sunlight strikes the

skin, it initiates a delicate multi-phased process. Cholesterol

concentration is higher in the human skin than in

other organs. When sunlight strikes the skin, cholesterol is changed into a substance called previtamin D. The body itself will complete the

transition to the hormone Vitamin D that it can use

vitamin DGenerated in the skin, it is then absorbed by the bloodstream.

Once in the bloodstream, it then goes to the liver and

becomes more potent. Then onto the kidneys where it

becomes even more active and enables the body to carry out

it’s proper function.

You can not overdose on Vitamin D if obtained from it’s original source...the sunshine

Vitamin D overdose

In reality though, Americans digest in their food six times the recommended amount of Vitamin

D per day than is needed.

The Effects?Drastically increases risk of heart

attack. Depletes magnesium therefore raising cholesterol and in essence is a toxin hardening

the lining of the arteries.

bone strength and calcium

Study:Soldiers indoors vs.

outdoors.

with UV rays-Calcium absorption went up 15%

Indoors-Calciumabsorption lowered by

25%

HOw much skin needs to be exposed to the sun?

• Small amount of skin in the face/hands for a few minutes per day.

• This is great news even in the winter when Vitamin D levels are usually very low.

• Excess/unneeded amounts of Vitamin D are stored in the liver to be drawn from when needed

• Variable Factors: type of skin, elevation, latitude, season, time of day, surrounding environment

how much exposure?

lighter skin= lessdarker skin=more*

15-30 minutes/day

*twice as many deaths from diabetes among dark skinned

people (due to harder to penetrate darker skin with the UV rays)

How does the sunshine work?• shown to remedy TB

• kills streptococcus

• skin fungus/acne

• infectious disease

• UV rays sterilize the bacteria in the air

• water purification-sea water is purified up to 12ft deep!

Russian factory worker

exampleGroup A-exposed to

UltraViolet lighting had 50% fewer colds as

compared with the part of the factory that had

Group B-exposed to standard lighting

sunshine in the eyes

• Cyclic AMP or CAMP is naturally occurring in all cells. With stress, caffeine, and fats the lymphocytes will in essence become ‘drunk’. This will inhibit their ability to destroy cancer and other free radical cells.

sunshine in the eyes• When UV rays enter through the eyes, it penetrates deep into the brain and will lower the amount of CAMP in the lymphocytes

• In Eccl 11:7, Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived said over 3000 years ago: Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

sunshine’s 2 Primary effects-summary

Through the Eyes Through the Skin

The Creator of the sunBut unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of

Righteousness arise with healing in his wings-Malachi 4:2