SUN
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Baal worship: ad 172
benefits to man: g72 10/8 25-28; g71 3/22 28; g63 1/22 20-23; g61 8/8 24; w58 549; g55 4/8 13-15; g55 10/8 11; g47 12/8 22-24; g36 9/23 816
carbon cycle: g54 4/8 15; g41 9/3 25
causes colors in sky: g71 6/22 11
blue sky: g70 2/8 26
comet strikes sun: g82 2/22 29
creation: gh 64
description: g72 2/8 9-10; g69 7/8 9-10; g63 1/22 20; g63 10/8 4; g54 4/8 12-16; g53 10/22 13-16; w50 373-376; g47 12/8 21; g46 5/8 19; g32 2/17 296-297; g31 4/1 421-424
diameter: g84 3/22 18; ad 1559
discussion: g72 2/8 9-11; ad 1559; g54 4/8 12-16; g53 10/22 13-16
distance from earth: lp 10; yy 10; ad 1559; g63 1/22 20; g63 10/8 4; g62 8/22 18; g58 2/22 10; g53 10/22 13; w50 375; g47 12/8 21; g31 4/1 421
eclipse: g79 8/8 13-15; g77 5/8 16-19; g70 4/22 31; g70 5/22 17-19; g70 8/22 24; w69 185; g69 6/8 26; g66 12/22 30; w65 736; g63 9/8 30; g61 4/8 29; g54 6/22 9-11; g31 4/1 431-432
diagram illustrating: g79 8/8 14
effect on weather: g80 5/8 25-26
energy emanating from: lp 10; g75 8/22 16; g74 8/22 20; g73 7/8 5; g72 2/8 9-10; g71 6/22 9-10; w66 632; g66 8/22 17; g58 2/22 11; qm55 346; g55 10/8 9; g54 4/8 12-16; g53 10/22 14
amount received on earth every year: g78 2/8 13, 15
equinox: w77 383-384; w48 41; g35 3/13 362-365
evidence of Creator: lp 10-12
first mention in Bible: nh 51
gravitation: g60 12/8 20-21; g53 10/22 16; g31 9/30 850-852
luminary: ad 1087
“nothing new under the sun” (Ec 1:9): w76 739
our sun is most likely a rare exception in the stellar world (quote): g81 2/22 9; w79 9/1 15
radiation: g75 4/8 8; g71 6/22 9-10; w65 261; g63 1/22 20-21; g61 6/8 8; g61 8/8 24-26; w60 218-219; yw 320-322; g55 8/8 23; g47 12/8 21-24
rays cause fire: g73 12/22 30
relation to signs of zodiac: g73 11/22 5
shining will never cease: g55 10/8 9; g54 4/8 16; g41 9/3 25
“signs in sun” (Lu 21:25): w69 30; w68 751; w65 261-262; w60 218; yw 319-322; g45 3/28 17
simulated sunlight: g76 9/22 29
size: ad 1559; w61 426; g58 2/22 10; g53 10/22 13-14; w50 374; g47 12/8 21; g32 2/17 296; w30 59
solar battery: g72 10/8 27
solar energy: g80 2/22 5-8, 11-12, 15; g79 6/8 17-19; g78 2/8 12-15; g78 10/22 30; g77 1/22 30; g76 1/22 12-15; g74 1/8 5; g74 8/22 20-21; g72 10/8 25-28; g71 4/22 26; g55 10/8 9-11
Australia: g78 11/22 31
France: g79 6/8 16-19; g78 1/22 30
Israel: g80 5/22 29
Japan: g78 2/8 12-15
solar-powered aircraft: g81 10/8 29; g80 11/22 29
solar-powered radio station: g80 1/22 31
solar flares: g78 10/8 29; g73 11/22 31; g72 2/8 10; g72 4/8 8; g70 3/8 29; g69 9/8 17, 19
solar heating:
ancient Greece and Rome: g79 9/8 26
solar year: ad 1677; g68 9/22 13-14; g61 8/8 28
stability: g71 12/22 29
stood still (Jos 10:12, 13): g74 1/8 14-15; g63 7/22 28-29; pa 72; g50 5/8 28; ep 129; w44 15; w36 280-281
storms: g66 9/22 30; w62 294; g60 12/22 29; g58 6/22 15; g53 10/22 16; g52 7/8 12; g50 2/8 31; g49 7/8 13-15; g44 4/26 22
sunbathing: g79 6/22 30; g78 7/22 29; g76 9/22 29; g68 8/22 31; g61 8/8 24-26; g48 9/8 19; g47 12/8 23; g33 8/30 759; g33 9/13 777
sundial: ad 1559-1560; w66 477
sunrise: ad 1560
sunsets: lp 90-91; ad 1560; w66 468; g66 3/22 13-15
sunshine and skin cancer: g79 1/22 17, 19; g79 6/22 30; g78 7/22 29
“sunshine” lawsuits in Japan: g76 11/22 29
sunspots: g79 6/22 30; g78 1/8 19-20; g78 2/22 18; g72 2/8 10; g69 7/8 9-13; w66 632; g66 6/22 29-30; g66 9/22 30; w62 294; w60 218-219; yw 320-321; g58 3/8 15; g55 8/8 23; g53 10/22 15-16; g50 2/8 31; g49 7/8 13-14; g47 9/8 27-28; g31 4/1 423-424
suntan parlors: g80 4/22 30
symbolic: w74 528; w74 756; fm 70-71; w66 632-636; g65 9/8 6; w63 683, 686; bf 546-550; mg63 30; w58 550; w55 302; sr55 188; nh 53; lt-2-30 29
darkened (Joe 2:10, 31): rg 263, 341-342; w39 265; gp 49; w36 61; w35 197
darkened (Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24): w75 276; ka 322-326; w61 631; w58 549-552; w39 265
“sun became black” (Re 6:12): fm 70-72; w38 221; lt-1-30 81-82
“sun of righteousness” (Mal 4:2): w82 5/15 25; w58 550; w36 360; w34 381
“woman arrayed with the sun” (Re 12:1): fm 297-298; w58 550; pa 175; nh 208; w35 189; w30 27; lt-1-30 232-233
temperature: g79 9/8 29; g72 2/8 9; ad 1559; g69 7/8 10; w61 425; g58 2/22 11; g53 10/22 16; w50 373
core temperature: w85 3/15 5; g84 3/22 18
on earth if there were no: g78 2/8 15
surface temperature: g84 3/22 18; ad 1559
time it takes to journey around the Milky Way: g84 9/22 9
twilight: g71 3/8 21-22
use in navigation: g64 8/22 10-12
viewing, from telescope: g78 2/22 18
water cycle: ce 201-202; g72 2/8 10-11; g69 8/22 23; qm 173; qm55 173; w50 403
worship: w78 12/15 15; w72 584-587; ad 1559; kj 154-159; g67 3/8 18-19; w66 632; w65 400; g65 2/8 18; w64 667; g64 2/22 18; w63 56; bf 146-147, 478, 546; w61 677; w60 126, 743-744; g59 9/22 17-18; w58 639, 741-742; g56 4/22 18; g54 9/22 14-15; w52 715-716; g48 3/22 19-20; g48 6/22 18-19; tf 38-39; w37 333-334; w31 247-248; v-1 86-91