Event and Scripture Biblical Calendar Beginning Modern Reference with Creation at the Year “0” Calendar
Harmonized with Biblical Calendar
Creation of Adam. 0 11013 B.C.
Birth of Seth. Adam was 130 130 10883 B.C.
when Seth was born (Genesis 5:6).
Birth of Enos. Seth was 105 235 10778 B.C.
when Enos was born (Genesis 5:6).
End of Enos’ period, 905 1140 9873 B.C.
years after his birth (Genesis 5:11), which is the year Cainan was born and his period began.
End of Cainan’s period, 910 2050 8963 B.C. years after his birth (Genesis 5:14).
This is the year Mahalaleel was born and his period began.
End of Mahalaleel’s period, 895 2945 8068 B.C. years after his birth (Genesis
5:17). This is the year Jared was born and his period began.
End of Jared’s period, 962 3907 7106 B.C. years after his birth (Genesis 5:20).
This is the year Enoch was born and his period began.
End of Enoch’s period, 365 4272 6741 B.C. years after his birth (Genesis 5:23).
This is the year Methuselah was born and his period began.
End of Methuselah’s period, 969 5241 5772 B.C. years after his birth (Genesis 5:27).
This is the year Lamech was born and his period began.
Birth of Noah. Lamech was 5423 5590 B.C. 182 when Noah was born
(Genesis 5:28-29).
CALENDAR OF HISTORY Continued
Event and Scripture Biblical Calendar Beginning Modern Reference with Creation at the Year “0” Calendar
Harmonized with Biblical Calendar The Flood. Noah was 600 when 6023 4990 B.C. the Flood came (Genesis 7:6).
Death of Shem, 502 years after 6525 4488 B.C. the Flood (Genesis 11:10-11).
This is the year Arphaxad was born and his period began.
End of Arphaxad’s period, 438 6963 4050 B.C. years after his birth (Genesis
11:12-13). This is the year Salah was born and his period began.
End of Salah’s period, 433 years 7396 3617 B.C. after his birth (Genesis 11:14-15).
This is the year Eber was born and his period began.
End of Eber’s period, 464 years 7860 3153 B.C. after his birth (Genesis 11:16-
17). This is the year Peleg was born and his period began.
The building of the tower of Babel must have occurred between the dates 3153 B.C. and 2914 B.C. (Genesis 10:25; 11:1-9).
End of Peleg’s period, 239 yrs. 8099 2914 B.C. after his birth (Genesis 11:18-
19). This is the year Reu was born and his period began.
End of Reu’s period, 239 years 8338 2675 B.C. after his birth (Genesis 11:20-
21). This is the year Serug was born and his period began.
End of Serug’s period, 230 years 8568 2445 B.C. after his birth (Gen. 11:22-23).
This is the year Nahor was born born and his period began.
End of Nahor’s period, 148 years 8716 2297 B.C. after his birth (Genesis 11:24-25).
This is the year Terah was born and his period began.
Birth of Abram to Terah. Terah was 8846 2167 B.C. 130 years old at the birth of Abram
(Genesis 11:26, 32, 12:4).
Circumcision of Abraham. He 8945 2068 B.C. was ninety-nine years of age
(Genesis 17:24).
Birth of Isaac. Abraham was
100 years old at the birth of 8946 2067 B.C. Isaac (Genesis 21:5).
Birth of Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old 9006 2007 B.C. at the birth of Jacob (Genesis 25:26).
Jacob enters Egypt at the age of 130. 9136 1877 B.C. This is the year that begins the 430
years Israel was in Egypt (Genesis 47:9).
Exodus of Israel from Egypt, 430 years 9566 1447 B.C. after entrance (Exodus 12:40-41).
The beginning of the building of the 10,046 967 B.C. temple in the fourth year of Solomon
(I Kings 6:1).
Before we proceed with our study of the Bible’s Calendar of History, let us review what we have learned.
1. The development of God’s salvation program is set forth in time. Every aspect of the unfolding of this marvelous plan has identification with time.
