Bible Timeline

A sweeping overview of the biblical story from creation to the new creation.

4000 BC

Creation

  • Creation of the world
  • Creation of Adam and Eve
  • Fall of man
  • Cain and Abel
  • Noah's Flood
2000 BC

Patriarchs

  • Abraham's call
  • Isaac born
  • Jacob and the 12 tribes
  • Joseph in Egypt
1446 BC

Exodus

  • Moses and the Exodus
  • The Law at Sinai
  • Wilderness wanderings
  • Conquest of Canaan
1050 BC

Kingdom

  • Saul, David, Solomon
  • United Kingdom
  • Temple built
  • Kingdom divided
586 BC

Exile

  • Fall of Jerusalem
  • Babylonian captivity
  • Return from exile
  • Temple rebuilt
400 BC

Silence

  • Intertestamental period
  • Alexander the Great
  • Maccabean revolt
4 BC

Messiah

  • Birth of Jesus
  • Ministry of Jesus
  • Crucifixion and Resurrection
  • Ascension
AD 30

Church

  • Day of Pentecost
  • Apostolic missions
  • New Testament written
  • Church spreads
TBD

Future

  • Second Coming of Christ
  • Millennial Kingdom
  • New Heaven and New Earth