The TRUE Bible Timeline

R. Craig Bridgforth

Description

Developed almost entirely from Scripture, this reference guide provides a reliable chronology of events and figures from the Old Testament.
It is becoming increasingly popular among the intelligentsia to claim that treasured Bible history is nothing more than a myth. Proponents conclude that since the church is unsure of when these events transpired, perhaps they never happened in the first place. Unfortunately, this alarming trend appears to be gaining more acceptance in our seminaries and churches.
The True Bible Timeline seeks to dispel such notions by providing an accurate resource to properly date the Old Testament. The result of a five-year long project, it accurately establishes and painstakingly documents the dates of key Bible figures and events, starting with the Creation of Adam and ending at the Cross of Christ. The complete chronology for 200 Bible events is included in the appendix. Guided by His Wisdom, author R. Craig Bridgforth built this timeline through a meticulous process that allowed him to produce a trustworthy and accurate resource that will enrich studies of the Old Testament with new understanding and insight.
Developed almost entirely from Scripture, this reference guide provides a reliable chronology of events and figures from the Old Testament.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Old Testament
• Christianity
• History

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 10 mars 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664220737
• Langue: English

Extrait

The TRUE Bible Timeline
 
An Accurate Chronology of the Old Testament
 
 
 
 
 
R. Craig Bridgforth
 
 

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-2074-4 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021901459
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 10/13/2023


 
 
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24
“This is the LORD ’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.” Psalm 11 8:23
“That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.” Psalm 10 9:27


Dedicated to my precious mother, Ellean H. McDowell, now home with her Lord and Savior, my encourager, the one who loved me especially when I found it hard to love my self.