2. To record the time when previous events occurred in history requires some kind of calendar and to anticipate future events in time also requires a calendar. 3. In a very decisive way, God teaches how the Calendar was kept by showing how time was recorded during the 430-year period Israel was in Egypt. The method God uses is a system of Calendar Patriarchs. The Calendar Patriarchal system set forth is that when the death age is given of a man who in his generation was the Calendar Patriarch, the next Calendar Patriarch was born in the same year the previous Calendar Patriarch died.
4. There are two exceptions to this rule. The first is that the usage of the phrase “called his name” always indicates that an immediate son is in view. The second exception is that if the Bible clearly sets forth other evidence that the son who was “begat” was an immediate son, even without the use of the phrase
“called his name,” then we must conclude that “begat” in this case indicates an immediate son.
We have now developed from the Biblical information a precise Calendar of History that is integrated into our present secular calendar. We have discovered and compared many exact dates of notable events within these calendars. Now we should begin again at the beginning and witness in some detail the unfolding of God’s salvation plan throughout the history of the world. We will begin at the creation date of 11,013 B.C.
11,013 B.C. Creation
We have learned that the Bible teaches that about 13,000 years ago this world began. When we harmonize the Calendar of the Bible with our modern calendar, we can know that the creation of the world occurred in the year 11,013 B.C. It was in this year that Almighty Eternal Infinite God spoke and, in a period of six literal days of twenty-four hours each, brought this whole universe into existence. He created it in all of its detail as a full-blown operating universe. Thus, when Adam, the first man, was created on the sixth day, he was instantly created with the appearance of age. He could have appeared to be twenty years old or thirty years old or any other adult age.
Likewise, when God created the universe, He instantly created it with an appearance of being many billions of years old. At the instant of creation, He created the light rays that brought the light from distant stars so they could be visible on earth.
On the fourth day of creation, God created the sun, the moon, the planets, and the enormous number of galaxies of stars that are spread out in our gigantic universe. The sun, moon, and planets became a giant celestial clock to mark off days and years. We read in Genesis 1:14-19:
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Thus, immediately at the time of the creation of this universe, all historical events became related to time. As we are learning in this study, the significant
Biblical events dealing with God’s plan fit into a very precise and perfect time frame.
During the six literal twenty-four-hour days of creation, God also instantly created all of the animals and biosphere. However, the crown of His creation was mankind who was created in the image of God. We read in Genesis 1:27:
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Mankind was created to rule over this perfect universe and administer it entirely to the glory of the great and wonderful God who created it.
Because mankind was created in the image of God, he became absolutely unique and the most significant part of the creation. First of all, he was created to exist forever even as God exists forever. True, in many ways, his body was created in a fashion similar to the bodies of animals, and he was given physical life as animals and even insects have physical life. But in addition, he was given a spirit essence (the Bible also calls this spirit essence a soul) which enabled him to think and act responsibly before God. He was created to love God and to obey Him perfectly.
However, as we learned in Chapter 2 of this study, which emphasized that the Bible is a law book, our first parents rebelled against God. And we must remember that in principle, the whole human race resided in Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve’s rebellion was willful disobedience. They had been commanded not to eat of the forbidden fruit. However, they deliberately violated that command and did eat of the forbidden fruit. Thus, they, as well as the whole human race, came under the wrath of God.
This introduced a serious problem. God had created a perfect universe which was to be ruled over by perfect rulers — mankind. But when mankind became cursed by God, an impossible situation had developed. Now there existed a perfect earth ruled over by masters (mankind) who were in rebellion against God and who had become cursed by God.
To remedy this situation, God then cursed the creation itself. Thorns and thistles began to grow. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes began to occur. Many animals became carnivorous and some became poisonous. Illness and death were in evidence everywhere as both mankind and animals experienced physical death. This mighty change in the earth is spoken of in Romans 8:19-23:
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject
to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
The Scriptures indicate that this curse took place immediately after mankind’s rebellion. The Bible says in Genesis 3:17-19:
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
There will come a time in the future when this earth will be destroyed by fire . . .
