2019 Renee Wong ICS FoF

Sumer, Southern Mesopotamia - Sumerian Civilization (Oral Tradition)

4500 BCE

The Sumerians used oral tradition as their form of communication.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer

Mesopotamia, Western Asia - Invention of writing in Mesopotamia

3500 BCE

https://www.ancient.eu/cuneiform/

The Fertile Crescent - God makes a covenant with Abram

3000 BCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)

Mount Moriah, Jerusalem - Abraham almost sacrificing Isaac

2054 BCE

Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac because God told him to. God promised Abraham He will bless him with a son. God didn't allow him to sacrifice Isaac. He provided a lamb for the sacrifice. This reflects His glory in this story because God didn't sacrifice us humans for our sins, he provided Jesus to die on the cross for us. https://biblehub.com/timeline/

Middle East and NE Africa - The Old Testament

Period: 1996 BCE to 400 BCE

https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/bible_timeline_chronology/
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1973/10/i-have-a-question/why-are-there-no-books-in-the-old-testament-from-malachi-to-the-time-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng

Jacob Typology part 1 (Date in BC)

1929 BCE

Genesis 27:15-16
Rebekah gave Jacob Esau's clothes and told him to wear goatskin so his father would think Jacob is Esau.
- When God sent Jesus down to Earth to save us from our sins, he made Jesus become a human being and wear human skin. Jacob took the consequences of his actions and Jesus died on the cross and took humans sins with him. Jacob took the punishment, not because of his own selfish desire. Jesus didn't die on the cross because of his own desires.

https://biblehub.com/timeline/

Canaan, the Middle East - God renews covenant

1855 BCE

https://www.thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney2/23-the-journeys-of-adam-enoch-noah-abraham/the-birth-of-ishmael/

Sodom and Gomorrah, the Jordan Valley - Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed

1830 BCE

https://www.thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney2/23-the-journeys-of-adam-enoch-noah-abraham/sodom-and-gomorrah-are-destroyed/

Canaan, Palestine - Joseph is sold into slavery

1754 BCE

https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/q27_joseph_how_long_in_prison/
Cause: Joseph's brothers were jealous of him because he was Jacob's favorite
Effect: Joseph meets Potiphar

Ancient Egypt - Joseph works for Potiphar

Period: 1754 BCE to 1743 BCE

Cause: Joseph is sold into slavery and into Potiphar's household
Effect: Joseph then is imprisoned, but becomes overseer of Egypt https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/q27_joseph_how_long_in_prison/

Ancient Egypt - Joseph is back in Prison

Period: 1743 BCE to 1741 BCE

Cause: Potiphar's wife lies about what Joseph has done and he's thrown back in prison
Effect: Soon, Joseph becomes overseer of Egypt https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/q27_joseph_how_long_in_prison/

Ancient Egypt - Joseph becomes 2nd in command of Egypt

1741 BCE

Cause: Joseph was imprisoned because of Potiphar's wife's lies
Effect: Joseph is able to keep his family alive during the famine
https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/q27_joseph_how_long_in_prison/

Ancient Egypt - Rule of Dedumose II

1588 BCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedumose_II

Mesopotamia, Western Asia - Writing of Genesis

1450 BCE

https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-old-is-the-bible
- beginnings
- Moses (sorta)
- ch. 1-11 are impossible to "date", but Abram is born around c. 2166 b.c
- Genre & Literary Style: 2 Historical Narratives & a few passages of poetry & some genealogy

Arabian Peninsula, Western Asia - Invention of the Hebrew Alphabet

900 BCE

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-why-hebrew-should-be-called-jewish-1.5316745

Egypt, the Middle East - Birth of Cleopatra

69 BCE

Cleopatra was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 69 BC
Birth date: https://www.biography.com/people/cleopatra-vii-9250984

Middle East and NE Africa - New Testament

Period: 5 BCE to 97 BCE

https://www.esv.org/resources/esv-global-study-bible/chart_40_00_nt_timeline/

Jacob Typology part 2 (Date in AD)

26

Mark 1: 11
"and a voice came out of the heavens: "You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased." "
- God's favorite son is Jesus. This relates to the old testament because Jacob was his parents and God's favorite between him and Esau. God allowed Isaac to bless Jacob even though the blessing was supposed to be for their firstborn son Esau. Esau had nothing and he had to serve his younger brother Jacob.
https://biblehub.com/timeline/

Jerusalem, Israel - Approximate crucifixion of Jesus

30

https://www.historyandheadlines.com/april-7-30-ad-crucifixion-death-jesus-christ-think/

Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean - Paul's first missionary journey

47

http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/paulfirs.htm

Corinth, Greece - Paul's second missionary journey

49

http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/paulsec.htm

Rome, Italy - The Birth of Domitian - non biblical historical event

51

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Domitian

Ephesus, Turkey - Paul's third missionary journey

54

http://www.biblecharts.org/apostlepaulcharts/8%20-%20Pauls%20Third%20Missionary%20Journey.pdf

Hebron, the Mediterranean - Birth of Ishmael

1855

https://www.thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney2/23-the-journeys-of-adam-enoch-noah-abraham/the-birth-of-ishmael/

Hong Kong, China - My birthday

Apr 14, 2004

Hong Kong, China - The year I started at ICS

2013

Personal Reflection - A moment in your life (Date in AD)

2019

Genesis 28:15
"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

- This scripture is talking about how God will always be with us no and he will not leave us. When I was upset a few weeks ago, I remember reading this scripture and I was really happy I did because it reminded me that even though I may have made a huge mistake in my life, God will not leave me alone.

The world - God's covenant with Abraham being fulfilled today

2019

God promised Abraham his name would be great and everyone would know his name in Genesis 12:2. Abraham is a very well known person in three major world faiths, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham