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3250 BCE
Invention of Writing in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE.
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Period: 2110 BCE to 400 BCE
Start of Abraham to end of Old Testament
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2100 BCE
Fertile Crescent - God makes a covenant with Abram
God blesses Abram and instructs him to leave his household somewhere.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/firstcovenant.shtml
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2081 BCE
Infertile Crescent, God renews Covenant
Abram doubts God that he would fulfill his covenant so God renews it once again.
https://biblehub.com/timeline/
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2080 BCE
(Canaan) Birth of Ishmael
Abram has intercourse with his servant and gives birth to Ishmael.
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2069 BCE
Wahankh Intef II
A King/Pharaoh from non-biblical sources during Abram's lifetime in Egypt or Mesopotamia.
Wikipedia -
2067 BCE
Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire and brimstone
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2054 BCE
Moriah, Abraham almost sacrificing Isaac
God continues to advance his mission to reflect his glory was by telling Abraham to sacrifice his son. God's ultimate mission is to spread his glory upon Earth, and what he wanted to do was see if Abraham would do just that. He used his own son to see if Abraham would ever doubt him or if he was afraid of God. Because Abraham but his faith in God, He knows that Abraham and his descendants would spread the word of God to everyone else.
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2000 BCE
Oral Tradition in India
From this perspective, the Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization, which flourished in circa 3300 to 1300 BCE (Before Common Era), was the first major civilization in India. From the second millennium BCE, its Iron Age Civilization, also known as Vedic Civilization, extended over much of its vast northern plains. Its scriptures, the Vedas, meaning the knowledge, are considered to have been written around 1500 BCE and are thought to be some of the oldest written texts. -
1898 BCE
Canaan, Joseph sold into slavery
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1898 BCE
Egypt, Joseph works for Potiphar
After sold into slavery, Joseph started to work for Potiphar and he was in a better position.
Sources:
https://biblehub.com/timeline/
http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home
http://christianityinview.com/paulstimeline.html -
1889 BCE
Egypt, Joseph is back in prison
Joseph gets falsely accused and ends up in prison
Sources:
http://christianityinview.com/paulstimeline.html
http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home
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1886 BCE
Egypt, Joseph becomes second in command
Joseph was able to interpret the Pharaoh's dreams and became second in command of Egypt.
Sources:
http://christianityinview.com/paulstimeline.html
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Period: 1873 BCE to 1726 BCE
Jacob Life (Canaan, Laban, Egypt, Beersheba)
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1683 BCE
Joseph Typology part 1 (Date in BC)
In the story of Joseph, you can see many types similar to those of Jesus. I think the most important type was how Joseph was betrayed by his own brothers (Genesis 37;19-36) "But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him." This connects to the NT because Jesus was betrayed almost like Joseph, He was sold out by one of his most closest disciples. Just like the Jews, the brothers never believed Joseph and like Judas they were drived by jealousy/greed. -
1445 BCE
The Writing of Genesis
Approximate date of the wandering of the Israelites in the desert, and is not a lot of years after the approximate exodus in Egypt. Ch 1-11 are impossible to date but Abraham is born c.2166 BC. The location would be the fertile crescent and includes the themes of creation, death, flood, covenant.
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1000 BCE
The invention of the Hebrew Alphabet
Early Hebrew exists in a variety of local variants and also shows development over time; the oldest example of Early Hebrew writing, the Gezer Calendar, dates from the 10th century BCE, and the writing used varies little from the earliest North Semitic alphabets.
source: http://www.hebrewtoday.com/content/history-alphabet
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525 BCE
Persian Conquest of Egypt
The Late Period of Ancient Egypt began around 653 BC. It was a time when Egypt was united under Egyptian rulers. However, this didn't last long. Around 525 BC, the Persians conquered Egypt and the Achaemenid Period of Egypt began. Source: https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/late_period_and_persian_rule.php -
Period: 7 BCE to 100
New Testament
Start to end of New Testament
Sources: https://biblehub.com/timeline/
http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home
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Joseph Typology part 2 (Date in AD)
(Mark 3:19) "and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him." In the NT, Jesus was betrayed by his very own disciple. This is similar to to how Joseph's brother ended up betraying him and selling him as a slave.. There are also many other instances where Joseph and Jesus relates like how the Jews and Joseph's brother both didn't recognise Jesus and Joseph and it shows how both the Jews and the Brothers are both the same "type" and how Joseph has a very similar story to Jesus, starting weak to strong. -
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Jerusalem, Golgatha - crucifixion of Jesus
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44
North East Mediterranean - Paul's first missionary
Paul went on his first missionary
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http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home
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50
Antioch to Cilicia, Lycaonia, Galatia. Paul's second missionary journey
Paul's second missionary journey to Antioch, Cilicia, Lycaonia and Galatia.
http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home
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Ephesus, Paul's Third Missionary
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Hong Kong, My Birthday
This was the day a baby was born, that baby was me. -
The year I started in ICS
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Hong kong, Personal Reflection
I think I can really reflect on the story of Abraham almost sacrificing his son because of his faith in God. (Genesis22;1-19) Right now, I don't think I even come close to how much faith Abraham has in God. But through that story I need to learn that i should really trust in god and never be hesitant because I should know that God always has a plan for me even though it seems you have to go through high and lows. But God would use those lows to build you as a person and make you stronger. -
Israel, How can we see God's covenant with Abraham being fulfilled today?
The most important point is Judaism. They practice by a belief that there is only one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham. Showing that a whole religion would be taught about who Abraham is fulfilling the covenant of (Genesis 12;1-3) where God says that he would give Abraham a big name and many descendants, and we can see that he also has many they are basically the Arab and Jewish population which covers a lot of people. Showing that in the end God really does fulfil the covenant.