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Hi Neill, Thank-you for the timeline. 'Absolutely Fabulous'! I'm sure it took a lot of hours of research and hard work to put together. Thank-you for being faithful to the work of God in this area and I trust that I will also glean a lot from your extensive knowledge with this fine example?   Every blessing,   Chris Fryers Newtownards, N.Ireland (Thank you Chris for letting me use your testimonial)

Hi Neil , Thank you for your email – I’ve downloaded file no problem – looks great! You’ve put in a huge amount of effort, knowledge, time and imagination – very well done!  :-} Neil Nicholson Glasgow, Scotland   (Thank you Neil for letting me use your testimonial)

This Bible Timeline Chart is Great for the Teacher, Bible Study Leader, Home School Teacher, and for Home Bible Study.

It is great with for use with Bible Commentaries, History of the Bible and People in the Bible and to understand the Origin of the Bible, with not one but two different time scales showing the timeline of Jesus life.



Hi,

This Bible Timeline Chart developed out of our weekly Bible study home in 2004.

I was frustrated by not being able to show the things I was teaching in perspective and in relation to God’s unfolding plan, other events and people through out the Bible and Church History.

This Biblical events timeline with a brief Church history, is not designed to be an academic masterpiece, while it does have much information, it was designed to show perspective.

Many dates are debated by scholars and I do not state any date in a dogmatic way.

It is simply meant to reflect the events and people somewhere close to the correct time period and in right relation to the events and people existing before and those who came after.

This Bible Study Timeline is great for the Bible study leader, homeschool teacher, or student interested in understanding the events and plan of God through the Bible and history.

• Key people and events are in large print so that it can be read across the room, with more detail in small print.



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You may wonder why I charge only $12.50, well, it is only a digital product because it is rather expensive to have 12 foot hard copies printed up, and generally people would expect if I charged more, that they could get a hard copy of the Bible Timeline Chart somewhere for the same money.

I wish you well in your Bible study.


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Whilst in a Bible study and reading a couple of years back, a member who had been a Well-versed Believer and had supported well in the church life for many long years, made this assertion, “….true, but Abraham possessed the God’s Law consequently he knew as regards to….” (she wasn’t identifying the pre-Mosaic Law). I question how many Christians will in actuality discern the error in this assertion. Moses arose around 5 0 0 long years subsequent to Abraham therefore it really is not possible. Sometime later I made a Biblical events chart and shown diagrammatically the historical data of Bible players and happenings.

Perilously, a really substantial number of Parsons in the church continue to preach empty addresses and their Church Body cannot develop in Biblical learning. Clerics are keen to impart to us ?moral essays? and also ?warming words,? given that purportedly, if we as Christians love a person this is ‘the Christian thing’ that Christians will do. Too bad if God?s congregation are disappearing between the cracks ?for a lack of revelation? as long as we as Believers are forever kindly to all peoples. Bible timeline poster

Likewise, a minister incorrectly brought up 1Ti 1:4 …’nor to involve yourself with fables and innumerable ancestry which advance speculations in place of Godly education which is in faith….’. I sought to make clear that that Verse was identifying the counterfeit teachings and value system of Gnostic theory. Nonetheless he would not have any of it.
Let me challenge, how can a teacher in the Biblical imperatives, not know of and comprehend on the subject of something which perhaps about fifty percent of the writings and books of the New Testament books refer to?

Realistically, how can a teacher appreciate and speak the Bible in balance with gaps in knowledge about this group which was rather key in the N.t. church? And then tell me, how can the assembly possibly to comprehend these subject matter and be proficient to explain their Bible.

Why do we get trapped in a formula of prized teachings and feel-good homilies?

We speak on a text from Philemon and a portion about John, a topical discourse from Matthew and then the hope of Sarah or the power or devotion of Saul – a piece from there and here, however we mostly do not join it together in a comprehensible, easy-to-remember panoramic view coupled with a good Bible timeline banner together with The history & events of the church as well.
Again and again we are deluged with trendy contemporary literature, modernist philosophies, some of them alarmingly bias in the direction of Liberal ideas, when if we Christians were to be informed about the ABCs of Holy Writ and ecclesiastical history and events, we may not be ignorant to rerun it.

