Biblical Chronology

This chronology is based on the Bible. The work of Dr. Martin Anstey (The Romance of Bible Chronology) and Philip Mauro (The Wonders of Bible Chronology) have assisted us greatly with some difficult areas. The chronologies have been cross-checked by comparison with specific Holy Days given in the Bible which are calculated using astronomical events. This allows dating of events such as Day 1 of Creation, the Genesis Flood, the Exodus, the Fall of Jerusalem, the Crucifixion, etc. In most cases, given dates are the beginning point when an event is one that occurs over a period of time. Ie, the date given for King Saul's reign is the first year of his reign.

Further considerations used in preparing and interpreting this chronology are given at the end of the chronology.

AFTER	BCE/	INTERVAL		EVENT	SCRIPTURE
CREATION	COM'N ERA	LENGTH			REFERENCES
1.0	4004.7			Creation of the Universe began on	Gen 1:1
				1/1, 1 AC. (Probably 29 March, 4004 BCE)
1.0	4004.7			Creation of Adam and Eve (4 April)	Gen 1:26-31
				God declares His Creation as Very Good.	Gen 1:31
				God institutes the Sabbath, and rests on it.	Gen 2:2-3
				Adam and Eve disobey God, placing the earth	Gen 3:1-19
				under Satan's influence. Violence and death
				become part of creation, with some animals
				converted into carnivores.
				God promises that Jesus will one day crush	Gen 3:14-15
				Satan and restore the Creation.
131.0	3874.7	130		Seth born	Gen 5:1-32
236.0	3769.7	105		Enosh born	"
326.0	3679.7	90		Cainan born	"
396.0	3609.7	70		Mahalaleel born	"
461.0	3544.7	65		Jared born	"
623.0	3382.7	162		Enoch born	"
688.0	3317.7	65		Methuselah born	"
875.0	3130.7	187		Lamech born	"
931.0	3074.7			Adam dies aged 930. (less than one	"
				thousand-year "day" old.)	2 Peter 3:8
988.0	3017.7			Enoch 'taken' by God at 365. Lived	Gen 5:23-24
				one year for each day in a year.
1043.0	2962.7			Seth dies aged 912.	Gen 5:8
1057.0	2948.7	182		Noah born	Gen 5:28-29
1141.0	2864.7			Enosh dies aged 905.	Gen 5:11-31
1236.0	2769.7			Cainan dies aged 910.	"
1291.0	2714.7			Mahalaleel dies aged 895.	"
1423.0	2582.7			Jared dies aged 962.	"
1537.0	2468.7			God tells Noah to build the Ark.	Gen 6:3,7-22
1557.0	2448.7	500		Japheth, Shem's older brother born	Gen 5:32,10:21
1559.0	2446.7	2		Shem born 98 years before flood.	Gen 11:10
1652.0	2353.7			Lamech dies aged 777 years.	Gen 5:31
1657.0	2348.7			Methuselah dies aged 969.-in Flood?	Gen 5:27
1657.0	2348.7	100		The Genesis Flood begins 600 years after
				Noah's birth. 17/2/1657 (Sunday, 17 May, -2348)	Gen 7:6,11
1658.0	2347.7	1		Everyone leaves Ark. 27/2/1658 (Mon 17 May)	Gen 8:14-19
				Note that time on Ark was exactly one Solar year.
1660.0	2345.7	2		Arphaxad born	Gen 11:10
				Luke manus'pts add another Cainan here??	Luke 3.26
1695.0	2310.7	35		Salah born	Gen 11:12-26
1725.0	2280.7	30		Eber born	"
1759.0	2246.7	34		Peleg born	"
1789.0	2216.7	30		Reu born	"
1821.0	2184.7	32		Serug born	"
1851.0	2154.7	30		Nahor born	"
1880.0	2125.7	29		Terah born.	"
				Mankind divided by languages and scatt-
				ered between 1759 and 1998 AC	Gen 11:1-9
1950.0	2055.7	70		Abram born.	Gen 11:26-29
1998.0	2007.7			Peleg dies aged 239.	Gen 11:18-19
1999.0	2006.7			Nahor dies aged 148.	Gen 11:24-25
2007.0	1998.7			Noah dies aged 950.	Gen 9:30
2028.0	1977.7			Reu dies aged 239.	Gen 11:20-21
2051.0	1954.7			Serug dies aged 230.	Gen 11:22-23
