Christian timeline

  • Period: 2100 BCE to

    Christian timeline

  • Abraham goes to Canaan
    2090 BCE

    Abraham goes to Canaan

    Abraham’s Journey to Canaan is the beginning of the restoration of the original mandate given to humanity by God
  • Joseph sold into slavery
    1895 BCE

    Joseph sold into slavery

    When Jacob gives Joseph a beautiful coat, his brothers are filled with jealousy. They come up with a nasty idea and sell him into slavery. After years of hardship, Joseph is appointed governor over all of Egypt and helps a nation prepare for the famine. When Joseph’s brothers arrive to buy food, they are forced to confront their wicked past. Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined their younger brother would become the powerful governor of Egypt.
  • Exile to Egypt
    1870 BCE

    Exile to Egypt

    The purpose of the exile was to prepare Israel for its inheritance. Egypt was the “boot camp” to prepare them for the rigors of the wilderness journey so that they could then take the land of Canaan. Egypt was an incubator where Israel grew from 70 to more than two to four million people.
  • Exodus from Egypt
    1450 BCE

    Exodus from Egypt

    The Exodus begins, led by Moses, the Israelites leave Egypt and eventually settle in Canaan
  • David kills Goliath
    1010 BCE

    David kills Goliath

    David uses a slingshot to defeat Goliath, and later becomes king of Israel
  • birth of jesus
    4 BCE

    birth of jesus

    Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem
  • jesus resurrection
    30

    jesus resurrection

    Jesus rises from his grave three days after his death.
  • crucifixion of Jesus
    30

    crucifixion of Jesus

    the Death of Jesus Christ. by execution via crucifixion
  • bible is written
    50

    bible is written

    the new testament is written
  • Armenia adopts Christianity as its religion
    301

    Armenia adopts Christianity as its religion

    Armenia becomes the world's first country to officially adopt Christianity as the state religion
  • Constantine receives a vision
    312

    Constantine receives a vision

    The Roman emperor Constantine receives a vision of a flaming cross with the words "this sign conquer". As a results no longer persecutes Christians
  • the great schism: Orthodox and Catholic churches separate.
    1054

    the great schism: Orthodox and Catholic churches separate.

    The Great Schism of 1054 marked the first major split in the history of Christianity, separating the Orthodox Church in the East from the Roman Catholic Church in the West. Until this time, all of Christendom existed under one body, but the churches in the East were developing distinct cultural and theological differences from those in the West. Tensions gradually increased between the two branches, and finally boiled over into the Great Schism of 1054