Contents
Pref acei
Acknowledgm ents
Introduct ioni
1.Adam to the Death of Levi (ZERO to 2392 AM) – 2,392 Y ears
The Period of the Anci ents
The F lood
The Tower of B abel
Abr aham
I saac
J acob
Jo seph
Jacob Became Is rael
Joseph Elevated to Viceroy of E gypt
The Death of Levi
2.The Death of Levi to the Exodus (2392 AM to 2523 AM) – 131 Y ears
Time Bridg e #1
God’s Promise to Abr aham
Conflicting D ates?
An Initial Set back
The Scholars D ance
Digging De eper
Rejec tion
Proof Positive That the Israelites Did Not Serve Egypt for Four Hundred Y ears
Modern Translations: The Myth of Superior Scholar ship
Codex Vaticanus and the Septua gint
The Douay-Rheimes Catholic Bible (RHE)
The New American Bible Revised Edition (N ABRE)
The Disastrous Impact of Modern Scholar ship
The New World Translation (NWT)
The New King James Version ( NKJV)
Clearing Up the Confu sion
He Taketh the Wise in Their Own Crafti ness
The 400-Year Prophecy of Genesis 15:13-14 Expla ined
3.The Exodus to the Death of Solomon (2523 AM to 3039 AM) – 516 Y ears
M oses
Dating the Account of Job
Time Bridg e #2
The United Mona rchy
The Period of the Ju dges
Two Methodologies in the Book of Ju dges
Jephthah’s C laim
The Genealogy of Mat thew
Dating the Account of Ruth
4.Consensus Dates and Hebrew Chrono logy
The Six Thousand-Year Creation Clock Th eory
Consensus D ates
Hebrew Chrono logy
A Startling Disco very
Reading Between the L ines
The Sacrifice of I saac
The Short Reign of Saul
5.The Divided Kingdom (3039 AM to 3429 AM) – 390 Y ears
Rehoboam and Jerobo am 1
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Abijam (Abijah) and Asa
Nadab and Ba asha
Elah, Zimri, and Omri
Ahab and Jehosha phat
Ahaziah 1, Jehoram 1, and Jehor am 2
The Fiery Chariot and the Horses; Elisha Began His Mini stry
Ahaziah 2, Jehu, and Atha liah
Joash (Jehoa sh 1)
Jehoahaz 1 and Jehoa sh 2
Amaziah, Jeroboam 2, Jonah, and Azariah (Uz ziah)
Hosea, Amos, Zachariah, Shallum, and Men ahem
Invasion of Israel, the First Exile, and Is aiah
Pekahiah, Pekah, Jotham, Micah, and the Second E xile
The Curse Placed on Israel, Ahaz, Prophecy of the Virgin Birth, and Ho shea
Hezekiah, The Third Exile (The Fall of Samaria), The Bronze Serpent, and Sennach erib
The Sundial and the Angel of the Lord
Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Zephaniah, and Jere miah
The Great Passover and Jehoah az 2
Jehoiakim, the Invasion of Judah, Daniel, and Nebuchadnezz ar 2
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, Jehoiachin, the First Exile, and Jeremiah’s Seventy-Year Prop hecy
Zedekiah, the Second Exile, Destruction of Solomon’s Temple, and the Third Exile (The Fall of Jerus alem)
6.The Captivity to the C ross (3428 AM to 3960 AM) – 532 Y ears
Eze kiel
Babylonian K ings
Handwriting on the Wall
Proclamation of Cyrus King of Persia and Bab ylon
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
Daniel’s Vision of The Seventy Weeks and Seventieth Week
Zerubbabel and the Foundation for the New Te mple
Persian K ings
Which Da rius?
Artaxerxes Stopped the Construction of the Te mple?
Who Don e It?
Haggai and Zecha riah
Seventy Years of Capti vity
Ezra and Nehe miah
Esther and the Origin of the Feast of P urim
The Final Time Br idge
7.Connecting the Past to the Present – 5948 Y ears
ZERO or 6 BC?
Jewish Chronology Records the Advent of the Mes siah
Ussher’s Time line
Crucial Omissions in Hebrew Chrono logy
The TRUE Bible Time line
Resetting Important Consensus Dates of Biblical His tory
Global Jub ilee
Is the Antichrist Alive T oday?
The Great Tribula tion
Epilogue: The Second Coming of Christ (AD 2073) – 52 Y ears
The Millennial Reign of Jesus (AD 2073 – AD 3073)
The Great White Throne Judgment (AD 3073)
Bibliogr aphy
Refere nces
Appe ndix
Table 1: Chronological Over view
Table 2: Time Frames for the Old Testa ment
Table 3: Birth and Death Years: Adam - D avid
Table 4: Birth and Death Years: Judah’s K ings
Table 5: The Reigns of the K ings
Table 6: The Captivity and the Restora tion
Table 7: Dates of Key Bible Ev ents
Table 8: The TRUE Bible Time line
About the Au thor


Preface
For the past forty years, whenever I studied the Old Testament, I often wondered when Adam was created, when the Flood and the Tower of Babel occurred, when Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac, when Jacob wrestled with the man at Jabbok, when Moses crossed the Red Sea, and when… so many other well-known Bible events occu rred.
It always seemed strange to me that the Church has not had a clear and accurate timeline for many of the events recorded in the Bible. Although I knew God’s Word was the ultimate source for this information, like many eager truth seekers I was forced to search my local Christian bookstores and sort through a multitude of Bible timelines that promised to offer guidance and insight but, in the end, never provided absolute dates for most of cherished Old Testament his tory.
For me, the burning desire to know when well-known Bible events took place never dissipated. To my way of thinking, it made no sense that God would give us such rich and detailed history without also giving us the means to chronologically connect these important past events to our world today. For decades, in order to navigate the murky time frames of the undated past, I had to rely on the Ussher timeline and Scofield notes provided in my King James Bible. About five years ago, I experienced what I would call a “prompting” in my spirit to determine the time frame for the events leading up to the Exodus for the benefit of my Sunday school c lass.
My feeble first attempts were enthusiastically accepted by my classmates, but I knew I had much work to do if I was ever going to produce a useful timeline. Two years after my initial “success,” I began the task of documenting the first three thousand years of Bible history. As is often the case in such efforts, one attempt led to another, and the next thing I knew, I felt compelled to reexamine the time frames for the period of the Di