2025.0	1980.7	75		Abram called-he and Lot leave Haran	Gen 12:4
				God says Abram's descendants will
				spend 400 years in affliction, but	Gen 15:13
				4th gen. will inherit Canaan.	Gen 15:16
2085.0	1920.7			Terah dies in Haran aged 205	Gen 11:32
2098.0	1907.7			Arphaxad dies aged 438.	Gen 11:10-13
2036.0	1969.7			Ishmael born when Abram is 86.	Gen 16:16
2049.0	1956.7	24		God confirms covenant with Abraham	Gen 15:18-21
				to give Canaan to his descendants	Gen 17:1-27
2049.0	1956.7			Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed	Gen 18:16--
2050.0	1955.7	1		Isaac born	Gen 21:5
				Isaac weaned, prob 2 or 3 years old	Gen 21:8
2055.0	1950.7			Isaac, now 5, mocked (afflicted) by Ishmael	Gen 21:9
2110.0	1895.7	60		Esau and Jacob born	Gen 25:25-26
2125.0	1880.7			Abraham dies aged 175	Gen 25:7
2128.0	1877.7			Salah dies aged 433.	Gen 11:14-15
2159.0	1846.7			Shem dies aged 602.	Gen 11:10-11
2189.0	1816.7			Eber dies aged 464.	Gen 11:16-17
				Jacob fathers 11 sons.	Gen 29:31-30:24
				Jacob is renamed Israel.	Gen 32:28,35:10
2201.0	1804.7	91		Joseph born 39 years before Israel, now	Gen 41 to 47
				aged 130, goes to Egypt.(130-2-7-30)	See below
				12th son, Benjamin, born.	Gen 35:16-26
2218.0	1787.7			Joseph ,17, dreams of greatness, but	Gen 37:2-36
				is sold as a slave to an Egyptian.
2230.0	1775.7			Isaac dies aged 180.	Gen 35:27-29
2231.0	1774.7			Joseph becomes Prime Minister	Gen 41:41-46
				of Egypt aged 30 years.	Gen 41:46
				Manassah and Ephraim begotten	Gen 41:50-54
				during the years of plenty.
2240.0	1765.7			Jacob goes to Egypt aged 130 during 2nd	Gen 47:8-11
				year of famine. Halfway through 430 yrs.	Gen 45:6-28
2257.0	1748.7	17		Jacob dies in Egypt aged 147.	Gen 47:28
				Ephraim's son, grandson and	Gen 50:23
				great-grandson born.
2311.0	1694.7			Joseph dies aged 110.	Gen 50:26
				Egyptians begin using the Israelites	Exo 1:7-14
				as slaves.
				Kohath begotten by Levi.	Exo 6:16
				Amram begotten by Kohath.	Exo 6:18
				Aaron and Moses begotten by Amram.	Exo 6:20
				Moses, 4th generation after Abraham's	Gen 15:16
				death, will lead Israelites to Canaan.	Exo chap 1-14
2375.0	1630.7			Moses born 120 years before Joshua	Deut 34:7
				leads the Israelites across Jordan.
2415.0	1590.7			Moses flees Egypt after killing guard	Exo 2:11-25
				God sends Moses back to Egypt to tell	Exo 3:1-4:31
				Pharaoh to let the Israelites go.
2455.0	1550.7	80		While Moses is 80 the Ten Plagues are	Exo 6:28-7:7
				sent against the Egyptians.	Exo 7:8-12:30
2455.0	1550.7	430		Israelites keep Passover, sons spared.	Exo 12:1-28
				ie- 14/1/2455 AC (Thur 19 April, 1550 BCE)
				Egyptians' sons die, Israelites living	Exo 12:29-42
				in Egypt told to leave exactly 430 yrs	Acts 7:6
				after Abraham promised land of Canaan.
				Israelites camped before Red Sea.
				Pursued by Egyptians.
				God makes path for Israelites through the Red
				Sea. 21/1/2455 AC (Thur 26 April, 1550 BCE)
				Egyptian charioteers drowned in Red Sea
				Israelites totally free from persecution
				by Egyptians.
				Israelites arrive at the Wilderness
				of Sin. 15/2/2455 AC (Sun 20 May, 1550 BCE)	Exo 16:1
				God uses Manna to remind Israelites
				of importance of the true Sabbath.	Exo 16:2-36
				Israelites arrive at Wilderness of
				Sinai on 15/3/2455 AC (Mon 18 June, 1550 BCE)	Exo 19:1
				God speaks the Ten Commandments to the	Exo 19:2-20:21
