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