We really ought to as churchman, stitch together the portions of the Bible and the plan of God, into a seamless majestic tapestry that our church members could abide in for the rest of their lives. Aiding them to discover God, His Big Agenda, the role of the Church as well as how to study the Scripture to develop by.

It?s not unmanageable to do, and it is not dreary if we are committed to put in a bit of reading & study in conjunction with prayer.

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(Sorry this is a bit messy, I am not good at html) BRIEF  BIBLE TIMELINE  HISTORY  OVERVIEW.     His-story; the Plan of God; the Bible - the book of redeeming.                                                                      4004 BC  -  some dates are approx. and debatable.   = Secular historical events & people.   = Prophecy concerning coming Messiah        =  a prophet.          =   Rulers of Empire.     = Regional political leaders.      =   Book of Bible.   =   Sects/Philosophies.   = a religion.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of             Book of                People & Events                     Event.               the Bible                                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------              Genesis              4004 BC 6 days of creation.                                                                Wheel is invented by Mesopotamians - potters wheel                    Adam                                           & wooden cart wheel. 3500 BC.                                             Mirrors made of metal are used by Egyptians. 3500 BC.                 Adam sins   - the plan of God - "put enmity between you and woman,                                        between her offspring and yours, crush head, strike heel.                           Cain                 Able                 Seth                                                                     Vedism.                                                                Bad teeth filled by Sumerians. 3000 BC. 2950 BC Noah                      Sumerians divide day into 24 hrs, 60 mins, 60 sec.                                                                             & circle into 360 '. 3000. BC                                                    Papyrus developed by Egyptians - 3000 BC .                                                                               Egyptians develop hieroglyphics. 3100                 Nephillium & daughters of men.                                               Pharoh Atonis writes first work on human body 3000 BC .                 Noah builds the ark.            Oxen used to pull ploughs in Egypt. 3000 BC.                 The Flood.                      - Age of a man declines here after.                                                                       Chinese make silk from the cocoons of silkworm. 2700 BC.                                                                      Pyramids built in Egypt - 2685 BC                                                                   Egyptians perform surgical operations. 2500 BC.                                                             Babylonians study the stars 2500 BC.                                                   Central Asian people tame horses. 2500 BC.                 Tower of Babel.                                   Nineveh built 2218 BC by Nimrod,                                                                                      great grandson of Noah.                  Earth divided in time of Peleg.             Hittite Empire founded. 2000 BC.  2000 BC  Abram.                                               1st zoo opens in China 2000 BC.                  Abram called by God                     THE PLAN OF GOD - "All nations blessed through you."                                                           (Gen 12:3, Jer 13:16,Gal 3:8)                 Abram & Lot go in different directions                                                                     Stonehenge begun  in Britian - 2000 BC.                                                                                        Celts in Europe, 2000 BC.                                                            Wooden ships developed in Crete - 2000  BC.                 Ismael is born                                                                    - MIDDLE BRONZE AGE 1950 -1550 BC.                    Sodom & Gomorrah are destroyed.                  Lot's son's by his daughters. (Moab - father of the Moabites, who later                                                     barred Israel's entry into Canaan at Kadesh Barnea &                                                      Benammi - father of the Ammonites.) 1900 BC  Isaac is born.                   Isaac is offered as sacrifice.(In the mountains of Moriah; most likely the temple mount.)                                  - Canaan was beginning to move from a nomadic, to an urban existence. 1830 BC   ESAU & JACOB are BORN.                             Covenant confirmed to Isaac - "All nations will be blessed by you offsping."               Job ?                       Code of Hammurabi - 2300 - 1760 BC ?(earliest written set of laws found)                                                              Quite possibly Amraphel, king of Shinar, Gen 14                                                  Babylonians use multiplication tables. 1800 BC.                                                   War chariots introduced.  1720 BC                 Jacob wrestles with angel, he is named Israel.                                          God blesses Jacob - renamed by God to Israel.                                                                                         - Esau became the father of the nation of Edomites                                                                         (who later barred Israel fron entering Canaan at Kardesh Barnea.)                 Joseph sold into Egypt.                                                                                                         Jacob's 12 sons.                                                                                  