				Israelites. Tradition says it was on Feast of
				Weeks, but Feast was 10 June this year.
				Israelites leave Sinai for Canaan	Num 10:11
				on 20/2/2456 AC (Tues 13 May, 1549 BCE)
				Israelites refuse to enter Canaan.	Num 13:1-14:45
				Spend forty years wandering in desert.	Gal 3:16
2494.0	1511.7	39		Israel defeats Sihon, King of Amorites	Num 21:21-25
				and Og, King of Bashan.	Num 21:33-35
				Moses is shown the Land and then dies	Deut 34:1-8
2495.0	1510.7	1		Joshua leads Israelites across Jordan
				on 10 Abib. (Tues 23 April, 1510 BCE)	Josh 1:1-4:24
				Israelites begin eating normal food on	Josh 5:1-12
				day after Passover- the Wave Offering
				which falls on Sun 28 April that year.
				Jericho destroyed, Israel begins to	Josh 5:13-6:27
				occupy Canaan.
				Joshua's Long Day- two years after crossing?	Josh 10:1-15
2501.0	1504.7	6		Joshua divides land subdued by Israel between	Josh 13:7-10
				tribes, inheritance now official.
				This year is the 50th Jubilee Year, marks
				50 X 50 years since Creation.
2501.0	1504.7	14		Israel has peace for 14 years, but	Judg 2 to 3:6
				sinks into pagan practices.	Judg 11:26
				Joshua dies aged 110.	Josh 24:29
2515.0	1490.7	(450)		Paul says Era of Judges, lasting until	Acts 13:17-20
				Samuel the Prophet will be 450 years.	Josh 8:1-13:14
				Judges lead Israel through mixed	Judges 1:1 to
				times until people demand king.	I Samuel 8:22
2515.0	1490.7	8		Israel serves Mesopotamia eight years	Judg 3:7-8
2523.0	1482.7	40		Othniel judges, 40 years peace.	Judg 3:9-11
2563.0	1442.7	18		Israel serves Eglon of Moab 18 years.	Judg 3:12-14
2581.0	1424.7	80		Ehud judges, 80 years of peace.	Judg 3:15-30
				Shamgar kills Philistines, frees Israel	Judg 3:31
2661.0	1344.7	20		Israel serves Jabin the Canaanite 20 yr	Judg 4:1-3
2681.0	1324.7	40		Deborah judges, peace for 40 years	Judg 4:4-5:31
2721.0	1284.7	7		Israelites oppressed by Midianites 7 yr	Judg 6:1-10
2728.0	1277.7	40		Gideon judges, quiet for 40 yrs	Judg 6:11-8:28
2768.0	1237.7	3		Abimelech usurps leadership for 3 years	Judg 9:22
2771.0	1234.7	23		Tola judges Israel 23 years.	Judg 10:1-2
2794.0	1211.7	22		Jair judges Israel 22 years	Judg 10:3-5
2816.0	1189.7	18		Israel oppressed by Philistines and
				Ammorites for 18 years.	Judg 10:6-18
2794.0	1211.7	(300+)		Min of 300 yrs since Amorite land taken.	Judg 11:26
				Anstey claims period is exactly 300 years,
				but finishes at end of Tola's judgeship.
2834.0	1171.7	6		Jephthah judges Israel for 6 years.	Judg 11:1-12:7
2840.0	1165.7	7		Ibzan judges Israel for 7 years	Judg 12:8-10
2847.0	1158.7	10		Elon judges Israel for 10 years.	Judg 12:11-12
2857.0	1148.7	8		Abdon judges Israel for 8 years.	Judg 12:13-15
2865.0	1140.7	20		Israel oppressed by Philistines 40 yrs.	Judg 13:1
2885.0	1120.7	20		Samson judges for 20 years during the	Judg 13:2-16:31
				Philistinian oppression.
2905.0	1100.7	40		Eli judges Israel for 40 years.	I Samuel 4:18
2945.0	1060.7			Ark taken by Philistines. Eli dies.	I Samuel 4:1-11
2945.0	1060.7	20		Samuel judges Israel for 20 years.	I Samuel 7:3-17
2945.6	1060.1	0.6		Ark returned to Israel after 7 months.	I Samuel 5:1-7:1
				Samuel appoints his sons as judges too.	I Sam 8:1-5
2965.0	1040.7			People demand a king instead.	I Sam 8:6-22
2965.0	1040.7	(450)		Paul's Era of Judges ends here.	Acts 13:20
				Ark remains in Kirjath Jearim 20 years.	I Samuel 7:2
