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CHAPTER 1 \u2014 IS GOD POSSIBLE?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

CHAPTER 2 \u2014 IS PROPHECY POSSIBLE?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

CHAPTER 3 \u2014 DANIEL AND THE COMING MESSIAH<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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  1. Reliability of the Beginning Date of the Prophecy <\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The Calendar of the Jews <\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Creation\u2019s 360-Day Year; Its Appearance in Daniel <\/strong>
    Complaint against the Possibility of a 70-year Exile<\/strong>
    Harmonizing the Reigning Years of Kings<\/strong>
    (a) Harmonization of the Bible with the Babylonian Record<\/strong>
    (b) Harmonizing the Bible with Josephus <\/strong>
    (c) Evidence of the Nabonidus Chronicle <\/strong>
    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusion of Points (a), (b), and (c)<\/strong>
    The 490 Years, and the 360-Day Standard<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. NASA\u2019s Moon and Eclipse Chart <\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. The Date of Herod\u2019s Death <\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. The Gregorian and Julian Calendars<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. The Day and Hour of Slaying the Passover Lamb <\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. The Problem with Jonah\u2019s 3 Days and 3 Nights<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Order or Disorder in the Passion Week Events? <\/strong>
    (a) Note re: the Setting Apart of the Lamb on the 10th of Nisan <\/strong>
    (b) Are There Irreconcilable Differences in Where the Gospels Place the 10th of Nisan in the Passion Week?\u00a0<\/strong>
    (c) The Importance of the Dative Case in Matthew and Mark <\/strong>
    (d) The 10th of Nisan in Relation to the Preparation of the Last Supper and Passover\u00a0<\/strong>
    (e) The Passion Week Chronology of Mark, from the Triumphal Entry to the Crucifixion<\/strong>
    (f) Did Mary Anoint Jesus Twice? Or Else Why Do the Gospels Seem to Place it on Two Different Days?\u00a0<\/strong>
    (g) Further Significance of the 10th of Nisan <\/strong>
    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conclusion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    CHAPTER 4 \u2014 MADE TO MEASURE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    The Rounding Off of Numbers <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Solomon\u2019s Sea and the Golden Ratio <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Where was Solomon\u2019s Temple? (Challenges to the Sacred Cubit re: Temple Location)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ernest Martin\u2019s View of Temple Location<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    CHAPTER 5 \u2014 CHRONOLOGY OF THE HEBREW KINGS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    The Meaning of \u201cReign\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Problematic Timeline of Edwin Thiele<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Table of the Chronology of the Hebrew Kings<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Explanation of Years With Astericks <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONCLUSION <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CHAPTER 6\u2014THE BLACK SUN <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    Chronology of the Patriarchs <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Problems and Solutions in Calculating Patriarchal Years<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Table of the Chronology of the Patriarchs<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Reasonable Confirmation of the Patriarchal Timeline <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Date of Change From the 360 to 365-Day Year Orbit<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Earthquake of Amos 8 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Searching for the Solar Eclipse of Amos 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Delta Tau and the Spin of the Earth <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Finding An Eclipse That Fits the Criteria <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The 7-Year Sabbath Cycle of the Jews<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Why the Year is 5+ Days Longer, Instead of Some Other Number <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Amos and Chinese Eclipses, and the Hezekiah Miracle<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Hezekiah Miracle <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (a) The Biblical and extra-Biblical Records <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (b) A Different Night Sky<\/strong><\/p>\n