Leah -      Reuben                                                                                              Simeon                                                                                              Levi                                                                                              Judah                                                                                              Issachar                                                                                              Zebulun                                                                             Bilhah -     Dan 1655 BC  Jacob migrates to Egypt.                                       Naphtali                                                                             Zilpah -     Gad                                                                                              Asher                                                                             Rachel -    Joseph                                                                                                 Benjamin                                                                              Egypts great era begins - 1552 BC.                           Exodus                            Idoegraphic script used in China.         1540 BC  Bondage in Egypt                              - MIDDLE BRONZE AGE. 1950 -1550 BC. 1520 BC  Moses is born.                      Modern day Hinduism develops from                                                                     seeds of Animism & Vedism 1500 - 500                                                                       Egyptians make glass bottles                 Aaron                                                                                                                 Plagues   :    water to blood;  frogs; lice; flies; livestock die;                                    boils; hail; locusts; darkness; 1st born die.                                                Israel lived in Egypt for about 115 yrs and then were salves for about another                                                100 yrs. The 400 yrs quoted in Exd 12:40, Gen 15:13, Acts 7:6  = call of                                                 Abraham to the exodus (Gal 3:17), not slavery in Epypt. 1440 BC  First passover.    The nation becomes known as Israel; after Jacob (Israel).                 The Exodus.                  Red Sea parted.                   The Red Sea crossing was the clearest evidence                                                                 to the Jews ever after, that God was with them.                 10 commandments.                                                            Tabernacle erected.                 Leviticus                                      Numbers                 Passover observed.         None of His bones would be broken - Num 9:12                  Spies return from Promised Land                 Wanderings for 40 years.                 Korah's rebellion.                 Moses's error and water from rock.                 Balam, Moab's prophet is requested by Balak king of Moab.                Joshua              Deuteronomy                       A prophet like Moses - Deu 18:15  1400 BC  Joshua                                                          The 12 Tribes to which land is allotted in Canaan.                       Jericho falls                                          Reuben.                                                                                   Simeon.                                                                                   Judah.                                                                                   Dan.                                                                                   Naphtali.                                                                                   Gad.                                                                                   Asher.                                                                                    Issachar.                                                                                    Zebulun.                                                   Joseph     -               Ephraim.                                                                   -               Manasseh.                                                                                    Benjamin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Judges    1350 BC                                                                       King Tutankhamun mummified.                   Ruth  1300 BC  Judge :-                   - Orthniel.                                                          - LATE BRONZE AGE.                   - Ehud                         - Shamgar.                                         Trogan Horse - Troy.                   - Deborah                                Gilgamesh , Sumerian King - prism 1200.                   - Gideon.                                                                        - IRON AGE.                                       Abimelech 3 yr rule, Shechem.                       - Tola, Jair.               1150 BC    - Jephthan                        - Ibzan                    - Elon                     - Abdon.                     - Samson    1100 BC  1 Samuel                     Phoenician's develop alphabetic script.                  Hannah goes to Tabernacle (Shiloh).                 Samuel born.                                       King Saul 1050 BC  Johnathon                           David slays Goliath                1 Chronicles                                                                                     Gad.                                                          Magnetic needle reputed in China 1115 BC           2 Samuel                        David is made Judah's king.   1000 BC  David is made Israel's king,                 Jerusalem captured                                                                        Rejected by His people - Psa 118:22                                                   Betrayed by a follower - Psa 41:9                                                     Mocked and taunted - Psa 22:7                 Solomon                To die by crucifixion - Psa 22:14                                        He would be given vinegar and gall - Psa 69:21                                    They would cast lots for his garment - Psa 22:18                               He would be raise from dead - Psa 16:10                  Psalms    (Psalms written from Moses to Solomon.)                 