2965.0	1040.7			Saul annointed as King by Samuel.	I Sam 9:1-10:26
2966.0	1039.7	1		Saul saves Jabesh Gilead, coronated as
				king one year after his annointing.	I Sam 10:27-13:1
				Saul offers profane sacrifice.	I Sam 13:1-15
				Saul spares Agag, rejected by God.	I Sam 15:1-35
				David annointed by Samuel to become
				king when time is ready.	I Sam 16:1-13
				David kills Goliath, made General.	I Sam 17:1-18:5
				Saul becomes jealous, attempts to
				kill David, makes him flee.	I Sam 18:6-30:31
3005.0	1000.7	39		Saul dies during battle with Philistines	I Sam 31:1-13
				Saul's reign was 40 years as Paul states.	Acts 13:21
3005.0	1000.7			David begins to rule as King in Hebron.	II Sam 2:1-11
3012.5	993.2	7.5		David defeats Ishbosheth, becomes king
				over all Israel after 7 1/2 years.
				David takes control of Jerusalem.
				Ark taken to Jerusalem from Kirjath Jearim.	II Sam 6:1-19
				Could Ark have been shifted after 20 years
				and then returned to Kirjath Jearim??
		32.5		David reigns for 40 years	II Sam 5:4-5
3045.0	960.7			Solomon begins to rule as King	I Kings 1:28-40
3048.1	957.6	3.1		Solomon begins building the temple.	I Kings 6:1
				Occurs during the 480th year after the Exodus.
				Anstey suggests period counts only years when
				people were under God's rule, thus 114 years
3048.1	957.6	(593.1)		of servitude and usurpation not counted.
3055.7	950.0	7.6		Temple construction completed in month of	I Kings 6:38
				Bul (8th month), 600 years after Exodus.
3056.6	949.1	0.9		Solomon dedicates the temple on Feast	I Kings 8:1 to
				of Trumpets, in seventh month.	I Kings 9:10
3068.7	937.0	13		Solomon completes building his palace.	I Kings 7:1
		40		Solomon reigns a total of 40 years.	I Kings 11:42
3085.0	920.7	17		Rehoboam begins reign of 17 yrs.	I Kings 14:21
				Nation divided. Rehoboam rules Judah	I Kings 12:19-20
				Kings of Israel not listed here, but used
				to clarify correct sequences.
3102.0	903.7	2		Abijam begins reign of 3 yrs (incomplete)	I Kings 15:1,2
3104.0	901.7	41		Asa begins reign of 41 yrs.	I Kings 15:9
3145.0	860.7	17		Jehoshaphat begins reign of 25 yrs.	I Kings 22:41,42
3162.0	843.7	2		Jehoram begins reign as defacto	II Kings 1:17, 3:1
				king under his father's authority.
3164.0	841.7	3		Jehoshaphat resumes control as sole King.
3167.0	838.7	3		Jehoram begins reign as official Co-regent.	II Kings 8:16,17
3170.0	835.7	2		Jehoram reigns as sole King.	I Kings 22:50
3172.0	833.7	1		Ahaziah co-reigns for year with Jehoram.	II Kings 9:29
3173.0	832.7	1		Ahaziah begins sole reign of 1 yr.	II Kings 8:25
3174.0	831.7	6		Athaliah begins reign of 6 yrs.	II Kings 11:1-3
3180.0	825.7	40		Jehoash (Joash) begins reign of 40 yrs.	II Kings 12:1
3220.0	785.7	29		Amaziah begins reign of 29 yrs.	II Kings 14:1,2
3249.0	756.7	11		Interregnum of 11 years.	II Kings 14:21
3260.0	745.7	52		Uzziah (Azariah) begins reign of 52 yrs.	II Kings 15:1,2
				Isaiah begins to prophesy.	Isaiah 1:1
3312.0	693.7	15		Jotham begins reign of 15 yrs.	II Kings 15:32
3327.0	678.7	14		Ahaz begins reign of 16 yrs.	II Kings 16:1
				Isaiah told that Kingdom of Ephraim would	Isaiah 7:8
				shattered within 65 years. Given prophecy	Isaiah 9:1-7
				about the coming of Jesus and His Kingdom.
3341.0	664.7	2		Hezekiah reigns as co-regent with Ahaz 2 yrs.	II Kings 17:1, 18:1
3343.0	662.7	26		Hezekiah begins sole reign of 27 incomplete	II Kings 18:2
