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Timeline of Events from Creation to Joshua. According to
Usshers chronology there were 1656 years from creation to
the flood, 427 years from the flood to the call of Abraham,
430 years from the call of Abraham to the Exodus from Egypt,
and 40 years from the Exodus from Egypt to the entering of
the land of Canaan by Joshua and the new generatio...
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In ancient Israel there was the "sacred" or religious year,
and also the civil year, and these formed the Hebrew
calendar. The religious or sacred year began toward the end
of March, which was the Hebrew month of Nisan. The civil
year began in October, on the first day of the Hebrew month
of Tishri. Therefore the seventh month on the religious...
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The Bible reveals throughout all of its pages that a Messiah
was going to come and save mankind. The Old Testament traces
the family lineage of the Messiah. This chart reveals that
Abrahams father Terah was in the limits of Christ, then out
of his three sons Abraham was in the line Messiah, then his
son Isaac, and then his son Jacob, and then ...
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The Hebrew Scriptures were divided into 3 sections:
-The Law (Torah), or Pentateuch, 5 books:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
-The Prophets (Nebhim), 8 books:
Former Prophets - Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings
Latter Prophets - Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , The Book
of the 12
-The Writings (Kethubim), 11 books:
Poetical Bo...
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List of Gentile Nations Named in the Old Testament. This
chart contains a long list of the gentile "heathen" nations
that are mentioned in Old Testament times. Click on the
Bible verse to read the background information....
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The miracles and the Bible verses. God did many miracles
throughout the Bible, and in the Old Testament there were
many miracles surrounding the nation of Israel that the
entire world heard about. Below is a list of several Old
Testament miracles. A Miracle is when God intervenes in a
situation or event that cannot be explained in scientific
...
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This chart reveals the Kings of the Persian Empire
(Achaemenid) from 550 BC to 330 BC. The Persian Empire was
founded by Cyrus the Great who conquered Babylon in 536 BC.
The Persian Empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire and it
was Cyrus, who issued the famous decree for the Jews to
return to their homeland to rebuild their Temple. Under
Dari...
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This chart reveals the Kings of the Neo Babylonian Empire
(Chaldean) from 625 BC to 542 BC. The Babylonian Empire
began to be a world power in 625 BC after the fall of
Assyria. Babylon continued its reign until 536 BC. During
this period Babylon, located along the Euphrates River, was
the metropolis of the East and called in the Bible the "cit...
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The prophets of ancient Israel were the divine messengers
sent by God to communicate to man a message from God. They
spoke about the events mentioned in the Old Testament long
before they actually happened. Israel was confronted with
the choice of blessings or curses. Blessings if they
followed the LORD and curses if they forsook him. Moses
t...
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It is nearly impossible to examine the life of Joseph in the
Old Testament and not see the similarities of the events in
the life of Christ. There are many types and shadows in the
Old Testament that prefigure Jesus Christ, and many have
believed at the life of Joseph is perhaps the clearest
picture of Christ in so many ways....
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