1 Kings              2 Chronicles                   Proverbs                Song of Solomon                      Temple built                          Yet to be fulfilled - Messiah to reign over all the earth  Psa 72:8  950 BC    Temple dedicated.                    Ecclesiastes                                                           Ahijah the Shilonite.                 King Rehoboam (J)                           Shemaiah.                 Kingdom divided.                 King Jeroboam (I)                                Man  of God?                 King Abijah (J)                               Jehu.                 King Asa (J)                          Azariah. 900 BC    King Nadab (I)               King Baasha (I)               King Elah (I)               King Zimri (I)                      King Omri (I)                 King Ahab (I).                    King Ahaziah (I)                               Hanani                  Elijah                                                                    Elisha                 King Ahab & Jezebel judged.                                                                        Micaiah                 King Jehoshaphat (J)                 King Jehoram (J) 850 BC    2 Kings                 Joel ?                   King Ahaziah (J)                                                                                Jehaziel                    Naaman healed.                                                                      Eliezer                      King Jehoram   (I)                 King Jehu (I)                       Athaliah's reign (J)                                  Zechariah                  King Joash (J)                 King Jehoahaz (I)                 King Jehoash (I) 800 BC    King Amaziah (J)                  King Jeroboam II (I)                      King Uzziah (J)                 Isaiah                                                                Jonah                  Zechariah (I)                                  Micah                   Shallum (I)                             Born of a virgin - Isa 7:14                     Menahem (I)                     Rejected by His people - Isa 53:1                                                                                                            Was to be tried and condemned -   Isa 53:8                                       Pekahiah (I)                 He would be silent be accusers -  Isa 53:7                                                        He would be struck by enemies -  Micah 5:1                                                  He would be spat on  by enemies -  Isa 50:6                                             His birth place - Micah 5:2                                       He would suffer with sinners and pray for them - Isa 53:12                                    He would died as a sacrifice for sin - Isa 53:5                              Yet to be fulfilled -  Messiah is to sit on the throne of David - Isa 9:6                 King Azariah  (J)               King Jotham (J)                          Amos                                                   1st Olympic games 776 BC 750 BC  King Ahaz (J)                              Obed                                                                   Hosea                                                       Homer composes lliad & The Odyssey,750BC                   Pekah (I)                  Hoshea (I)                                  Rome is birthed. 750 BC 722 BC    FALL OF ISRAEL - 722 BC.          - Judah is subdued but not taken into exile.                 King Hezekiah (J)                                               Assyrian period  - Nineveh.                                                                                                             Shalmaneser.    700 BC     Assyrian invasion.                                                                     Sargon II.                                                                                                                       Sennacherib.                                                                                                        Esarhaddon. 650 BC    King Manasseh (J)         Nahum               Ashur-banipal.                  King Amon (J)          Habakuk                 Ashur-etil-ilani.                  King Josiah (J)        Zephaniah        Huldah       Sin-shur-ishkun.                  Book of the Law discovered.                                            Ashur-uballit.                 Eliakim steward of Jehoiachin.                          Uriah                     Lamentations                                      Jeremiah                      Reign of Jehoahaz (J) Jehoiakim (J),                   Babylonian period - Babylon.                                                                     Nabopolasser. (Neb. his son & general) 597 BC    Jehoiachin (J).                                                        Nebuchadnezzar. 608 BC   1st deportation - consisting of        1st (limited) democracy ,Greece 600.BC                                  prince's/nobles including Daniel,             Obadiah                  Daniel in the lion's den                     Daniel   exilic prophet.                    Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego in the fiery furnace.                                                                                                  The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 586 BC    JUDAH EXILED.                     Judah exiled to Babylon.                 2rd deportation - under Jehoiahchin.          Amel-Marduk (Evil Merodach).                 Takes Ezekiel the prophet, King                Ezekiel exilic prophet.                 Jehoiachin (Jehoiachim’s son), and                 10,000 princes, officers, and chief men.                 King Zedekiah (J) 581 BC 3rd and almost total deportation under Zedekiah.                                                                                               Neriglissar.                                                                                                                                                      Nabonidus                 EXILE    - 70 years.              Belshazzar (Nabonidus's son ruled as regent.)                      