				years, which only occupy 26 calendar years.
3347.0	658.7			Samaria taken, end of Kingdom of Israel	II Kings 18:10
				Fulfilled within Isaiah's 65 years.
3354	651.7			Hezekiah's life extended by 15 years, sundial	II Kings 20:1 - 11
				moves 10 degrees backwards.
3369.0	636.7	55		Manassah begins reign of 55 yrs.	II Kings 21:1
3424.0	581.7	2		Amon begins reign of 2 yrs.	II Kings 21:19
3426.0	579.7	30.75		Josiah begins reign of 31 yrs.	II Kings 22:1
3438	567.7			Jeremiah begins to prophecy during the 13th
				year of Josiah, confirms later dates.
3443	562.7			Josiah celebrates Passover with all the	II Kings 23:21-23
				glory it had in days of the Judges.
3456.8	548.9	0.25		Jehoahaz begins reign of 3 mths.	II Kings 23:31
3457.0	548.7	10.75		Jehoiakim begins reign of 11 yrs.	II Kings 23:36
3459.0	546.7	2		Nebuchadnezzar becomes co-regent of Babylon.	Daniel 1:1 to 7
				Nebuchadnezzar beseiges Jerusalem, takes
				Daniel and others as captives.
3460	545.7	(22)		Jeremiah states Jehoiakim's 4th year is his
				23rd year of prophesying.
3460	545.7			Nebuchadnezzar becomes sole king of Babylon.
3460.0	545.7	1		Daniel given explanation of vision of man	Daniel 2:1 to 45
				of gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay. This
				vision is the key to world empires until
				time of Kingdom of God comes.
				Jeremiah told that Judah will become desolate	Jeremiah 25:1 to 14
				for 70 years.
3467.8	537.9	0.25		Jehoiachin begins reign of 3 mths.	II Kings 24:8
				Jerusalem captured by Nebuchadnezzar, 10,000	II Kings 24:10-16
				Jews taken as captives, including Jehoiachin.
				2 Chronicles tells us that Jehoiachin was	2 Chronicles 36:10
				removed from power at the end of the year,
				making Jehoahaz and Jehoichin's reigns
				parts of Josiah and Jehoiakim years of reign.
3468.0	537.7	10.4		Zedekiah begins reign of 11 years, but is	II Kings 24:18
				removed from power in the 4th month of his	II Kings 25:1 to 8
				11th year.
3472.25	533.45			Ezekiel begins to prophesy in the 5th year	Ezek 1:1-2
				of Jehoiachin's captivity, on 5/4/3472 AC
				(Mon 22 June, 532 BCE) to Jewish captives.
3478	527.7			Nebuchadnezzar begins his 19th year as King.	II Kings 25:1-21
3478.4	527.3			Nebuchadnezzar has Jerusalem destroyed on	II Kings 25:8
				7/5/3478 (Mon 17 August, 526 BCE). He
				also has rest of Jews taken captive.
3478.4	527.3			70 years of Babylonian Captivity begins.	II Chron 36:15-21
				Land of Judah gets its Sabbath rests.
				In 1st year of Belshazzar Daniel given
				vision of the Four Beasts. This vision
				expands the metal man vision in the times
				of the fourth beast (Roman Empire- Holy
				Roman Empire) and the horn which spoke
				pompous words (the Pope). Daniel promised
				that the saints shall receive the Kingdom
				in the end.
				In Belshazzar's 3rd year, Daniel given vision
				of a Ram and Goat fighting. (Persia and
				Greece) Then a more powerful Empire is to
				appear out of the East. (Roman Empire)
3548.4	457.3	70		Medo-Persians conquer Babylonian Empire.	II Chron 36:20-22
				Daniel's 'head of gold' replaced by chest	Daniel 2:38-39
				and arms of silver.
3548.4	457.3			Cyrus gives command to rebuild Jerusalem	II Chron 36:22,23
				and Temple. Marks beginning of Daniel's	Ezra 1:1-4
				vision of Seventy sevens of years to end
				of God's dealing especially with Jews and
