Chronological Life Application Study Bible Sampler - Book - Page 5
Books
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Genesis
Dates
Themes
From:
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Creation
Sin
JJ Redemption
Undated
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To:
2100 BC
Beginnings
E
very story has a beginning. The Bible begins with
God. At the very beginning of this story, God created the
universe and put everything in order, forming all of the
planets, stars, and galaxies and setting them in motion. On earth,
he created abundant varieties of living creatures. And he made the
crown of his creation in his own image, his vice-regents: humans.
Creation isn’t the only beginning
recorded in the Bible, though. There
is also the more tragic story of the
beginning of sin and death. Adam
and Eve, the humans whom God
placed over his creation, chose to
disobey him and shattered its perfection. This tragedy soon led to
others, such as Cain murdering his
brother Abel in a jealous rage. And
ultimately, sin became so rampant
and pervasive that God decided to
4000 BC
TIMELINE
Adam and Eve. God created Adam and Eve and
placed them in the Garden of Eden to rule on his behalf.
They worked hard at cultivating the ground and managing the affairs of the Garden, and they enjoyed communion with God there. But they chose to disobey God’s
one command, and through them sin entered the world.
They were banished from the Garden, and their fellowship with God was broken. But God immediately set into
motion his plan to bring humanity back into fellowship
with him—this is the story of the entire Bible.
begin once again. He chose Noah,
the only righteous man left on
earth, to be the patriarch of a fresh
beginning for humanity. But even
Noah was vulnerable to sin, and his
descendants showed that the sin
problem was still very real and in
need of a solution.
How would God continue his
rescue plan for humanity? Would
he need to begin again after the
tower of Babel?
3500 BC
Noah. By the time of Noah, sin and wickedness were
so rampant that God was actually sorry he had ever created humans (Gen 6:7). But Noah was a righteous man,
and God chose to save him from the destruction that was
planned for the rest of humanity. Noah and his family
became a new beginning for humanity.
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Language and Culture. After Noah’s sons populated the earth again, there was a unified language and
culture throughout the world. But this unity led to pride
and a sense that humans didn’t need God. As a result, God
caused them to be divided by different languages and to
be scattered around the world. Different cultures began to
emerge from the different language groups and regions.
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3000 BC
MESOPOTAMIA
CREATION
People & Culture
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2500 BC
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE
(2000–1500 BC)
SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION (about 3000~1950 BC)
(undated)
Settlement of Asshur,
around 2800 BC
Sargon I (2370–2295 BC)
CANAAN
EGYPT
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD
(4000–3000 BC)
2000 BC
EARLY BRONZE AGE (3300–2000 BC)
GREAT FLOOD
(undated)
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, by Wenzel Peter
2166 BC
Abram is born
2091 BC
Abram moves to Canaan
ARCHAIC PERIOD/
DYNASTIES 1–2
(3000–2700 BC)
OLD KINGDOM/
DYNASTIES 3–8
(2700–2160 BC)
2630 BC
Great Pyramids built at Giza
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FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/
DYNASTIES 9–10
(2160–2010 BC)
MIDDLE KINGDOM/
DYNASTIES 11–12
(2106–1786 BC)
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