GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
ABRAHAM
Gen 12:1-3
“I will make you a great nation; I will
bless you And make your name great; And you
shall be a blessing.”
2075 1446 BC
MOSES and the
EXODUS
Ex 4
2066 2006 1915 1876
ISAAC born
Gen 21JACOB born
Gen 25JOSEPH
born
Gen 30
ISRAEL enters Egypt
Gen 46
Shekinah Glory“dwells” in Israel
Ex 25:8
1446 1405
GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
1050 BC
SAMUEL
1 Sam 1MOSESand the
EXODUS SAUL
1 Sam 8:6
"Give us a king to judge us."
1100
JOSHUA
Josh 1:2
“Arise, cross over this Jordan, you
and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them -
the children of Israel.”
1380
JUDGES
Judg 17:6
“In those days, there was no king in Israel; everyone did
what was right in his own
eyes.”
Israel stops observing Sabbatical Years
GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
1050 1010
SAULDAVID
2 Sam 2,5
970 930
SOLOMON
I Kings 1
THE DIVIDED
KINGDOM
1 Kings 12
605
N. KINGDOMTAKEN
CAPTIVE
2 KINGS 17:23
“So Israel was carried away
from their own land to
Assyria.”
721
DANIEL TAKEN
CAPTIVE
The first deportation
2 Kings 24
598 BC
EZEKIELTAKEN
CAPTIVE
The seconddeportation
2 Kings 24
No Sabbatical Years Observed
Daniel’s 70 weeks begins
GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
598 420 BC
No Sabbatical Years Observed
Artaxerxes’Decree70 YEARS CAPTIVITY
MALACHI
Mal 3:1
“Behold, He is
coming.”
ZERUBBABELRETURNS
Ezra 2
Starts rebuilding the
Temple
EZRA RETURNS
Ezra 7
Civic and spiritual reforms
NEHEMIAH RETURNS
Neh 2
Rebuilds the city walls
S. KINGDOMTAKEN
CAPTIVE
The third deportation
2 Kings 25:21
“Thus Judah was carried
away captive from its own
land.”
Temple completed
EZEKIELTAKEN
CAPTIVE
586 538 458 444515
Shekinah Glory
departs Israel
Ez 8-11
GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
420
INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD Israel is dominated by Gentile Nations
(one exception)
334 323 217 164 63 4 BC
MALACHI
Hasmoneans (Maccabean
Revolt)
(164-63)
Syrians (Seleucids)
(217-164)
Ptolomies
(323-217)
Greeks
(334-323)
Rome (63-4)
Persians
(539-333)
BIRTH OF CHRIST
Gal 4:4
“In the fullness of time,
God sent His Son.”
GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
4 BC 30 AD 66 70 115 132 AD
BIRTH OF CHRIST
DEATH, BURIAL, AND
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
John 3:14
“Even so must the Son of Man be lifted
up.”
1st JEWISHROMAN
WAR
2nd JEWISHROMAN WAR
3rd JEWISHROMAN WAR
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
Matt 24:2
“Not one stone here shall be
left upon another.”
132
GOD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
3rd JEWISHROMAN WAR
330 614 638 1099 1187 1260 1516 AD
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
PERSIAN (SASSANIAN)
EMPIRE
ARAB MUSLIMS
TURKISHMUSLIMS
MAMLUKMUSLIMS
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
CRUSADES