				includes Christ's crucifixion and Resurrection.
				500 years have passed since con-
				struction began on First Temple.
3550.0	455.7	1.6		Construction begins on Second Temple.	Ezra 3:8
3598.0	407.7	48		Second Temple completed after 'seven weeks'?	Daniel 9:25
				Persian Empire destroyed by Alexander the
				Great. Greek Empire begins, but crumbles into	Daniel 2:39
				four sections when Alexander dies without	Daniel 7:6
				heirs. More of Daniel's prophesy fulfilled:	Daniel 8:1-8
				Ram and Goat, Bronze - Leopard Kingdom
				Alexander's conquest of Judea might mark the	Daniel 8:14
				beginning of 2300 years of non-Jewish rule
				of Jerusalem, ending in 1967 CE. However,
				the literal use of 'evenings-mornings' in
				this verse makes a 'year for a day' ful-
				fillment unlikely. See 'Last Days' below.
				A new empire rises out of one of the four	Daniel 8:9-14
				winds - the West. This terrifying power is
				the Roman Empire, which became the biggest
				empire the world had yet seen. Versions of	Daniel 8:23-26
				this empire are to reemerge until Christ's
				Return, when He will destroy it.
				The Roman Empire is both the legs and feet	Dan 2:40-45
				of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and Daniel's	Dan 7:7
				fourth beast with iron teeth and ten horns
				on its head. Note that a 'little horn' is to	Dan 7:8, 11
				come up among these horns.
4000.7	5.0			Mary is impregnated with Jesus Christ by Holy	Matthew 1:18
				Spirit. Jesus is now part human, part divine	Luke 1:26 - 38
4001.5	4.2	0.76		Jesus Christ born of Mary	Luke 2:6-7
Transition between BCE and CE dates made here. Must add 1 year when
counting from BCE to CE dates because there is no Year 0 BCE.
4031.46	26.76	30		Jesus Christ now 30 years old.	Luke 3:23
4031.5	26.8	483		Jesus Christ annointed by John and God at	Daniel 9:25
				'the fulfilment of the time.' Daniel's
				prophecy is becoming history exactly
				according to schedule. (7 + 62 'weeks')
4035.0	30.3	3.5		Jesus Christ crucified half way through	Daniel 9:26
				Daniel's last week (ie 3 & 1/2 years.)	Daniel 9:27
4038.5	33.8	3.5		Daniel's last 'week' comes to a close	Acts 10:1 to 11:18
				when God sends Peter to Cornelius' household	Daniel 9:24
				to speak the Good News to them. When Peter
				sees God immerse them in His Holy Spirit, he
				realizes that God's gift of salvation has
				now been offered to all nations, and God's
				initial focus on the Israelites has broadened.
				Paul becomes an apostle to the gentiles, and	Acts 9:1-30
				takes the Message of Salvation throughout	Acts 13:1 -28:31
				Asia Minor and Eastern Europe.
4074.0	70.0			God's patience runs out with Jewish nation.
				Jerusalem is again destroyed and the Jews are
				dispersed to 'the ends of the earth.'
4101	97			Apostle John given Revelation of what the	Rev. 1:1-3
				future will be through Jesus Christ.
				John given vision of Beast from the Sea:	Rev 13:1-2
				It is another version of Daniel's visions.
				The beast has the Mouth of the Lion, Feet of
				a bear, is leopard-like and has ten horns.
				Beast from the Earth appears. Matches little	Rev 13:11-13
				Horn of Daniel 7:8. Symbolises the rise of
				a new corrupt pseudo-Christianity led by the
4324	321			Bishops of Rome and supported by Constantine.
4479	476			Western 'leg' of old Roman Empire falls.	Rev 13:3
				The ten horns represent ten successive dy-
				nasties in this Empire. The first three	Dan 7:8
				'horns', the Heruli, Vandals and Ostrogoths,	Rev
				were destroyed and replaced with pro-Catholic
4536	533			leaders by Justinian, who heals Deadly wound.
				Justinian accepts authority of Roman Catholic
				'church'. Mother of whores begins to ride the	Rev 17:1-18
				'new' Scarlet Beast which is the resurrected
				Sea Beast, with horns and crowns transformed.
4804.6	800.9			This Image of the Sea Beast given new life	Rev 13:12-15
				when Charlemagne crowned as 'Holy Roman
				Emperor' by Roman Catholic church. 5th horn.
4965	962			Carolingians followed by German Emperors.
				-the 6th horn. (Justinian was the 4th.)
5522	1519			Austrian Emperors - the 7th horn.
5796	1793			The French Revolution shatters power of Holy
				Roman Empire. The Sea Beast's 42 months (1260
				years) of total domination are finished.
5851	1848			Hohenzollern Emperors (Kaisers) attempt to
				reunite Europe - culminates in World War 1.
				The 8th horn's power fails.
5901.0	1897.0			Zionist Conference held. Theodor Herzl
				says "Today I have laid the foundations
				of the Israelite Nation.
5936	1933			Hitler attempts to rebuild Holy Roman Empire
				with aid of Mussolini - ends in World War 2.
				Thus the 9th horn also fails in its attempt.
5951.0	1947.0			Israel again becomes a nation, fifty years
				after the Convention.
6001	1997.3			Charismatic secular leader uses European Union	Rev 6:1-2
				as a vehicle to achieve his ends. Ten powerful	Rev 13:1
				nations give their strength to this leader.	Rev 17:12
				Leads to worst World War ever seen, mingled	Rev 6:3-8
				with massive droughts, famines and plagues.	Mat 24:15-28
				Immorality also the worst ever seen.	2 Tim 3:1-7
				Cunning 'religious' leader, probably a Pope,	Rev 3:11
				unites false religions. Marks the beginning	Rev 3:12
				of the Great Tribulation. (Possibly starts on
				Abib 14 [22 Apr]) Works with the 10th horn to
				resurrect Holy Roman Empire. Attacks Biblical	Rev 13:3
				Christians as soon as he has enough support.	Rev 17:1-18
				Makes Jerusalem his new headquarters.	Rev 11:8
				When Jesus returns He will transform His	1 Cor 15:35-58
				followers into immortal beings, overthrow His	Dan 2:43-45
				opponents and rebuild our devastated earth.	Ezek 36:16-38
				If He did not return at this point, the Earth	Matt 24:22
				would become a lifeless wasteland.
				If the 10th horn begins on 22 Apr, 1997, his	Dan 12:7
				42 months will end about 13 Sept, 2000
				If this chronology is accurate, it is possible
				that Jesus may return during 2000 AD, perhaps
6004.5	2000.8			on Feast of Trumpets (Fri, 29 Sept 2000 CE)
				These dates do not match perfectly, but
				give Satan his full 6000 years (6 'days') to
				work his evil ways on this Earth before he is
				put out of the way, assuming the fall was
				during Adam and Eve's first year.
				The later case has Tribulation beginning 1290
				days earlier, ie Wed, 19 Mar, 1997.	Daniel 12:11
				The final destruction of Satan's followers
				might be 1335 days after this, ie on Monday	Dan 12:12
				13 Nov, 2000.
				But be warned! Jesus says He will return	Matt 24:36-51
				when He is not expected. These speculations
				serve only to remind us that the end may
				be very near, and we should be diligent about
				serving the Lord and our brethren.

26 October, 1996: Many possibilities for error in these chronologies exist, though we have tried to make them as accurate as possible. Possible errors: The first problem is that we do not know exactly when the 6000 years allotted to Satan after deceiving Eve and Adam and bringing mankind under his control began. Though it is possible that this occurred shortly after Creation, perhaps at the time of the first Passover, the Bible does not specify how long after Creation this happened. Another possibility is that God has changed the length of the day in the past. Carl Franklin, of Christian Biblical Church of God, suggests that originally the year was exactly 360 days long and each lunar month was exactly 30 days long. This would require the rotation rate of the earth to have been increased at some time in the past. Perhaps this could have helped trigger the Flood. However, our calculated calendar shows that sensible results for all biblical dates can be found without need for such a massive change. Such a change would invalidate date calculations for events before the rotation was changed. It would not affect calendar calculations made after that time.

Another possibility is that we have made one or more serious errors in our chronology.

Despite these difficulties, the events occurring throughout the world, and in particular in Europe, show a constant trend towards setting up the conditions prophesied for the Great Tribulation. A new Pope, committed to bringing the many divergent religions within the control of the Roman Catholic Church, could soon trigger a massive global bloodbath.

© 1994-1997

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The various Holy Day calendar programs we use are based on a chronology system with a Creation Date of 29 March, 4004 BCE. How did we arrive at that date, and why do we think it is correct? What relevance does it have for us today? This article is intended to answer these questions.

We have used several different chronology methods which all agree on this date. This gives us confidence that the calendar system is providing us with accurate Biblical reference points in the past and can be extended forward into the future as well.

The first dating system we used was the chronologies given in the Bible. These chronologies go from father to son to son, etc for much of the time that the Bible was being written. Sometimes the series goes from reign to reign of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Once we have a common point in the chronologies that links them to conventional dating. (The beginning of John the Baptist's ministry.) It is possible to follow the series back in time until we arrive at the creation date. This was the method used by Bishop Usher and a number of others to arrive at their creation dates. There are some pitfalls in using this technique on its own. There are occasional passages that are capable of different interpretations, allowing relatively minor variations in creation dates. There are also a small number of manuscripts and translations which have different dates to the majority of manuscripts. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew scriptures is an extreme example. It has some large variations in the pre-Tower of Babel chronologies that allow a shift of several hundred years in the creation date given by the Messoritic texts. Oddly, the Jewish Anno Mundo (AM) dates are worked out on the basis of the Septuagint texts.

Each step in the sequence has a possible error of half a year as we can not be sure if a son was born at the start, middle or end of his father's 30th year, etc. Our attached chronology generally assumes that the child is born at exactly 30 years if this is the given interval. This may result in an accumulating uncertainty as each generation passes. (ie. ±3.5 years, etc)

To our surprise, Usher chronology often agrees within a few months to the dates we have arrived at with our integrated system.

A second line of dating comes from an understanding of the Sabbath system and the application of the 'thousand years as a day' principle to it. The origin of the Sabbath system is set out in Genesis 1:1 to 2:3. It is based on nothing less than the creation of the entire universe and every living organism in it. God regards the Sabbath as being so important that He made it part of His Ten Commandments, placing it as the bridge between worshipping Him and serving our fellow man:

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8 to 11

God has set apart the thousand years kingdom (The Millennium) to show mankind the difference between following Satan or following Christ. Satan will have brought mankind to the brink of extinction when he is imprisoned at the time of Christ's return. Christ will turn the shattered earth into a paradise by the end of the thousand years. The benefits of love, peace and cooperation will be easy and delightful to see. It is no wonder that God commands us to keep his Sabbath holy!

THE JUBILEE SYSTEM

Intertwined with the seven thousand year cycle is the Jubilee system. The Jubilee system is set out in Leviticus 25. It is a fifty year cycle that echos the fifty day cycle of Pentecost or Feast of Weeks, detailed in Lev 23:15-22.

It has some special Jubilee dates which tends to confirm this chronology. They are the dividing of the land by Joshua (2501 AC) and the birth of Jesus Christ on Earth (4001 AC). As noted above 6001 AC may mark the beginning of the Great Tribulation.

The Flood is one of the key dates in calendar system as there are only certain years which can fit the dates given in the Bible. Please see the God's Calendar software for these dates.