CHRONOLOGY OF THE BIBLE

4004 BC  Creation Of Adam
2348 BC The Great Flood
1921 BC  Call & Covenant Of Abraham
(430 Years Before The Exodus)
1896 BC  Isaac Born (Abraham 100)
1891 BC  Isaac Confirmed As Heir
(400 Years Before The Exodus)
1836 BC  Jacob’s Birth
1706 BC Jacob’s & Family Move to Egypt
1491 BC Exodus
(Exactly as God foretold in Gen. 12)
1451 BC Joshua & Children Of Israel
Enter The Land Of Promise
1055 BC  David Conquers Jerusalem
1015 BC  Solomon Begins His Reign
975 BC   Israel Divided Into Israel & Judah
721 BC  Northern Tribes Fall To Assyria
586 BC  Fall of Judah and Exile to Babylon
606-536    70 Years Exile To Babylon
(Exactly as predicted in Jeremiah 29)
454 BC Artaxerxes Decree To Rebuild Jerusalem (Start of 490 yr. Prophecy)
334 BC  Alexander Conquers Middle East
4 BC  Birth Of Jesus
32 AD Death, & Resurrection Of Jesus
(Exactly in the last 7 years of the 490 Years as predicted in Daniel 9)
70 AD Fall Of Jerusalem To The Romans
637 AD Jerusalem Conquered By Moslems
1099 - 1187  Crusader Christian Era
1250-1417  Egyptian Moslem Era Jerusalem
1417-1917 Jerusalem Under Ottoman Rule
1917-1948  Jerusalem Under British Mandate
1948 -1967  Jerusalem Under Jordanian Rule
1967 AD Jerusalem Back To Jewish Control
(2300 After Alexander’s Conquest As Daniel & Jesus Foretold)

THE IMPORTANCE OF BIBLE CHRONOLOGY

Chronology is one of the most interesting and awe-inspiring ways of studying the Bible. The Bible is like no other book and at vastly higher level than any other holy book or philosophical work. It is the only book that has accurate prophetic predictions of word events. In many cases the dates of specific events are given hundreds and even thousands of years before they happen.

This confirms the guiding hand of God, in and through and in spite of, all the chaotic events of History. It also confirms the inspiration and reliability of the word of God. It confirms that God is executing His plan and purpose in History, that history has a meaning and destiny and therefore our lives have meaning and purpose in His plan.  It confirms God’s faithfulness to His covenants and His promises to this day.

Of special interest to us are the three separations of Israel from its land and the prediction of the date of Jesus crucifixion. By studying the chronology table above you can see that these prophecies were fulfilled precisely on the year foretold by the prophets.

·        The 430-year period from the covenant of Israel and the Exodus prophesied by Abraham   in Genesis 12

·        The 40 year period between Isaac being declared heir and the Exodus (Genesis 15;13)

·        The seventy-year exile prophesied by Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 29:10)

·        The date of the Messiah’s (first) coming and the completing of His ministry within 490 years of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (Daniel Chapter 9)

·        And the prediction that Jerusalem would come back under Jewish control 2300 years after the conquest of the Middle East by a Greek King.

(This prophecy given by Daniel in Daniel Chapter 8 foretold the conquest of the Middle East by Alexander the Great 2000 years before Alexander’s birth. It also foretells that 2300 years after Alexander’s conquest Jerusalem would return to Jewish control. This prophecy was endorsed by Jesus (Luke 21:24) and fulfilled precisely in 1967.  It confirms that the present day restoration of Israel and Jerusalem to Jewish control is no accident of history but is the pre-ordained fulfillment of the plan of God.

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