The Elijah Prophecy - #13 - The Health Message from Heaven!

Dear Friends:

This week's Elijah Prophecy is all about HEALTH! I am sure many of you share my passion and desire to enlighten the world with what I call "The Health Message from Heaven."

Through the years, Modern Manna has worked diligently to share the message of health and the Gospel with as many willing, and, sometimes not so willing, listeners as possible.

One friend of mine who can attest to this is Dr. Hans's Diehl. I received an unsuspected phone call from Dr. Diehl last week that nearly brought me to tears.

He said: "Danny, I just listened to one of your messages that you preached years ago called "The Right Arm," and it was outstanding. You preached your heart out. Keep up the good work my friend." He continued, "Through the ministry God has blessed you with, Modern Manna, thousands of people

have been reached with the best scientific information on nutrition available. You have done so much to help the church and the world. Keep it up." His closing words were, "I know you have suffered through very difficult times these past years, but stay encouraged. And if you ever plan another Health and Healing Crusade count me in."
A phone call from a friend or colleague like this is like a cup of warm chamomile tea with a teaspoon of organic raw honey--so sweet and soothing. Hans will never know how much I appreciated that call. I can truly say when a person is suffering or down, you really find out who your true friends are!

It is true that Modern Manna has relentlessly strived to share the message of health since 1992. Some of the many avenues we have used to educate and warn the world are the following: evangelism, vegetarian cooking schools, health and spiritual books, thousands of DVDs and CDs, a radio show called Healthline for 12 years, the vegetarian restaurant Back to Eden, two health food stores in California, 10 years of Health and Healing Crusades featuring renowned speakers, the website

www.modernmanna.org, the infomercial The Almighty Cleanse, and BellaVita Lifestyle Center. We can honestly say Modern Manna has successfully reached thousands of people with the Health Message from Heaven and will continue to do so for long as the Good Lord allows.

Every effort and every sacrifice has been worth it. If you were to ask me which area of the health work I like the most, my answer would be BellaVita. Let me tell you why. At BellaVita I
spend ten days with people that are usually sick and suffering. Often in pain from disease and emotional issues that would make you cry. It takes a lot of sacrifice and time and love to care for people the way Christ did while on earth. I call this kind of ministry the "Ministry of Compassion."

I will never forget the day I watched my son Daniel, only 15 years old at the time, wash a man in the shower who was enable to care for himself. I knew then that this was the Lord's work. Many times I have watched the staff laboring long hours and asking for very little in return. I know this is God's work. When I see sick people feeling better, and their diseases reverse or go away completely by following God's health plan, I know this is God's work.

What I enjoy about BellaVita is that your talents and health education can be put into practice at the same time at the lifestyle center. The many things I have learned over the years: herbal remedies, the value of a vegan diet, the power of exercise, the healing virtues of rest and sunshine, the cooking schools, the counseling, the natural remedies, the regenerating influence of the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, the lectures and Bible studies can all come into play and practice at BellaVita in one session. This work is very practical. As a result, I have seen men and women who were so discouraged upon arriving walk out after a ten-day session with smiles on their faces and joy in their hearts because they feel better!

One of the most remarkable healings that I have ever witnessed was in a woman named Molly who had uterine cancer. She came to BellaVita with her husband who had prostate cancer. During the orientation, she asked, "Do I have to go through the cleanse too? I just came to support my husband." "It is your choice," I responded, but added "I think you need it more than anyone here."

The fifty-year-old woman, with her head hung low, answered, "Well...I am hemorrhaging from my vagina." She also had the worst dark circles around her eyes that I had ever seen. Her eyes were sunken-in like openings to two dark caves. The change I saw happen in her face in only a matter of days was truly amazing, and for that I praise God.
The first morning, as the guests gathered at the table for my lecture, Molly came out of her room with the saddest look on her face. I said to her, "Are you OK?" She answered, "I am so sad...so depressed. Life isn't worth living." I reached over and lifted her head with my hand, and while looking in her gloomy eyes I asked, "Is there a song in your heart you would you like to sing? Molly, if you could do anything right now, what would you choose to do to make youself happy?" Her answer was something I would have never expected and neither would have you.

Before I tell you her answer, let me say that I had read about this type of approach in a book called Emotions and Cancer. It focused not on what was wrong with a person, but what was right. It said terminally ill people, often times, have something they always wanted to do in life but never had the chance to do it. For example, one cancer patient always wanted to play the piano but never got around to taking lessons until she got cancer.

Molly's request was most surprising. She said, "I would like to make mud-patties with your 4-year-old daughter." "Mud patties" I thought, "That can be arranged." After three hours of making mud patties with my youngest daughter, Talia, Molly returned to the house with the biggest smile on her face that you could ever imagine. From that day forward she was a new woman, and the circles around her eyes had completely disappeared in only three days! A little joy goes a long way when people are hurting inside.