However, the citation of Romans 8:19-23 does offer a hope for this earth. There will come a time in the future when this earth will be destroyed by fire and then replaced with a perfect New Heaven and New Earth. We will look at this later in our study.
One other major event occurred when mankind fell into sin. The angel Lucifer (Genesis 3:1; Isaiah 14:12-17), who tempted Eve, “the mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20), had rebelled against God. But the angels, which are spirit beings, had been created by God to serve Him on behalf of mankind. We read in Hebrews 1:13-14:
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Amazingly, Lucifer, though created a perfect spirit, somehow rebelled against God. He wanted to be like God. The Bible says in Isaiah 14:13-14:
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Lucifer saw his opportunity to rule. God had created mankind to be the ruler of this universe, but if Lucifer could get mankind to obey him instead of God, then he, Lucifer, by right of conquest, would become the ruler over mankind who in turn ruled over the earth.
And that is precisely what occurred. Our first parents, at the instigation of Lucifer, who came to Eve in the form of a serpent, disobeyed God, and Lucifer (Satan) became ruler over the hearts of mankind. The Bible speaks of him as Satan, the devil, the dragon, the serpent, and the adversary (I Peter 5:8; Revelation 20:2).
The fact that Satan rules over unsaved mankind is seen, for example, in I John 3:8 where God declares: “He that committeth sin is of the devil,” and in I John 3:10, where we read:
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
This principle is also given to us in I John 3:12 where God says:
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
God further declares in John 8:44:
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
In this study of the history of the world, we will learn that as God unfolds His salvation plan, it will be necessary that those persons whom Christ came to save must be taken out of the kingdom of Satan and brought into the kingdom of
God. As part of this task, it was necessary that Satan be vanquished and brought under the judgment of eternal damnation. Later in our study, we will learn how this was accomplished.
As we proceed down the timeline of history immediately after the beginning year of 11,013 B.C., at least three facts become abundantly evident. They are as follows:
1. Sin becomes prominently displayed.
2. A line of true believers is in evidence as time unfolds. 3. God continues to communicate with the human race. We will briefly examine each of these three developments.
. . . sin became thoroughly imbedded within the human race. The first fact we should note is the evidence that sin became thoroughly imbedded within the human race. The first two children born to Adam and Eve were sons. Cain was the firstborn. Abel was the second son. Both appeared to be quite religious in that both offered sacrifice to God (Genesis 4:3-4). Somehow Cain became aware that God rejected his sacrifice but accepted that of his younger brother Abel (Genesis 4:5). We then learn that in envy, anger, and hatred, Cain murdered his brother Abel (Genesis 4:8). Clearly, sin had become thoroughly entrenched in the human race.
Other evidences of man’s tendency to sin are seen in Lamech, a descendant of Cain, marrying two wives (Genesis 4:19) and also desiring personal vengeance against another person (Genesis 4:23-24). From other Biblical information we know that both of these actions were contrary to God’s law. Eventually, sin in the growing human race became so bad that God destroyed almost the entire human race. We will look at that dreadful event in a later chapter.
The second fact is that simultaneous with the development of sin in the human race, a line of worshipers of God was in evidence, although that line was very small. We see this in two Biblical citations concerning righteous Abel. In Hebrews 11:4 we read:
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
God gives us further information in I John 3:12:
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
We note also the Bible’s testimony concerning Enoch who was born about 4,000 years after the beginning of time (he lived from 7106 B.C. to 6741 B.C.). God tells us in Genesis 5:23-24:
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
The line of true worshipers of God surfaced again in the life of Noah, 6,000 years after Creation. We read in Genesis 6:9:
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
The individuals we have just named were not typical of the world’s population. For example, later we will discover that in the whole world of Noah’s day, he and his family were the only true believers.
There is a third very important fact which should be noted that had everything to do with the unfolding of God’s Gospel program for the world. You see, God spoke directly to Adam and Eve before they fell into sin. The Bible tells us in Genesis 2:16-17:
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
However, the surprise is that God spoke directly to Adam and Eve even