from 1st deportation                                        Persian period - Susa.                                   to 1st return.                                                                                 Buddha, 563-483 BC                                                                                 Confucius 551-479 BC                                                                                                  Cyrus                 Ezra                                            Darius the Mede. (rules Babylon under Cyrus)                 Decree of Cyrus. 538 BC   First return under Sheshbazzar, Zerubbabel & Jeshua.                  Temple Begun.                                                                          Cambyses                                                                                  Haggai                                                                                    Zechariah                                                                                               Darius I. 500 BC    Temple finished.                                                                                                                   Xerxes. 458 BC    Ezra arrives. 2nd return under Ezra.                                   Artaxerxes.                                                                   To enter Jerusalem in triumph - Zec 9:9                   Yet to be fulfilled - Messiah is to come in the clouds of heaven Dan 7:13                   Esther                                                                     Indian society organised into caste system                  Esther is made Queen.                as modern day Hinduism develops.  500 BC. 444 BC 3rd return under Nehemiah. Builds wall of Jerusalem.        Nehemiah                                Hippocates, Father of Medicine, Greece. 460-370 (Hippocratic Oath)                Malachi                                            Darius II                                                                    Taoism the philosophy becomes a religion 440 BC.                                                                                         Plato 427 BC. philosopher.                                                          1st primary schools are created in Athens. 420.                 The Synagogue appears                                                                                                                                 410 BC    Period of '400 Silent years' begins.                     Artaxerxes II.                                 Persian Supremacy                                   Socrates, Greece, 400 BC. philosopher                                            Hippocrates (460-370), the father of modern medicine           Democritus, Greece, suggests the world is made up of tiny particles /atoms.400                                           Aristotle, Greece. 384 BC. philosopher. Student of Plato.                                                   1st kite made in China, as legend has it. 390.                    Samaritans build a temple at Mt Gerizim (near Shechem)                        Greek colonies in Samaria; they probably mingled with Samaritans. 333 BC                                                                                         Grecian period                                                                                  Alexander the Great.                                     After Alexander died his empire fell apart.                    His generals divided up his empire  - Antigonus took Macedonia and Greece;                                                                           Ptolemy took Egypt; Seleucus took Asia.)                   Judea Under the Ptolemies                                          Ptolemies (Egypt.)                                                                                                          Selucids (Syria.) 300 BC    Pharisees, Zaducees, Essenes - Rise of Pietism in Judaism - the Hasidim                    (an apolitical group who fought for the right to observe all the Law)  from                    which the Pharisees, Zaducees, Essenes, grew.                   Sanhedrin established at around this time. The ruling council of the                 Jews - recognised headship of the Jewish people. Composed of 70                 members,  mostly priests and Zaducean nobles, some Pharisees, scribes,                 and elders (tribal or family heads).  It was presided over by the high priest.                Aristarchus, Greek astronomer, states that the earth revolves around the sun. 270BC.                                                          Great Wall of China 214 BC. 285 BC    LXX (to  246 BC) at Alexandria to provide a copy  of the Scriptures for                  their famous library and as a service to the many Greek speaking Jews.                  LXX translated in Alexandria the academic capital of the world.                   'Abomination of Desolation' in the temple                            (Daniel 11:31) by Antiochus III (a Seleucid.)                 Antiochus Epiphanes defiled the Temple in Jerusalem by offering                  swine flesh on the altar 167 BC      . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .  . . . . . . . .    Maccabean period.  165 BC    The Temple was cleansed and  restored to holy use by Judas Maccabees                                                                                                                                              Maccabees.                Jerusalem recaptured by the Maccabees - Hanukka Festival celebrates this victory.                                                                                                              Hasmoneans.                                                                  Confucianism becomes state religion of China. 136BC.                  Dead Sea scrolls 100 BC.   63 BC                                                                                                       Roman period                                                                        Julius Caesar invades Britian 55 BC.                                                                                    Julius Caesar, 46-44 B.C. Lord of the Roman World.             