Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Time Line of the Bible


Time Line of the Bible


  1. “In the beginning . . .”
  2. 4026 B.C.E. Adam’s creation
  3.  3096 B.C.E. Death of Adam
  4.  2370 B.C.E. Floodwaters fall
  5.  2018 B.C.E. Abraham born
  6. 1943 B.C.E. Abrahamic covenant
  7.  1750 B.C.E. Joseph sold as a slave
  8.  before 1613 B.C.E. Job’s trial
  9.  1513 B.C.E. Exodus from Egypt
  10.  1473 B.C.E. Israel enters Canaan under Joshua
  11. 1467 B.C.E. Major conquest of Canaan completed
  12.  1117 B.C.E. Saul anointed as king
  13.  1070 B.C.E. God makes Kingdom promise to David
  14. 1037 B.C.E. Solomon becomes king
  15. 1027 B.C.E. Temple in Jerusalem completed
  16. circa 1020 B.C.E. Song of Solomon completed
  17.  997 B.C.E. Israel is divided into two kingdoms
  18.  circa 717 B.C.E. Compiling of Proverbs completed
  19.  607 B.C.E. Jerusalem destroyed; exile in Babylon begins
  20.  539 B.C.E. Babylon falls to the conqueror Cyrus
  21. 537 B.C.E. Jewish exiles return to Jerusalem
  22. 455 B.C.E. Jerusalem’s walls rebuilt; 69 weeks of years begin
  23.  After 443 B.C.E. Malachi completes his prophetic book
  24.  circa 2 B.C.E. Birth of Jesus
  25. 29 C.E. Jesus is baptized and  begins to preach about God’s Kingdom
  26. 31 C.E. Jesus chooses his 12 apostles; delivers Sermon on the Mount
  27.  32 C.E. Jesus resurrects Lazarus
  28.  Nisan 14, 33 C.E. Jesus is impaled (Nisan corresponds to part of March and part of April)
  29. Nisan 16, 33 C.E. Jesus is resurrected
  30.  Sivan 6, 33 C.E. Pentecost; outpouring of holy spirit (Sivan corresponds to part of May and part of June)
  31. 36 C.E. Cornelius becomes a Christian
  32.  circa 47-48 C.E. Paul’s first preaching tour
  33. circa 49-52 C.E. Paul’s second preaching tour
  34. circa 52-56 C.E. Paul’s third preaching tour
  35.  circa 60-61 C.E. Paul writes letters while imprisoned in Rome
  36.  before 62 C.E. Jesus’ half brother James writes his letter
  37.  66 C.E. Jews revolt against Rome
  38. 70 C.E. Jerusalem and its temple destroyed by the Romans
  39.  circa 96 C.E. John writes Revelation
  40. circa 100 C.E. Death of John, the last of the apostles

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