Salvation History - The Old Testament



Pre-Salvation History

Date
Event
Unknown Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Tower of Babel



Salvation History

Date
Event
1900 B.C. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and his twelve sons, Joseph, Judah
1250 B.C. Moses, Exodus, Sinai, Laws, Rituals, Wilderness (40 Years), death of Moses
1130 B.C. Conquest of the Promised Land
Joshua, Judges -- Gideon, Deborah, Samson, Samuel
1100 B.C. Kings - Saul, David, Solomon (many more but most of them were bad for the Jews).
922 B.C. Kingdom Split:
Northern Kingdom - called Israel
Southern Kingdom - called Judah
721 B.C. The Northern Kingdom was destroyed by the Assyrians -- The event is referred to as the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel."

Prophets in the Northern Kingdom -- Elijah, Elisha, Hosea and Amos.
587 B.C. The Southern Kingdom was captured by the Babylonians

Prophets in the Southern Kingdom -- Isaiah, Jeremiah and Micah

The Ark of the Covenant Disappeared. It has not been found.
587 B.C. Babylonian Exile -- 40 years

Prophet - Ezekiel
538 B.C. Exile ends -- King Cyrus, the Persian

Remnant of Jews return to Jerusalem

Rebuilding of the Jewish nation

Ezra and Nehemiah - Leaders

Synagogues came into existance
332 B.C. Persecution by the Greeks - Alexander the Great
164 B.C. Maccabees

First Hanukkah
63 B.C. Holy Land Taken over by the Romans -- Pompeii
1 A.D. The Birth of Jesus