Kris Schwambach and Karen Kizlin
Are two of this nation’s most gifted Bible teachers and dedicated Bible students.  Here is their take on the order of events in the Bible:

Creation – Genesis 1 & 2

The Fall of Man – Genesis 3

The Flood – Genesis 6

The Table of Nations – Genesis 10

The Tower of Babel – Genesis 11

The Call of Abram – Genesis 12

God’s Covenant with Abraham – Genesis 15

The Birth of Ishmael – Genesis 16

Sodom & Gomorrah Destroyed – Genesis 19

The Birth of Isaac – Genesis 21

The Testing of Abraham – Genesis 22

Isaac & Rebekah – Genesis 24

The Birth of Esau & Jacob – Genesis 25

Jacob Gets the Blessing & the Birthright – Genesis 24, 27

Jacob Flees to His Uncle – Genesis 28, 29
(Ishmael & Esau’s children become the Arab Nations)

Jacob has 12 sons and becomes Israel – Genesis 29-32

Joseph’s Dreams & His Coat of Many Colors – Genesis 37

Joseph Sold into Slavery – Genesis 37

Joseph in Egypt – Genesis 39-41

Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt – Genesis 42

The Entire Family (70 members) go to live in Egypt – Genesis 46

The Children of Israel are made slaves in Egypt for 430 years – Exodus 1

The Birth of Moses – Exodus 2

Moses Adopted into Pharaoh’s Family – Exodus 2

Moses Flees Egypt – Exodus 2

The Burning Bush – Exodus 3

Moses Returns to Egypt with God’s command to Pharaoh: “Let My people go!” – Exodus 4

The Plagues – Exodus 7-12

The Passover and the Children of Israel are set free – 430 years to the very day – Exodus 12

The Red Sea – Exodus 13 (2-3 million leave Egypt)

The Giving of the Law, the Land & the Line – Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

The Children of Israel Refuse to Trust God – Exodus 32, Deuteronomy 1

Forty Years of Wandering – Deuteronomy 2

Joshua Leads the People into the Promised Land – Joshua 1

Rahab is Saved – Joshua 2

The Battle of Jericho – Joshua 6

The Children of Israel Take the Land – Joshua

The Judges Rule (“Everyone did as he saw fit.”)

Gideon – Judges 6

Samson – Judges 13-16 (This is when the Book of Ruth took place.)

The Children of Israel Want a King – 1 Samuel 8

Saul Is Chosen – 1 Samuel 10

David Is Anointed As King – 1 Samuel 16

David Becomes King Over:
     Judah…2 Samuel 2
     Israel…2 Samuel 5

David Sins with Bathsheba – 2 Samuel 11, 12

Solomon Becomes King after David – 1 Kings 1

Solomon Builds the Temple – 1 Kings 6

Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, is rejected as King – 1 Kings 12

The Kingdom Is Divided (Israel/Northern Kingdom/10 Tribes)
   Reuben
   Simeon
   Issachar
   Zebulun
   Gad
   Asher
   Dan
   Naphtali
   Manasseh
   Ephraim

(Judah/Southern Kingdom/2 Tribes)
   Judah
   Benjamin

Kings Lead Israel Astray – 1 & 2 Kings

God Determines to Punish Israel – Ezekiel, Jeremiah & Daniel

743 BC The Assyrians Invade Israel

The ten Northern Tribes are dispersed – called the ten lost tribes. The Assyrians took many captive but left a few behind. These intermarried with the Assyrians. They were called Samaritans.

606 BC The Babylonians led by Nebuchadnezzar invade Judah and take the young men back to Babylon – Daniel
   1st Wave: 606 BC Daniel exiled
   2nd Wave: 598 BC Ezekiel exiled
   3rd Wave: 587 BC Temple is destroyed

The Children of Israel are given a 70 year warning period – Jeremiah 25:1-11; Jeremiah 29:10

538 BC Cyrus declares that the Children of Israel can go back to their homeland. This ends the 70 year warning – Daniel 9

Only a remnant return to Israel – Ezra, Nehemiah

The Temple is rebuilt

Ezekiel had prophesied that Israel would be in exile for 430 years. After the 70 year warning, that left 360 years – Ezekiel 4

The 360 years is multiplied by seven –Leviticus 26:18; Daniel 3:19
     360 x 7 = 2,520 years…Israel was out of her homeland for exactly that amount of time.
     The 2,520 years ended on May 14, 1948… making it exactly 2,520 years of exile.  

From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem (that decree given by Cyrus) until the Messiah would come, Daniel 9 prophesies that it would be 69 x 7 years. This is 173,880 days, taking us to the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem – we call it Palm Sunday.

Jesus is crucified, rises from the grave, and ascends into heaven. – Matthew, Mark, Luke, John & Acts 1

The Birth of the Church – Acts 2

70 AD, on the 9th of Av, the Second Temple is destroyed – Matthew 24:2

The Church established worldwide – New Testament

The Church Age – Revelation 2 & 3

The Church Age ends with the Rapture of the Church – Leviticus 23; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Signing of a seven year Peace Treaty – Daniel 9:27

Rise of Antichrist – 2 Thessalonians 2

Seven Year Tribulation – Revelation 5-18

Christ’s Return – Revelation 19

Millennial Kingdom (1,000 years) – Revelation 20

Eternity…

What is Lazaroo?

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