Timeline for: Past to 30 CE

Schroeder proposes that as the Sixth Creation Day nears to a close the creation of Adam and Eve locks in the 24 hour time frame for the remaining days referred to in the biblical text.

Adam and Eve are made unique and distinct from all other hominid species in that these individuals are recipients of God's breath (Hebrew: neshama; giving us the soul of man) and thus a unique spiritual awareness.

Edenic Covenant
(SeeTable 2)

Genesis 3:15

see Fruchtenbaum, Messianic Christology

Adamic Covenant
(See Table 2)

Genesis 4:8-15

Was the flood real? Was it global? One responsible and reasonable consideration of the flood event, from a scientific perspective, is provided by Dr. Hugh Ross in his book entitled: The Genesis Question.

Noahic Covenant
(See Table 2)

Genesis 6:1-8:19; 9:1-17

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Concerning Noah and Starting Over Again

First year of Jewish calendar 3760 BCE. (G)

First date in Mayan chronology is 3372 BCE. (G)

Egypt introduces calendar of 365 days 2772 BCE. (G)

Cheops Pyramid conforms in layout and dimensions to astronomical measurements. (G)

Genesis 11:1-9

Egyptians discover use of papyrus. (G)

Bow and arrow used in warfare. (G)

Abrahamic Covenant
(See Table 2)

2100 BCE

Genesis 12:1-3; 15:18

Promise (4th Dispensation) Genesis 12:1-Exodus 18:27)

(by comparison, other sources list date at 1976 BCE)

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Abraham and the Land

Babylonia uses highly developed geometry as basis for astronomic measurements; knows signs of the zodiac. (G)

Decimal system used on Crete. (G)

Genesis 22 - See types and shadows discussion of this event in Creator's Window Chapter 16

(by comparison other sources list date at 1926 BCE)

1876 BCE

Genesis 46

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Jacob

Mosaic Covenant
(See Table 2)

1440s BCE
Exodus 19:1-31:18; 19:25

Beginning of true Iron Age in Syria and Palestine. (G)

Palestinic Covenant
(See Table 2)
Deuteronomy 30:1-10

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Quest of the Land

1105 BCE
1 Samuel 1:1-23

Classic paganism in Greece (1000 to 900 BCE) (G)

Pantheistic religion develops in India. (G)

Davidic Covenant
(See Table 2)
(1010 - 970 BCE)

2 Samuel 7:16

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David

David returns Ark of Covenant to Jerusalem, plans first Temple, erects alter of sacrifice on Mt. Moriah, and builds City of David south of Temple Mount.

950 BCE

Enlarges city of Jerusalem, builds First Temple and Palace (1 Kings 5-9, 2 Chronicles 2)

h2.2
Solomon and Israels' Kingdoms

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900 to 800 BCE - Elijah opposes worship of Baal

Iron and steel production. (G)

910 BCE

Kingdom divided into 10 northern tribes (Israel) and 2 southern tribes (Judah).

Pharaoh Shishak (identity possibly Ramses III) plunders temple content (1 Kings 14:25-28, 2 Chronicles 12:1-11)

875 - 848 BCE

Repairs Temple
(2 Kings 12:5)

740 - 681 BCE

Around 722 BCE

2 Kings 17:6, 23-25

Restores Temple (2 Chronicles 29-31)

605 - 530 BCE.
Daniel's writings transcend Babylonian domination and account for coming kingdoms and includes Messianic timelines (see Window Part III and Chapter XV, PDF file, for details)

Thales of Miletus, Greek philosopher (624 to 545 BCE)(G)

Anaximander of Miletus, Greek philosopher (611 to 546 BCE)(G)

Lao-tse, Chinese philosopher (b. 604 BCE)(G)

626 - 539 BCE

Prophecy of a 70-year captivity in Babylon
(Jeremiah 29:1-14)

Daniel's writings and many of the Hebrew Scriptures put in writing. (G)

605 BCE (IP) - Invades Jerusalem, burns city, Temple is destroyed, and contents taken to Babylon.
(2 Kings 24-25,
2 Chronicles 36)

597 BCE - second invasion and all remaining Temple treasures removed to Babylon. (IP)

586 BCE - final invasion and total destruction of Temple and palaces as predicted by Ezekiel (9:1-8). (IP)

Kung Fu-tse (Confucius) Chinese philosopher (551 to 479 BCE)(G)

Anaximander (d. 546) taught that all life develops from amphibians. (G)

Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism (550 to 480 BCE)(G)

Greek philosophers adopt theory of earth as a disk covered by dome of sky, or as floating free in spherical sky (G)

539 - 330 BCE

538 BCE - Cyrus permits about 50,000 Jews to return to Jerusalem under leadership of Zerubbabel. (IP)

Hippocrates, Greek physician, ''Father of Medicine,'' b. 460 BCE (G)

Socrates, Atenian philosopher (470 to 399 BCE)(G)

Carrier pigeons used in Greece. (G)

444 BCE

Nehamiah 2:1-8

See Creator's Window Chapter 15

Plato (427 to 347 BCE)(G)

Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384 to 322 BCE) (G)

Use of catapults as weapons of war. (G)

Aristotle teacher to Alexander the Great (343 BCE) (G)

Euclid: ''Elements'' (standard work on geometry - 323 BCE) (G)

330 - 63 BCE Initially with Alexander the Great followed by Ptolemies and Seleucids.

