Timeline Of The Holyland

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Pastor Kearse compiled this timeline of the Holy Land as a reference in your weekly study. This will provide you with a big picture of the major events in biblical history relating to the land of Israel.  The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) or Christian Old Testament indicates the passage of time and thus gives a chronological calibration to biblical history by means of various genealogies, generations, reign-periods, and other means.The passage of time in the earlier passages of Genesis is indicated by counts of generations: an individual lived so many years, begat a son, and died at such and such an age: when the ages at each birth of a new generation are added together, the result is the total number of years elapsed. In later books the passage of years is calibrated to events in the overall narrative (e.g., 1 Kings 6:1 states that the building of the Temple of Solomon began in the 480th year from the Exodus), or by inter-relationships of the reigns of kings (e.g., king A of Israel came to the throne in year X of king B of Judah and ruled Z number of years, for example in 1 Kings 15:25-28).

BOOK OF GENESIS

  • 4000 B.C.  ADAM AND EVE CREATED
  • 3871 B.C.  SETH IS BORN
  • 3314 B.C.  METHUSELAH WAS BORN
  • 3071 B.C.  ADAM DIES
  • 2945 B.C.  NOAH IS BORN
  • 2959 B.C.  SETH DIES
  • 2465 B.C.  NOAH BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF ARK
  • 2345 B.C.  METHUSELAH DIES
  • 2345 B.C.  NOAH’S FLOOD
  • 2443 B.C.  SHEM IS BORN
  • 2005 B.C.  TOWER OF BABEL
  • 2053 B.C. ABRAM IS BORN
  • 1995 B.C.  NOAH DIES
  • 1983 B.C.  ABRAM CUTS A COVENANT WITH GOD
  • 1953 B.C.  ISAAC IS BORN
  • 1920 B.C.  ABRAHAM OFFERS ISAAC
  • 1893 B.C.  ESAU AND JACOB ARE BORN
  • 1878 B.C.  ABRAHAM DIES
  • 1843 B.C.  SHEM DIES
  • 1802 B.C.  JOSEPH IS BORN
  • 1785 B.C.  JOSEPH IS IMPRISONED 
  • 1773 B.C.  JOSEPH IS MADE 2ND TO PHAROAH
  • 1773 B.C.  ISAAC DIES
  • 1763 B.C.  JACOB (ISRAEL) AND ELEVEN SONS MOVE TO EGYPT MOVE TO EGYPT
  • 1746 B.C.  JACOB DIES
  • 1692 B.C.  JOSEPH DIES

 

BOOK OF EXODUS

  • 1636 B.C.  AARON IS BORN
  • 1633 B.C.  MOSES IS BORN
  • 1595 B.C.  JOSHUA IS BORN
  • 1591 B.C.  CALEB IS BORN
  • 1554 B.C.  MOSES SEES BURNING BUSH
  • 1553 B.C.  MOSES AND ISRAEL LEAVE EGYPT COME TO MOUNT SINAI
  • 1542 B.C.  TABERNACLE IS COMPLETED AND ERECTED

 

BOOK OF LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DUETERONOMY

  • 1514 B.C.   AARON AND MIRIAM DIE
  • 1513 B.C.  MOSES DIES
  • 1513 B.C.  JOSHUA LEADS CHILDREN OF ISRAEL INTO PROMISED LAND
  • 1485 B.C.  JOSHUA DIES
  • 1468 B.C.  THE RULE OF THE JUDGES BEGAN
  • 1347 B.C.  DEBORAH BECOMES LEADER
  • 1307 B.C.  GIDEON BECOMES LEADER
  • 1191 B.C.  SAMSON BECOMES LEADER
  • 1171 B.C.  ELI IS PRIEST
  • 1031 B.C.  ELI DIES
  • 1130 B.C.  SAMUEL THE PROPHET
  • 1119 B.C.  SAUL BECOMES 1ST KING
  • 1118 B.C.   DAVID ANOINTED
  • 1117 B.C.  SAMUEL DIES
  • 996 B.C.  DAVID BRINGS THE ARK TO JERUSALEM
  • 990 B.C.  DAVID PURCHASES THE TEMPLE SITE FROM ARAUNAH
  • 960-950 B.C. SOLOMON BUILDS FIRST TEMPLE
  • 850 B.C. ELIJAH AND ELISHA’S MINISTRY
  • 586 B.C. BABYLONIAN KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR DESTROYS TEMPLE AND TAKES JEWS TO BABYLON
  • 573 B.C.  EZEKIEL IN BABYLONIAN EXILE AND HAS HIS VISIONS OF FUTURE
  • 538 B.C. DANIEL RECEIVES PROPHECY OF 70 WEEKS
  • 538 B.C. CYRUS ISSUES DECREE ALLOWING EXILED JEWS TO RETURN FROM BABYLON AND REBUILD TEMPLE
  • 520-515 B.C. ZERUBBABEL RESTORES TEMPLE AND SACRIFICES WITH HELP OF PERSIAN KING DARIUS
  • 445 B.C. NEHEMIAH RETURNS FROM PERSIA TO REBUILD WALLS JERUSALEM
  • 332 B.C. ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONQUERS JERUSALEM AND SPARES THE TEMPLE
  • 175 – 165 B.C. ANTIOCHUS 4TH DEFILES TEMPLE AND TEMPLE WORSHIP
  • 165 B.C. JUDAS MACCABAEUS TAKES BACK TEMPLE AND MIRACLE OF 1ST HANUKKA ON DEC. 25TH
  • 63 B.C. ROMAN EMPEROR POMPEY CONQUERS JERUSALEM AND ENTERS HOLY OF HOLIES
  • 20 B.C. HEROD THE GREAT BEGINS REBUILDING AND EXPANSION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE

 

NEW TESTAMENT TIMES

  • 3 B.C. -3 A.D. JESUS IS DEDICATED AT TEMPLE 
  • 33 A.D. JESUS CRUCIFIED
  • 40 A.D. ROMAN EMPEROR CALIGULA TRIES TO DEFILE TEMPLE WITH HIS STATUE BUT FAILS
  • 70 A.D. ROMAN GENERAL TITUS DESTROYS 2ND TEMPLE
  • 75 -85 A.D. JEWISH GENERAL AND HISTORIAN WRITES THE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS
  • 130 A.D. ROMAN EMPEROR HADRIANUS PLOWS TEMPLE MOUNT AND NAMES JERUSALEM BY THE ROMAN NAME AELIA CAPITOLINA
  • 132 A.D.  SIMON BAR KOKHBA’S JEWISH REBELLION AGAINST ROMANS
  • 135 A.D. HADRIAN RETAKES JERUSALEM AND DESTROYS BAR KOKHABA REBELLION AND ERECTS A STATUE OF HIMSELF AT THE SITE OF HOLY OF HOLIES
  • 326 A.D. CONSTANTINE BUILDS CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE TO OVERLOOK TEMPLE RUINS MAKING JERUSALEM A CHRISTIAN CITY
  • 500 A.D. TALMUD WRITTEN IN TIBERIAS
  • 622 A.D. ISLAMIC PROPHET MOHAMMED IS SAID TO HAVE MADE A NIGHT JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM AND ASCENDED TO THE 7TH HEAVEN FROM THE SITE OF HOLY ROCK.   {YEAR 1 ON ISLAMIC CALENDAR}
  • 637 A.D. MUSLIMS CONQUER JERUSALEM
  • 691 A.D. DOME OF ROCK COMPLETED 72 YEARS AFTER MOHAMMED’S NIGHT VISION
  • 1099-118 A.D. CRUSADERS CAPTURE JERUSALEM AND TURN DOME OF ROCK INTO CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND AL-AQSA MOSQUE INTO KNIGHTS OF TEMPLAR HEADQUARTERS
  • 1187 A.D. SALADIN RECAPTURES DOME OF JERUSALEM FOR MUSLIMS
  • 1538 A.D. SULTAN SULEIMAN I THE MAGNIFICENT EMBELLISHES DOME AND BUILDS PERIMETER WALLS AND GATES AROUND OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM
  • 1541 A.D. THE GOLDEN GATE IS SEALED BY MUSLIMS TO PREVENT JEWISH MESSIAHS ENTRY
  • 1799 A.D. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE INVADES PALESTINE TO RESTORE JERUSALEM TO THE JEWS BUT IS DEFEATED AT ACRE
  • 1827 A.D. EGYPTIANS CONQUER JERUSALEM
  • 1917 -1948 A.D. BRITISH CONQUER AND RULE JERUSALEM
  • 1948  A.D. ISRAEL BECOMES A JEWISH NATION, BUT MUSLIMS CONTROL TEMPLE MOUNT
  • 1967 JUNE 7TH , SIX DAY WAR JEWS TAKE TEMPLE MOUNT BACK  BUT DEFENSE MINISTER MOSHE DAYAN RETURNS IT TO MUSLIMS
  • 1987 THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE OPENS ITS DOORS FOR EXHIBITION OF TEMPLE ARTIFACTS
  • 1995 PASTOR MICHAEL JOE KEARSE MAKES HIS FIRST TRIP TO HOLY LAND TO EXPAND HIS STUDIES.
  • 1999 PASTORS JOE AND SHIRLEY KEARSE RETURN TO ISRAEL WITH MEMBERS OF HUFFMAN CHURCH
  • 2000 OCT. MUSLIMS CLOSE TEMPLE MOUNT TO JEWS AND TOURISTS
  • 2003 SEPT. MUSLIMS REOPEN TEMPLE MOUNT FOR VISITORS.  PASTOR MICHAEL JOE KEARSE AND 37 OF HUFFMAN CHURCH’S MEMBERS ARE ONE OF 1ST GROUPS, IF NOT THE FIRST GROUP TO ENTER TEMPLE MOUNT AND DOME OF ROCK IN THREE YEARS. (ESCORTED BY SECURITY FORCES)
  • 2004 SANHEDRIN IS REESTABLISHED IN TIBERIAS AFTER 1600 YEARS OF BANISHMENT
  • 2005 PASTORS JOE AND SHIRLEY KEARSE RETURN TO ISRAEL TAKING HUFFMAN CHURCH MEMBERS AND REPRESENTITIVES FROM TWO OTHER CONGREGATIONS
  • 2009 MARCH PASTORS JOE AND SHIRLEY KEARSE RETURN TO WITH MEMBERS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT CHURCHES