Christian timeline

By potatohead500
  • Period: 2100 BCE to

    Christian timeline

  • 2090 BCE

    Abraham goes to Canaan

    Abraham goes to Canaan
    Abraham’s Journey to Canaan is the beginning of the restoration of the original mandate given to humanity by God
  • 1895 BCE

    Joseph sold into slavery

    Joseph sold into slavery
    When Jacob gives Joseph a beautiful coat, his brothers are filled with jealousy. They come up with a nasty idea and sell him into slavery. After years of hardship, Joseph is appointed governor over all of Egypt and helps a nation prepare for the famine. When Joseph’s brothers arrive to buy food, they are forced to confront their wicked past. Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined their younger brother would become the powerful governor of Egypt.
  • 1870 BCE

    Exile to Egypt

    Exile to Egypt
    The purpose of the exile was to prepare Israel for its inheritance. Egypt was the “boot camp” to prepare them for the rigors of the wilderness journey so that they could then take the land of Canaan. Egypt was an incubator where Israel grew from 70 to more than two to four million people.
  • 1450 BCE

    Exodus from Egypt

    Exodus from Egypt
    The Exodus begins, led by Moses, the Israelites leave Egypt and eventually settle in Canaan
  • 1010 BCE

    David kills Goliath

    David kills Goliath
    David uses a slingshot to defeat Goliath, and later becomes king of Israel
  • 4 BCE

    birth of jesus

    birth of jesus
    Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem
  • 30

    jesus resurrection

    jesus resurrection
    Jesus rises from his grave three days after his death.
  • 30

    crucifixion of Jesus

    crucifixion of Jesus
    the Death of Jesus Christ. by execution via crucifixion
  • 50

    bible is written

    bible is written
    the new testament is written
  • 301

    Armenia adopts Christianity as its religion

    Armenia adopts Christianity as its religion
    Armenia becomes the world's first country to officially adopt Christianity as the state religion
  • 312

    Constantine receives a vision

    Constantine receives a vision
    The Roman emperor Constantine receives a vision of a flaming cross with the words "this sign conquer". As a results no longer persecutes Christians
  • 1054

    the great schism: Orthodox and Catholic churches separate.

    the great schism: Orthodox and Catholic churches separate.
    The Great Schism of 1054 marked the first major split in the history of Christianity, separating the Orthodox Church in the East from the Roman Catholic Church in the West. Until this time, all of Christendom existed under one body, but the churches in the East were developing distinct cultural and theological differences from those in the West. Tensions gradually increased between the two branches, and finally boiled over into the Great Schism of 1054