Alexander's power described by Daniel (9:24-27; as described in Creator's Window Chapter 15)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene, Greek scientist (276 to 194) (G)...suggests that the earth moves around the sun.

Great wall of China (215 BCE) (G)

Use of gears leads to invention of ox-driven water wheel for irrigation (c. 200 BCE) (G)

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Water and Agriculture

Writing of ''Septuagint,'' Greek version of Tanach (i.e., Old Testament)
(c. 255 BCE) (G)

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Hebrew Scholars Make the Translation

Hipparchus of Nicaea, made important astronomical discoveries and invented trigonometry (b. c. 160 BCE) (G)

175 - 164 BCE

Antiochus desecrates Temple, sacrifices a sow (unacceptable sacrifice), and plunders Temple treasuries.

Daniel notes sacrifice is halted for both 2,300 days [then sacrifices are resumed] and 1,290 days [but sacrifices not resumed in the second case].
Two distinct time frames speak to two different segments on the time line. The former fits events associated with Antiochus (see Daniel 8), the latter period fits the Tribulation period to come later, see below for timeline segment that applies to Tribulation period.

In anticipation of the Messiah's coming to Israel... Macabees may well have read book of Daniel to understand their actions fit a time line of events preceding Messiah

168 BCE; See Creator's Window Chapter 15 (click here!)

Book of Macabees describes conflict with Antiochus and eventual return of temple to Israel

Fulfills Daniel 8:14 (temple cleansed after a period of 2,300 days) The beginning of Hanukah (see timeline Table)

Rise of Pharisees and Sadducees in Israel (c. 112 BCE) (G)

141 BCE Macabees conquer Roman fortress and free Temple from foreign presence.

h2.3
Between the Books
Following the Messianic Seed

63 BCE to early 300s CE

63 BCE - Pompey tears away veil of separation and marches into the Temple's Holy of Holies. (IP)

Adoption of Julian calendar of 365.25 days; leap year introduced (46 BCE) (G)

40 BCE

- 23 BCE Proposes Temple Mount be enlarged (IP)

- 19 BCE Temple rebuilt and enlarged (IP)

4 BCE
Luke 2
See Table 3

33 CE
See Table 3
Yeshua fulfills Psalm 22
and Isaiah 53

See evidences noted in Talmud article

33 CE
Acts 2
See Table 3

40-41 CE - orders that his image be placed in Holy of Holies. Strong Jewish resistance prevented this edict from being carried out. (IP)

69 CE - Nero sends Vespasian and Roman Legion to retake all areas but Jerusalem. (IP)

70 CE Under Titus the city and Temple are destroyed. (IP)

One of earliest churches erected at Corinth (c. 40 CE) (G)

London founded (43 CE) (G)

70 CE (See Table 2)
Hebrews 8:8 (fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:31)

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New Covenant Foretold in Tanach

70 CE Temple destroyed (fulfills: Daniel 9:26; Matthew 24:2)

117 CE - Roman emperor Publius Aelius Hadrian rules - during his time he gives permission to the Jews to rebuild the Temple but no progress ever made. (IP)

132 CE Simion bar Kosiba (Bar Kokhba) - heralded as Messiah - lead Jewish revolt and loss to Romans (IP)

Dispersal from Israel (Jews enter Diaspora and Messianic believers, composed of both Jewish and Gentile believers, take Messiah's message to the world at large)

ekklesia {ek-klay-see'-ah} - the Greek term used for early community gatherings of believers ... this term is the root for 'church' and for this time line should not be mistaken with any specific denomination. The early church is thus only gatherings of believers focusing on Messiah's teachings.

The definition for ekklesia according to Strong is: ''a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly.''

30 CE

The seven church ages are described in the ''new covenant'' [writings first mentioned in the book of Jeremiah 31:31]. This Jewish Brit Chadashah, or New Testament, ends with the book commonly called Revelation... the seven church age descriptions are based on the text of Revelation. See sources cited at the right for a detailed consideration of this material.

Ephesus (30 - 100 )
Apostolic Church

See Fruchtenbaum's Chapter 3 in Footsteps of Messiah for further details on the seven church ages. Each church age is reflected in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. Another easy reading description is provided by H. Lindsey in his early chapters of There's a New World Coming. The prophetic implication of each church age, as reflected by Lindsey, is quoted along with each age listed below.

Commendation given concerning this church and the related church age: ''...commended for condemninng false teachers...'' and ''...comended for hating the work of the Nicolaitians...''
''In church history there is no record or mention of this group, so clues as to its identity need to be sought elsewhere. The meaning of the word [i.e., Nicolaitians] in Greek is ''rulers of the people.'' This meaning may imply that this was an attempted to divide and make a distinction between the clergy and the laity, creating a division in which the clergy exercised rulership over the laity.''

Condemnation given: ''They have lost their first love, referring to love of Messiah [Jesus or Yeshua] and love of the Word [Scriptures]. The second generation of believers have grown lax and have become colde. They did not have the fervor of the firstt generation...''

(Quotations from Fruchtenbaum)