Rome                                                                                   Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt 37 BC      Herod the Great appointed to govern Palestine                                                                                               Julius Caesar assassinated                                                                                                      Herod the Great                                             Julian calenda of 365 ¼ days is introduced in Roman world. 31 BC                                                                                  Augustus - 31 BC - 14 AD   19 BC      Herod begins a restoration work of the Temple (to gain Jewish support)                   lasting some 76 years, destroyed by Titus in 70 AD.             Luke 5 BC        Zachariah & Elizabeth.                     John the Baptists birth.  4 BC        MESSIAH BORN.                                                     Archelaus                                                                                                      Herod Philip 9 AD          Jesus visits the temple at 12 yrs old.  14 AD         .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .         Tiberias. 12-37 AD    5 AD      John's minstry.   27 AD    Jesus' baptism.                  Jesus tempted.     28 AD      1st disciples called.   29AD       12 sent out.                 Peter's confession.                  Seventy sent out. 30 AD                     2nd coming foretold.                      Future & end times foretold.                  God's plan :"All the things the prophets said of Me must happen."                 Last supper.                  Betrayal & arrest.    - God's plan : Caiaphas "Epedient for one man to die"                                Matt 27:25 "His Blood be on us....." - thousands of Jews were crucified;                                fulfillment of Luke 21:21-AD 70 temple destroyed.                 Before Pilate.                                      To carry cross is to admit guilt. (Simon carried it for all mankind)                     MESSIAH CRUCIFIED"                 Resurection.                 Acension.   - God's plan  "I told you all things the prophets said must happen."                                                                                                                   Secular Evidences of Jesus Christ.                                                    “On the eve of the Passover, Jesus of Nazareth was hung. During the                             previous 40 days a herald went before him crying aloud: ‘He ought to be                            stoned because he has practiced magic, has led Israel astray, and caused                            them to rise in rebellion. Let him who has something to say in his defence                            come forward and declare it!’ But no one came forward, and he was                            hung on the eve of the Passover.”                                                                   From The Babylonian Jewish Talmud                            The Talmud also reported that Jesus was an illegitimate child born of Mary                            and a Roman soldier named Ben-Panther.                            “And there arose about this time Jesus, a wise man, if indeed we should call                              him a man. For he was a doer of marvelous deeds, a teacher of men who                              received the truth with pleasure. He led away many Jews, and also many                             of the Greeks. This man was the Christ. And when Pilate had condemned                              him to the cross on his impeachment by the chief men among us, those                             who had loved him at first did not cease; for he appeared to them on                             the third day alive again, the divine prophets having spoken these and                            thousands of other  wonderful things about him:  and even now the tribe of                            Christians so named after him, has not yet died out.”                                                        Antiquities of the Jews, by Josephus, Jewish historian                            “Christus, the founder of the name (Christians), had undergone the death                              penalty in the reign of Tiberius, by sentence of the procurator Pontius                              Pilate, and the superstition was checked for a moment, only to break                              out once more, not merely in Judaea, the home of the deceased, but                               in the Capital (Rome) itself.…”                                                          The Annals, by the Roman historian Tacitus                            The Roman writer Lucian scorned Christians and described Christ as “the                            man who was crucified in Palestine because he introduced this new cult into                            the world.”                                    Lucian, The Passing of Peregrinus                               This was the reaction of the unbelieving Greek writer Lucian (a.d.                               120-200) upon observing the warm fellowship of Christians: “It is                                incredible to see the fervor with which the people of that religion help each                               other in their wants.  They spare nothing. Their first legislator [Jesus] has                                put it into their heads that they are brethren.”                        Acts                 Christ's ascension.                   Persecution.                                                               Herod Antipas                     Deacons chosen.  35 AD      Stephen is stoned                 Philip's ministry to Samaria & beyond fulfilling Jesus'command, 1:8,                                                  and prophecy of Amos 9:11; Acts 15:15-18              Simon the Sorcerer               Phillip transported to a Gaza road and baptizes Ethiopian Eunuch.               Ethiopia was everything south of Egypt. Tradition tells us he had a very fruitful ministry. 37 AD      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .         .  .       Caligula, A.D. 37 -4                 Paul converted                  Peter's ministry.                 Cornelius recieves gospel.                                                  Herod Agrippa I 41 AD      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .  .        Claudius, A.D. 41-54  42 AD      Antioch church. 1st called Christians in Antioch,                            (this worldly city is sometimes called the Paris of the Ancient world.)                                                                                               Herod Agrippa II. Till 100 AD                              Rome Invades Britian renaming it Britannia. they rule for nearly 400yrs. 44 AD      Herod's persecution. )                       Paul's 1st misso trip.                Paul.                  James.                                                          Philo of Alexandria dies , 20 BC-50 AD.                                            Philo was heavily influence by Plato & helped dev. Neoplatonism 50 AD      Jerusalem council.                 Paul's 2nd misso trip.       1 & 2 Thessalonians.                 Luke joins in.                 Mars Hill sermon.                  Galations                    God's plan - Gal 3:29 If you belong to Christ you are Abraham's seed & heirs of promise.                                                 Judaisers The rise of the sect of the Pharisees who                                                      believed, they wanted to turn Christianity into a Judaistic                                                      sect.                                                                                                                           The Ebionites were the main group among later Judaisers.                                                     They taught that Jesus was not God - He did not had a                                                     divine nature and that keeping the Law was the highest                                                      expression of God's will.    Denied Christ's deity.                   Corinth church founded.                 Paul's 3rd misso trip. 54 AD         .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       Nero. 54-68 AD  Persecuted Christians.                                                                        Nero though an cruel man was a great builder 55 AD         1 Corinthians Mark's Gospel                       2 Corinthians     Romans                                  Paul before the Sanhedrin.            Luke's Gospel   60 AD      Before Felix; 2 years imprisioned at Caesarea     Mathew's Gospel                                                           Gnosticism. Rise of Gnosticism. It was a complex religious philosophy                                                      based on various pagan  philosophies Greek, Eastern and                                                      Later, also Christian. It rejected the OT and Judaism.                                                      Denied Christ's humanity.                                                                       Rome burns for 6 days. Christians are blamed                                                                                and persecuted greatly. They are used as                                                                                 human torches in Nero's garden at night.                 Before Festus.         Ephesians    Philemon                  Before Agrippa.         Phillipians   Colossians                  Paul sets sail to Rome.  Acts. approx 30yrs 1 Timothy                                                    1 Peter                Paul redirected to gentiles. 2 years in rented house preaching.        2 Peter.  64 AD Paul then released & continued ministry in Asia.      2 Timothy    Titusv Hebrews 68 AD      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       .   Galba, AD 68-6Persecuted Christians. 69 AD      .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .       Otho AD 69.                         .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .      .       Vitelius AD 69.                 .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .        .    Vespasian AD 69 -79. 70 AD      Jerusalem destroyed.              Titus -  70 AD, with 80,000 troops.                                                               Josephus captured: becomes noted historian.              Jude                                         Masada conquered, 73 AD.                                                                                                                79 AD        .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     Titus. 79-81 AD                                                              Pompeii destroyed when Vesuvius erupted. 81 AD        .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .     Domitian. 81-96 AD Persecuted Christians. Banished John.                         Domitian institutes a persecution against Christians. It was short, but extremely violent. 87 AD           1 John          CHURCH GATHERINGS                                              Pliny (Roman official and historian) ‘…..they had met                                              regularly before dawn on a fixed day to chant verses                                              alternately among themselves in honor of Christ as if to a god…’ 88 AD     2 John    3 John 90 AD     John's Gospel                 Revelation - God's plan : Men purchased for God from every tribe, language & people. Rev5:9 95 AD   Apostle John dies.                                                                                                   ====================================================== OT prophecy concerning the Messiah yet to be fulfilled.  Messiah is to come in the clouds of heaven - Dan 7:13   Messiah is to sit on the throne of David - Isa 9:6  (NT parallel - Luk 1:32-33.)  Messiah to reign over all the earth - Psa 72:8                                                   (NT parallel - Phil 2:9-Heb 1:Rev 11:15, 19:11-16.) ======================================================     4004 BC  -  some dates are approx. and debatable. = Secular historical events & people.   = Prophecy concerning coming Messiah     =  a prophet.    =   Rulers of the Empire. = Regional political leaders.      =   Book of Bible.    =   Sects/Philosophies.  = a religion. This Bible History Overview is (:-) Not Copyright              Neil :-)

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