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<h1>Our Solar System - Proof of God's Love and Protection </h1>

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  <p class="lead dropcap">Far beyond the planets, past the reach of sunlight we can see, there is a vast invisible shield surrounding our solar system. It’s called the heliosphere — a massive bubble carved out by the solar wind, the constant stream of charged particles flowing from the Sun.</p>

<p>Like a guardian shell, it deflects deadly cosmic radiation that fills interstellar space — radiation that could strip atmospheres, destroy DNA, and make life as we know it impossible.</p>

<p>Every living thing on Earth — every tree, ocean, and heartbeat — exists safely within this unseen barrier. Without it, our world would be bathed in lethal energy. We wouldn’t survive a day.</p>

<p>When NASA’s Voyager spacecraft reached the edge of this great bubble, they encountered a boundary unlike anything we had ever seen — a “wall of fire” where temperatures soar to 30,000 to 50,000 Kelvin.</p>

<p>Beyond it lies the vast ocean of interstellar space, filled with the high-energy radiation of exploded stars and cosmic storms. Inside it lies the calm, protected cradle of our solar system — the place where life can grow, think, and love.</p>

<p>The contrast is staggering: outside, chaos; inside, order. Outside, death; inside, life.</p>

<h2>The God Who Shields</h2>

<p>Science calls it the heliosphere. Scripture calls it something deeper.</p>

<div class="scripture">“You, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.”<span class="ref">— Psalm 3:3</span></div>

<p>The same Creator who wrapped the planets in this unseen shield has also wrapped humanity in mercy. Just as the heliosphere shields the Earth from cosmic destruction, God’s grace shields us from the full force of the spiritual corruption that would destroy our souls.</p>

<p>Sin, like radiation, seeps into everything. It damages what is good, breaks what is beautiful, and leaves nothing untouched. But through Jesus Christ, God established a new kind of “heliosphere” — a spiritual refuge — where His children are protected from eternal death and restored to life.</p>

<h2>The Boundary We All Must Cross
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<p>Voyager crossed the boundary of the Sun’s influence into interstellar darkness. One day, each of us will cross a boundary too — the edge of this life.</p>

<p>The question is: what will we find beyond it?</p>

<p>For those who remain outside of God’s protective grace, there is only exposure — the raw consequence of separation from His presence. But for those who belong to Christ, the boundary is not the end — it’s the beginning of everlasting light, the entrance into the presence of the One who made the stars and stretched out the heavens.</p>

<h2>The Invitation</h2>

<p>The heliosphere exists because the Sun gives more than light — it gives protection. Likewise, God offers not just existence, but salvation.</p>

<p>He doesn’t want you wandering beyond His shield, trying to survive on your own. He calls you into His safety — into a relationship with His Son, Jesus, who took the radiation of sin upon Himself so that you could live within the warmth of God’s love.</p>

<div class="scripture">“The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”<span class="ref">— Psalm 84:11</span></div>

<h2>The Wonder of It All</h2>

<p>Every heartbeat, every breath, every sunrise happens inside that vast shield — one we never see, yet depend on completely. And every soul that turns to God finds another kind of protection — one that lasts forever.</p>

<p>The heliosphere tells the story of a protecting Creator, one who foresaw what His creation would need and built safety into the fabric of the universe itself.</p>

<p>You are not unguarded in a hostile cosmos. You are watched over, invited, and loved by the One who designed the very boundaries of life.</p>

<p>Come home to Him. Step inside His shield. Let the warmth of His Son be your light — and your life — forever.</p>
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