Another reason I love BellaVita so much is because I get to share The Health Message From Heaven with the Gospel. One of my presentations that the guests appreciate very much is called, "Can Attitudes Affect Your Health?" In this presentation I share a statement that says, "Nine-tenths of the diseases that afflict mankind have their origin in the mind." Understand, there are negative emotions that drain life force, or the electrical charge of the body, and there are positive emotions that recharge man's vital force.

"The relation that exists between the mind and the body is very intimate. When one is affected the other sympathizes. The condition of the mind affects the health to a far greater degree than many realize. Many of the diseases from which men suffer are the result of mental depression. Grief, anxiety, discontent, remorse, guilt, distrust, all tend to break down the life forces and to invite decay and death.

     "Disease is sometimes produced, and is often greatly aggravated, by the imagination. Many are lifelong invalids who might be well if they only thought so. Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love, promote health and prolong life. A contented mind, a cheerful spirit, is health to the body and strength to the soul. Gratitude, rejoicing, benevolence, trust in God's love and care-- these are health's greatest safeguard.
     "The power of the will and the importance of self-control, both in the preservation and in the recovery of health, the depressing and even ruinous effect of anger, discontent, selfishness, or impurity, and, on the other hand, the marvelous life-giving power to be found in cheerfulness, unselfishness, gratitude, should also be shown.
     "There is a physiological truth--truth that we need to consider--in the scripture, 'A merry {rejoicing} heart doeth good like a medicine.' The true principles of Christianity open before all a source of inestimable happiness. We should encourage a cheerful, hopeful, peaceful frame of mind; for our health depends upon our so doing." My Life Today, p. 151.

The more sessions I do at BellaVita the more I see this is true. "Nine-tenths of the diseases that afflict mankind have their origin in the mind" but find expression in the body.

BellaVita means a beautiful life in Italian. The ministry of healing at this God-given place is truly remarkable. I have seen so many miracles in just ten-days that I can honestly say this is my favorite work in the ministry. I remember asking the Lord, "How many people can I take at one time?" His answer came right back, "I took twelve."

I believe we should keep the health retreats small and personal. With a fewer number of guests, we can interact and really get to know each person. We can hone in on their most urgent needs be they physical, mental, or spiritual.

"The sick are to be reached, not by massive buildings, but by the establishment of many small sanitariums, which are to be as lights shining in a dark place. Those who are engaged in this work are to reflect the sunlight of Christ's face. They are to be as salt that has not lost its savor. By sanitarium work, properly conducted, the influence of true, pure religion will be extended to many souls." Counsels on Health, p. 211.

In Genesis we are told that God made man in His own image and likeness (Gen. 1:26), and immediately gave man the following dietary guidelines: "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." (Gen. 1:29).
Man's first diet did not include any animal products, but only plant foods like seeds, grains, and fruits from the garden. After man sinned, he was driven out of the Garden of Eden and the herb of the field (vegetables containing minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals) were added to his diet (see Gen.3:18).

     In Genesis 9:2, 3, since "every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground" because of the great flood (see Gen 7:23), God made a provision and gave man permission to eat "every moving thing that liveth...even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." (Gen. 9:3). God, as noted by the language, added flesh to man's diet after the flood, just as He added vegetables after the fall. However, the provision only gave man permission to eat "clean" animals, and never their fat or blood. Leviticus 11 lists the specific "clean" animals God allowed for food and the "unclean" animals he forbade man to eat, most of which are scavengers.
      In Leviticus 11:2, God told Moses to "speak unto the children of Israel, saying, these are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth." Here the Lord prohibited man to eat swine's flesh--things like pork chops, ham, bacon, pepperoni, and Jimmie Dean Pure Pork Sausage, fish that did not have fins and scales like craps, lobsters, shrimp, and oysters, and a number of other creatures such as birds of prey, etc. Why did God forbid His people to eat these "unclean" animals?
      I believe the main reason was for sanitary purposes. These creatures are scavengers and feed on the waste and filth of the earth, whether in the waters or on the land. Take the pig for instance. The animal is truly a scavenger and it will eat just about anything--from garbage to dead rattlesnakes. I have read that the pig doesn't sweat and tends to be frequently infested with the trichina worm. The trichina worm has the ability, science has discovered, to cross the blood-brain barrier. If it does and gets into your brain, the symptoms can be similar to that of a brain tumor. Misdiagnoses of a brain tumor rather than a trichina parasite have been reported. One of my own employees was having headaches and had a brain scan taken at U.C. Davis Medical Center. The scan which was done to rule out a tumor actually revealed two worms in her brain. Yuck! Now think for a minute--have you ever been told to cook pork well? For what reason? The answer is to kill the trichina worms. Well, who wants to eat dead ones?

