Biblical Timeline

The RAE Adventure to the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter inspires many observations about how we view the events of Noah’s flood, the pre-flood world, and how Noah built a ship that was able to preserve life in that cataclysm. Sue Langham shares her experiences and how to visit the two museums.

Sue Langham gives an account of her visit to the Ark Encounter. From his research, Derek Marshall estimates that the building of the Ark would have been over a very short period of 46 days based upon how fast a wood frame structure could be built with a lot of faith, help and miracles. He cites clues from scripture to support his idea. Tradition has it that it took 120 years. ICR estimates 60 years, Answers in Genesis 55-75 years, yet they built their replica in 2 years. Dere

After Israel and Judah went into the Babylonian captivity, they were eventually liberated by Cyrus the Great of the Persian Empire. The list of Persian kings was not recorded correctly by Ptolemy, and some chronologers used his dates and were 150 years off. New research shows that the timeline is shorter.

After the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel, all that was left was the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin. The timeline of the Old Testament is also consistent during this period, giving dates for the reigns of these kings until the time of the Babylonian captivity.

Rich Geer describes the chronology of the first kings of Israel, starting with Saul, whose reign needed to be pieced together with clues from various sources in the Old and New Testaments. He then talks about the reigns of the kings that followed up to the end of the Northern Kingdom.

The Old Testament timeline is interesting to analyze concerning the time of the Judges, where you need to rely on clues from various sources in the Bible to figure out how it all ties together.

There is a continuous timeline outlined accurately in the Bible from Adam to Jesus. We can be assured of the inspiration of the Holy Bible because the consistency of this timeline. One of the issues in tracing the genealogy of Jesus was the time between Abraham and Moses, with the time of captivity in Egypt is in question and does not match secular chronolgy. Rich explains this problem and how it is solved in the scriptures by the most reputable historians.

The timeline from Noah to Abram is one that is most specifically spelled out concerning ages of the individual patriarchs. There is only one puzzle that was solved by the chronologers concerning the birth of Abram to Terah. The ancients live a long time, but their life spans declined rapidly after the flood. Noah lived to the time of Abram.

The life of Noah is very important in understanding the timeline of Biblical chronology. Noah’s life represents 1/6 of human history since Adam, and understanding how he fits into the scheme of things helps us know why Jesus came to redeem us.

Rich Geer’s research concerning the timeline of the Old Testament gives a recent date for the events of creation in the Bible. This video discusses the timeline from Adam to Noah and why it is important.