Haggai, the tenth book of the twelve, consists of reports of four "words " addressed to Zerubbabel the governor. ... Theme: Blessing through obedience to the Word of God. ... Unlike Zechariah, Haggai is mentioned only in Ezra outside his own book. ... They seem to have been waiting for some signs from God that they should resume building. ... Focusing solely on rebuilding what they had lost in the exile made the people selfish and ultimately flung them farther from the Lord, who delivered them back from exile. ...

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This element becomes a recurring theme in a great portion of religious texts, especially in the Bible and the Koran, both of which are celebrated in a wide construct as being among the main sources of religious literature. ... Both holy books have common themes, stories and/or parables featuring similar characters. ... They also show the consequences that can occur when people choose to ignore Gods messages and warnings that he gives through these figures, of which he has chosen. ... God began to believe that the mankind he had created had turned wicked, and through fore God wanted to, "...

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With this in mind, this paper will then seek to address the true cause of sin as referred to in Romans 5:12, whether propagated from Adam to all his descendant or individual transgression. ... (Grudem) Robert Culver, too, speaks about the nature of sin in own book, and time and time again he returns one basic understanding of sin being: "Lack of conformity to divine law, therefore, constitutes sin as sin.... " It would probably be worthy to note that Culver's rejection of 1 John 3:4 as a definition of sin probably stems from his own presupposition of what sin actually is. ... &...

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