The equivalents for the date formulas are listed below: SPEECH DATE IN DARIUS' REIGN MODERN EQUIVALENT Haggai 1:1 Year 2, month 6, day 1 August 29, 520 BC Haggai 2:1 Year 2, month 7, day 21 October 17, 520 BC Haggai 2:10 Year 2, month 9, day 24 December 18, 520 BC Haggai 2:20 Year 2, month 9, day 24 December 18, 520 BC BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL SETTING During the reign of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah (598-587 BC), Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army, in the ninth year, tenth month, tenth day of Zedekiah's reign (1 Kings 25:1). In the n...

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Throughout the ages, humankind has been deeply troubled by the existence of evil. We have often wondered: what is evil? Simply stated, evil is the infliction of pain upon sentient beings. Evil, however, is much more complicated than that definition suggests. It is a complex synthesis of moral, natural, and metaphysical evils (Russell 1986, 18) that varies in its interpretation across time and cultures. ...

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1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve. Over 5 million years ago, primates walked on all fours. ...

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