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3500 BCE
Mesopotamia: Invention of Writing
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2091 BCE
Harran: God Makes Covenant with Abram
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Period: 2091 BCE to 430 BCE
Middle East & Egypt: The Old Testament
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2081 BCE
Canaan: God Renews Covenant
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2080 BCE
Canaan: Birth of Ishmael
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2069 BCE
Ancient Egypt: Nakhtnebtepnefer Intef III
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2067 BCE
Sodom & Gomorrah: Sodom & Gomorrah Destroyed
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2054 BCE
Mount Moriah: Abraham Almost Sacrificing Isaac
In this story, God wants Abraham to prove His faithfulness and His trust in His plans. But at the same time, God is also proving that He will always fulfill His promises. God is true to His word, which is why He spares Isaac with a lamb. After all, Isaac is the son that God has said would be the start of a great nation. If he were die, how would God keep His promise? God is also foreshadowing the coming of Jesus, where He will be the substitution lamb for us and sacrifice Himself. -
Period: 2050 BCE to 1900 BCE
Egypt, Canaan, Haran: Jacob's Life
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1929 BCE
Jacob Typology (part I)
Genesis 27:22
Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” Jacob is like Christ. He is righteous but became similar to Esau, carrying Esau's sins and weaknesses. He put on the clothes of Esau, the animal skin around his body, to come to his father and find acceptance from him. -
1898 BCE
Egypt: Joseph Sold into Slavery
cause - brothers were jealous that joseph was israel's favorite and decided to sell him to be a slave, lied that joseph got killed by an animal
effect - israel mourned, joseph was sold by the midianites to work for potiphar's household https://biblehub.com/timeline/old.htm -
Period: 1898 BCE to 1889 BCE
Egypt: Joseph Works for Potiphar
cause - the midianites sold joseph to potiphar (one of pharaoh's officials)
effect - God helped joseph prosper and succeed, joseph became in charge of the household, everything was left to his care https://biblehub.com/timeline/old.htm -
Period: 1889 BCE to 1886 BCE
Egypt: Joseph is Back in Prison
cause - potiphar's wife wanted to go to bed with joseph but he kept refusing, so she told potiphar that he tried to sleep with her
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1886 BCE
Egypt: Joseph Becomes 2nd in Command
cause - pharaoh had a dream and brought joseph to help him interpret it
effect - pharaoh put joseph second in command https://biblehub.com/timeline/old.htm -
1850 BCE
Israel: Invention of the Hebrew Alphabet
· known as Semitic scripts (aleph bet)
· pictographic
· written from right to left
· no punctuation/capitalization
· different grammar rules
· no verses in the bible https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hebrew-alphabet -
1445 BCE
Sinai Peninsula: The Writing of Genesis
· by Moses
· ch 1-11 are impossible to "date", but Abram/Abraham was born around c. 2166 b.c
· 2 historical narratives and a few passages of poetry and some genealogy
· themes - creation, death, flood, covenant, providence
· structure - creation, fall, flood, Babel (ch 1-1); Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph (ch 12-50) https://www.allaboutcreation.org/when-was-genesis-written-faq.htm -
539 BCE
Phoenicia: Conquered by the Persians
Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered Phoenicia and divided it into four vassal kingdoms. They prospered, furnishing fleets for the Persian kings. Phoenician influence declined after this. It is likely that much of the Phoenician population migrated to Carthage and other colonies following the Persian conquest. https://www.timemaps.com/civilizations/phoenicians/ -
Period: 6 BCE to 95
Palestine & Asia Minor: The New Testament
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30
Jerusalem: Jesus' Crucifixion
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30
Jacob Typology (part II)
Isaiah 53:4-6
Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
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and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all. Jesus carried our sins on his back although He is righteous and sinless like how Jacob put on the form and person of his brother Esau. Christ still has the voice of the Son while His hands are ours as He carries our nature. He put on our clothes on His body and became similar to us, bearing our sins on His body and offering Himself in love. -
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Syria to Cyprus & Asia Minor: Paul's First Missionary Journey
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49
Jerusalem to Lystra: Paul's Second Missionary Journey
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53
Antioch to Jerusalem: Paul's Third Missionary Journey
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79
Italy (Pompeii): Mount Vesuvius' Eruption
Mount Vesuvius buried the city of Pompeii with volcanic ash and destroyed everything. Around 30,000 people died from this disaster. https://www.thoughtco.com/major-events-in-ancient-history-119110
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500
Africa: Oral Tradition
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Hong Kong: My Birthday
i was born -
The Year I Started at ICS
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Israel: Abrahamic Covenant Fulfilled Today
Genesis 12:2
"And I will make of you a great nation" Genesis 12:1
"Go from your country to the land that I will show you" Abraham's lineage did become a huge nation. Isaac became the start of the Israelites and Ishmael became the start of the Arabs. After all, Christianity and Islam are the biggest religion groups in the world today. The land known as Canaan that was promised to Abraham's family still belongs to the Israelites now. -
Hong Kong: Personal Moment
Genesis 25:23
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger.” Even though this isn't meant to affect me, this also shows how nowadays, there will always be mistrust and bad relationships between different people. There are always comparisons between my sister and I and even in the best moments, it isn't a perfect relationship. There will always be a separation.