TIME TRAVEL GENESIS 1:1 TO THE YEAR 2001

SHORT VERSION -- FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN HISTORY

PART 1

Genesis 1:1 = YHVH creates the world

Genesis 3 = Adam and Eve sin; leave Eden

Genesis 4:8 = Cain murders Abel

Genesis 6 – 8 = Noah builds an ark; Earth flooded

Genesis 11:1-9 = Building the Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:26 = 2166 B.C = Abraham Born

Genesis 12:1-6 = 2091 B.C = Abraham and Sarah move to Canaan

Genesis 21:2-3 = 2066 B.C = Isaac miraculously born to Abraham and Sarah

Genesis 25:21-26 = 2006 B.C = Twins Esau and Jacob born to Isaac and Rebecca

Genesis 30:22-24 = 1915 B.C = Joseph born to Rachel; the eleventh son of Jacob

Genesis 37 = 1898 B.C = Joseph sold into slavery in Egypt

Genesis 41 = 1885 B.C = Joseph appointed second in command in Egypt

Genesis 46 = 1876 B.C = Jacob and his family moves to Egypt and settles in Goshen

Exodus 1 = 1570 B.C = The Hebrews became slaves with the new rulers in Egypt

Exodus 2:1-10 = 1526 B.C = Moses born and adopted by pharaoh’s daughter

Exodus 2:11-15 = 1486 B.C = Moses flee Egypt after killing an Egyptian

Exodus 3 – 4 = 1447 B.C = Moses encounters the burning bush

Exodus 13 – 14 = 1446 B.C = Moses returns to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt; across the Red Sea

Numbers 13 – 14 = 1444 B.C = Fearful Hebrews refuse to enter Canaan; Condemned to wander in the wilderness for 40 years

Deuteronomy 34 + Joshua 1 – 6 = 1406 B.C = Moses die; Joshua leads the Hebrews; battle of Jericho

Joshua 13 – 19 = 1406 – 1375 B.C = Settlement of Canaan; the Hebrews divided up the land

Judges 1 – 21 = 1375 – 1050 B.C = Judges rule Israel; lead against various foes

Judges 4 – 5 = 1209 B.C = Deborah leads Israel against the Canaanites of Hazor

Judges 6 – 7 = 1162 B.C = Gideon leads 300 men against the Midianites

1 Samuel 1 = 1105 B.C = Samuel born; grow up in Tabernacle; become one of Israel’s greatest leaders

Ruth 1 – 4 = 1100 B.C = Ruth marries Boas

Judges 13 – 16 = 1075 B.C = Samson born; later leads Israel against Philistines

1 Samuel 10 – 11 = 1050 B.C = Samuel anoints Saul, the first king of Israel

1 Samuel 17 = 1025 B.C = David fights Goliath

2 Samuel 2 = 1010 B.C = David becomes king of Judah and from 1003 B.C, David rules all of Israel

2 Samuel 5 – 6 = 1000 B.C = David conquers Jerusalem and make it the capitol

1 Kings 1 – 2 = 970 B.C = Solomon becomes third king of Israel

1 Kings 6 = 959 B.C = Temple completed in Jerusalem

1 Kings 11:41-43 = 930 B.C = Solomon dies; kingdom divides

1 Kings 12 – 14 = 930 B.C = Solomon’s empire splits into “Northern Israel” and “Southern Israel”

1 Kings 17 + 2 Kings 2 = 875 – 848 B.C = Elijah’s prophesies in the time of Ahab and Jezebel

2 Kings 2 – 8 = 848 – 797 B.C = Elisha’s prophesies in Israel

2 Kings 12 = 813 B.C = King Joash refurbishes the temple

2 Kings 15:19 = 743 B.C = Assyria invades Israel

Isaiah 1 – 66 = 740 – 681 B.C = Isaiah’s prophesies in Israel during the reign of Ahas and Hezekiah

2 Kings 17 = 722 B.C = Israel falls to Assyria; Judah threatened

2 Kings 18 – 19 = 701 B.C = Jerusalem besieged by Assyrian forces; Miraculously spared

Jeremiah 1 = 627 B.C = Jeremiah becomes a prophet

2 Kings 22 – 23 = 623 B.C = King Josiah promotes religious reform

1 Kings 1 – 2 = 612 B.C = Ninevah destroyed as Babylon conquer the Assyrian empire

2 Kings 24:1-4 + Daniel 1:1-7 = 605 B.C = Daniel captured in first Babylonian move on Jerusalem

2 Kings 24:8-17 = 597 B.C = Babylonian armies raid Jerusalem a second time

2 Kings 25 = 586 B.C = Jerusalem finally falls to Babylon; Israel taken captive

Isaiah 45 = 539 B.C = Babylon overthrown by Cyrus of Persia

Ezra 1 – 3 = 538 – 537 B.C = First group of Israelites return to Jerusalem

Ezra 4 – 6 = 516 B.C = New Temple completed in Jerusalem

Esther 1 – 2 = 479 B.C = Esther becomes queen of Persia

Ezra 7 – 10 = 458 B.C = Ezra leads another group returning to Jerusalem

Nehemiah 1 – 13 = 445 B.C = Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem’s walls

Malachi 1 – 4 = 430 B.C = Malachi is the last of the Old Testament prophets

= 169 B.C = Antiochus IV plunders and defiles the temple

= 166 – 142 B.C = Maccabean revolt gains Jewish independence

= 63 B.C = Roman general Pompey conquers Judea

= 37 B.C = Alexander the great conquers Palestine and establish the Greek language and culture

= 37 B.C = Herod the great made king of Judea by the Romans

Luke 2:1-7 = 6 / 5 B.C = Yeshua born in Bethlehem

Matthew 2:19-23 = 4 B.C = Herod the great dies; allow Joseph and Mary to return home to Nazareth

= c. A.D 5 / 10 = Apostle Paul born????

Luke 2:41-51 = A.D 7 = Yeshua visits the temple as a boy

Luke 3 = A.D 26 = John the Baptist begins his ministry

= A.D 26 = Pontius Pilate pointed governor over Judea

Luke 4:14-30 = c. A.D 26 = Yeshua begins public ministry in Galilee

Matthew 14:1-12 = c. A.D 28 = John the Baptist executed by Herod

John 7:11-52 = A.D 29 = Yeshua attends the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem

John 12 – 21 = A.D 30 = Yeshua enters Jerusalem; is crucified; rises from the dead; ascends to heaven

Acts 2 = A.D 30 = Shavuot; Yeshua’s disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit; Peter preaches the first sermon

Acts 9 = A.D 35 = Paul converted while seeking to persecute believers

Acts 13 – 14 = A.D 46 = Antioch church sends Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey

Acts 15:39 – 18:23 = A.D 49 – 51 = Paul takes second missionary journey with Silas; add Timothy

Acts 18:23 – 21:17 = A.D 53 – 57 = Paul takes third missionary journey

Acts 23 – 26 = A.D 57 = Paul writes Romans and is imprisoned in Caesarea

Acts 27 – 28 = A.D 59 = Paul is taken to Rome where he writes epistles under house arrest; is released in A.D 62

= A.D 64 = Nero starts flagrant persecution of believers

= c. A.D 67 = Paul and Peter are both martyred in Rome

= A.D 70 = Romans destroy Jerusalem after Jews revolt

Revelation 1 – 22 = A.D 95 = Exiled on the isle of Patmos, Apostle John records Revelation

= 150 = Justin Martyr writes his apology; defending the Christian faith

= 156 = Polycarp; bishop of Smyrna, and disciple of apostle John, is burned at the stake

= 177 = Irenacus becomes bishop of Lyons and writes against the heresy of Gnosticism

= 196 = Tertullian’s writings clarify concepts of the Trinity; original sin; and the priesthood of believers

= 205 = Origin, greatest Biblical scholar of his age, begins his writings

= 250 = Roman emperor Decius launches persecution of believers

= 251 = Cyprian writes “On the unity of the church” elevating the role of bishops

= 270 = Anthony the hermit’s simple lifestyle of self-denial launches the monastic movement