    NASA Maps More Reliable in Some Ways Than Other Ways (e.g. Dodwell)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    (c) Calculating \u0394\u03a4 for the June 15, 763 BC Eclipse<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Stephenson\u2019s Citation of Lunar Eclipse Magnitudes Not a Counter-Evidence <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Movement of Spring Equinox<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Chinese Eclipse at Yinxu <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CONCLUSION <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CHAPTER 7 \u2014 A POTPOURRI OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    David\u2019s Flight From Saul<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Table Showing David\u2019s Flight From Saul <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Sabbath When Joash Was Made King <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Is the Septuagint Superior to the Masoretic? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Is There Good Evidence for Eclipses Prior to June 15, 763 BC? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Chinese Historiography and the Shang Oracle Bones <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Dendrochronology: Did Creation Occur in 5000+ BC? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ezekiel 4:4-6: The 390 and 40-year Periods <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CHAPTER 8 \u2014 CHRONOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF JUDGES <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    Examining the View of Andrew Steinmann <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Examining the View of Robert Chishom <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Examining the View of Ralph Hawkins <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Does Judges Require a Sole Span for Samuel\u2019s Judgeship\/[leadership]? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Adding a 95-Year Overlap to Steinmann\u2019s 69-Year Overlap <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Remaining Considerations About the Years of Judges <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some Concluding Thoughts <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CHAPTER 9: EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    The Problem of Conflicting Chronologies <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Problem of Sothic Dating<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Disparity Among Scholars Regarding the Start of Egyptian History <\/strong><\/p>\n

    A Proposed Solution to the Order of Egyptian Dynasties <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Four Generations to Moses <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Joseph, a.k.a. Egypt\u2019s Imhotep: His Position in the Timeline <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Palermo Stone: Harmonizing Egyptian and Old Testament Histories <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Identifying Key Pharaohs, Including Those of the Oppression and the Exodus <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Accuracy of the Manetho\/Africanus List <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The First and Second Dynasties <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u2018Extraneous\u2019 Dynasties to the Main Timeline <\/strong><\/p>\n

    From the 18th to the 26th Dynasties <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Timeline of the (Named) Pharaohs <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mainstream Order of 18th Dynasty <\/strong> Pharaohs <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Remaining Questions <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (a) Preliminary Remarks on Sothis dates <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (b) The Egyptian Change to a 365-day year:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (1) Harmonizing the Canopus Decree, the Augustan Reform, and Censorinus <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Evidence that another star, not Sirius, was the Original \u201cSopdet\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0(c) When Did Sothis Change its Meaning to Sirius? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Implied Evidence the Egyptians Changed to a 365-day calendar in 735 BC <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (d) The Ebers Papyrus <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (e) The Connection of Isis with Spring <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (f) What About The Different Names Egyptians Gave for the Year\u2019s Beginning? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (g) Why are Some Festivals Outside their Eponymous Months? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Sothic Dating <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Conclusion <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some Pharaohs of the Bible <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    CHAPTER 10 \u2013 WHEN VENUS SAID HELLO <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    The Joshua Miracle, The Birth of Venus, and The Venus Tablet<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Context of the Joshua Miracle <\/strong><\/p>\n

    What About Other Planets? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Venus Tablet of Ammizaduga <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Carl Sagan\u2019s Criticism of Venus\u2019 History <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Other Things the Babylonians Observed <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CHAPTER 11 \u2013 HELL BEFORE HELL <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    A Warning <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Eschatological Views <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The 70th Week of Daniel <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (a) The 360-day year in Revelation <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (b) Preliminary thoughts on Interpreting Daniel\u2019s 70th week <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (c) Difficulty of Interpretation <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (d) The Order of Events in Daniel\u2019s 70th Week <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (e) Four Basic Views of Revelation <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (f) The 70th Week of Daniel: A Socratic Dialog with Myron and Epinicus <\/strong><\/p>\n

    CHAPTER 12 \u2013 WHY I REMAIN A CHRISTIAN <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

    The Problem of the One and the Many <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Buddhist Answer <\/strong><\/p>\n

    What Some Christians are Saying About the One and the Many <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Islam and Calvinism <\/strong><\/p>\n

    How a Trinity of Persons Answers the Big Questions <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Environmentalism <\/strong><\/p>\n

    How the Gay Issue Ends Philosophical and Religious Inquiry <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Problem of Evil <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Problem of Evil an Unworthy Comparison <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Scripture Index <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Subject Index <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Glossary of Terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

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