      Years ago in an issue of Health and Life, there appeared an article by T. C. Desmond--chairman of the Trichinosis Commission of New York. The article was entitled, "One in Six is Infected with Deadly Pork Parasite." In the article Desmond stated, "One out of twenty-five pork products purchased over the retail counter was found by the commission to contain parasites. It has been estimated that our present hog crop may provide us with 60,000,000 trichinae-infested meals. Another article stated: "The worms enter the human digestive tract as tiny, almost invisible cysts which digest and release the worms, so that they burrow through the walls of the stomach or duodenum to the bloodstream. The symptom is similar to food poisoning if the number of parasites is sufficient. Later may come rheumatic-like heart pain because of worms settling temporarily in the heart. Inflammation in the cardiac region may follow. In some cases the brain or nervous system may be disturbed. as though worms had invaded the brain or nerves, which possibly they do. Even invasions of the muscles may be fatal if the worms are numerous enough." Illinois Health Messenger.
      A friend of mine who worked at a meat packing plant once told me that he would get infections in his finger followed by a red line was running up his arm just from handling bacon and ham. He also said, "On one occasion, hams were turning green and I was ordered to smoke them and package them for sale back East." He continued, "Another time the bacon was outdated and I was told to repackage the bacon and stamp a new date on the package and resell it." How gross and deceptive! Is it any wonder why the Lord said, "And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud, he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." (Lev. 11:7,8).
     If you carefully examine the front foot of the pig, you will find a small abrasion. If you then press the pig's leg just above the abrasion, you will squeeze out a teaspoon of filthy matter. Some have called it "pork gravy." It is actually an outlet or drain for the dirty filth of which the pig's lymph system is filled. If you then carefully examine this filthy scrofulous serum, you will find that it contains many diseases, bacteria and viruses. Pickled pig's feet anyone?
      God commanded us not to eat, or even touch, the dead animal, because pigs are high in fat, cholesterol, deadly diseases, and trichina worms! Yet, even with all the bad publicity about pork and the health dangers of eating the pig, the devil smiles as Americans feast on their dead bodies from head to toe. The pigs head is turned into head cheese (ears and tails inserted), his stomach is transformed into tripe, his intestines are used for sausage covers, his heart, liver, and kidneys are eaten, and his feet are pickled. Even his bristles are used in brushes and his skin for wallets and purses. In the end, men and women "squeal and grunt" from the pain caused from their perverted appetites and for eating what God said not to!
      In the January 22, 1996 issue of U.S. News and World Report, the popular news weekly had an interesting article entitled, "Hog heaven and hell--Pig farming has gone high tech." The article said, "Last June 21, after heavy rains some 25 million gallons of feces and urine flushed from the buildings where pigs were confined...The reddish-brown tide, more than twice the volume of oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez, poured knee-deep for two hours across the highway between Whaley's re-brick bungalow and the First Church of God....The stinking slumgaullion drained into the New River where it killed virtually all aquatic life in the 17-mile stretch between Richlands and Jacksonville and left a stench for several days....Wastes from big pig farms also threaten well water and surface water with parasites, bacteria, and viruses. These include salmonella, streptococcus, giardia, listeria, along with avian botulism and cholera." Would you like ham, bacon, or sausage with your eggs? This is the same reason fish were dying in Lake Erie years ago which authorities called "Fishteria." In fact, it so happened that I was seated next to a Federal Inspector who just got back from inspecting the lake and shared his findings with me.
       God made scavengers of the sea just as He made pigs and birds of prey to be the scavengers of the land. I remember at one of our cooking schools while I was addressing the subject of unclean meats, a man seated in the back row started waving his hand. After calling on him, he anxiously shared the following story. He told us how he used to catch crabs for a living and that his greatest catch was early in the morning right in the docks where the boats were kept. He soon realized the reason for the quantity of crabs in this location was because the boats were dumping their toilets filled with human waste into the water and the crabs were enjoying the feast!

No wonder the Lord refers to fish without fins and scales as "abominations". I refer to crabs, shrimp, and lobsters as the cockroaches of the sea and shrimp as little garbage-gulpers that swim approximately six inches from the surface of the ocean to feed on the scum and waste that floats to the top. Certain shellfish, if caught and eaten during the months that end in "R" (September, October, etc.), can kill you. I can safely say the 21-Shrimp Special at Red Lobster for $7.99 is NO BARGAIN, and you can be certain I avoid Long John Silvers like the plague. Some people say they actually serve fish with their grease. One writer referred to shellfish as insects of the ocean. "After all, he said, "They have way too many legs."
Then there are the other little creatures that God has told us not to eat. As far as snails, I don't think I really even need to comment. We cringe whenever we crush them under our shoe or see them in the garden, but somehow they become a delicacy when these little snot balls are saut�ed in wine and butter. All of these foods are high in fat and cholesterol and can contribute to arteriosclerosis.

What will the Lord have to say about are food choices when He comes? One vivid answer is at the Second Coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ and has been recorded by the prophet Isaiah: "For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with His chariots like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and with His sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together saith the Lord." (Isaiah 66:15-17). Strong words! Evidently those slain of the Lord will be the ones hiding in the garden just like Adam and Eve because they had eaten what the Lord said not to! Will we do the same?