From Adam to Jesus (Timeline)

AF R O M

DAM

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CREATION TO CRUCIFIXION

The genealogy of Jesus Christ is clearly set out in the Bible, which lists all his ancestors right back to Adam, the first man. These are highlighted in the chart on the following panels, just beneath the black wavy line, which represents the stream of time.

Above that line are shown the lives of the other descendants of Adam and Eve, which feature all the well-known characters from the Book of Genesis. This runs to the life of Moses and the Exodus from Egypt that led to the entry of the Hebrews to the Promised Land. By this time mankind had increased to such numbers that they are impossible to fit on the chart, so from this point only the kings of the Jewish kingdoms are shown, including Jesus' two illustrious ancestors, King David and King Solomon.

The dating system used in this book takes as its starting-point the traditional chronology of the Bible, believing that the Earth was created some 6,000 years ago. The chronology was calculated by Archbishop James Ussher.

Ussher was Bishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, a theologian of great repute, in the seventeenth century (his contemporary reputation being evidenced by the fact that he was give a state funeral on the orders of Oliver Cromwell). His famous work, Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti (Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world) was published in two volumes, in 1650 and 1654, and presented a chronological interpretation of Biblical events that won general acceptance. The publisher Thomas Guy (1644?1724), founder of the famous Guy's Hospital in London, first began incorporating the Ussher chronology in his Bibles in 1675, and in 1701 the Church of England also adopted Ussher's framework for the Authorized Version (King James). Thus for centuries the Ussher chronology has been the accepted, traditional timeline of the Bible, used in the famous Scofield Bible of 1917 and featuring as recently as the 1970s in many Gideon Bibles. In the 1890s, Professor Edward Hull, Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland and Professor at the Royal College of Science, Dublin, based his famous graphic Timechart History of the World upon Ussher's chronology.

Ussher's method of calculating the date of Creation and of the other events narrated in the Bible was to begin with known dates in Greek and Roman history, then to work backwards adding together the ages of the patriarchs and kings, back to Adam and Eve. His conclusion, taking account of the seasonal equinoxes (bearing in mind the ripeness of the fruit in the Garden of Eden), was that the Earth was created on the night preceding October 23, 4004BC. Others had attempted this calculation before ? dating back to the medieval English historian Bede, and including the famous seventeenth century scientists Johannes Kepler (1571? 1630) and Sir Isaac Newton (1643?1727) ? and all identified a date very close to Ussher's. But Ussher's chronology was perceived to be accurate and won general acceptance.

It is a testimony to Ussher's dating that it has withstood so well the claims of geological and other scientific discoveries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Indeed, it is still regarded as a valuable framework, even when considered in relative rather than absolute terms.

FROM ADAM TO JESUS

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CREATION

On the first day, God, having created the Heaven and the Earth, separated the light from the darkness on the first day.

On the second day, He created the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from those which were above it.

On the third day, He divided the land from the seas; He also commanded the Earth to bring forth grass, herbs, and trees.

On the fourth day, He created the sun, the moon, and the stars.

On the fifth day, He created swimming and flying creatures.

On the sixth day, He created beasts, cattle, and creeping things; created and formed man after His own image and likeness, and blessed all His creatures.

God created the Heaven and the Earth" - Gen. i. 1. Moses assigns no date to this Creation. How long after this "Beginning" before the advent of Man is unknown

LET THERE -

- BE LIGHT. "And God created man in His own image . . . . male and female created He them." - Gen i. 27.

The duration of the period from the Creation to the Flood is variously stated in the Hebrew, the Septuagint, and the Samaritan texts. The time given is shortest in the Samaritan, which makes it 1307 years. The Hebrew

enlarges this amount by nearly three centuries and a half, making the time 1656 years. The Septuagint further enlarges it by above six centuries more, estimating the whole period at 2262 years. There are no means

of deciding which of the three estimates is preferable; and it cannot be regarded as certain that the numbers set down by the original writer have been preserved intact in any of them. The Hebrews

probably estimated the length of the period before the Flood at something between thirteen and twenty-three centuries. Babylonians estimated it at 4320 centuries.

Anthropologists maintain that man must have existed upon the earth for 300 centuries at the least, and some extend the time to 1000 centuries.

The Chronological System of ARCHBISHOP USSHER, followed here, and upon which a large

MEHUJAEL 4th ?

majority of our Histories are founded, enables us to obtain a correct outline of the sequence of events, and of the relation of one period to another.

IRAD 3rd

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ENOCH, 2nd from Adam

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CAIN

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The "First born." This "line" is all that is

known of Cain and his descendants. - See Gen IV. 16 to 24.

ABEL The first Martyr.

The date of birth and the age of Cain (and his descendants) are unknown. About 129 A.M., perhaps.

As no dates or years are given in the line of CAIN, the reader can extend the

birth and life to suit.

Gt. Grandson of Adam

CAINAN 910 yrs

? ADAM (AND EVE)

(date unknown.)

930 years.

This mark (?) indicates that the date is unknown or uncertain.

SETH 912 yrs. Son of Adam.

ENOS 905 yrs. Grandson

90 3679 B.C. 235 A.M.

3679 B.C. 325 A.M.

4004 B.C.

105

3874 B.C. 130 A.M. ADAM talked with SETH 800 years, and with ENOS 695 years, and with CAINAN 605 years, and with MAHALALEEL 535 years,

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 4.

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GENESIS embraces 2369 years - from the Creation to the death of Joseph, 1635 B.C.

CHAP. I - The Creation of the heaven and the earth,

CHAP. II. - The Sabbath. The manner of Creation Knowledge prohibited. (vs. 19, 20), Naming

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its completion, and the order of Nature instituted. (v. 8), The Garden of Eden. (v. 17). The tree of the creatures.

The only four women whose names

are preserved in the records of the

world before the Flood, are -

3 EVE,

(v. 21), Women Created. Marriage instituted.

ADAH and ZILLAH

CHAP. III - Adam and Eve's deception, transgression, and fall.

(Wives of Lamech)

Century

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Pillars

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The curse of labour and pain pronounced, and

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Decades

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their expulsion from Paradise.

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and NAAMAH (Daughter of Lamech).

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4004 39 ADAM 130 Gen. V.3

This represents the age of Adam when Seth was born, viz 130

130 A.M.

SETH 105

Chap 5. 3v.

38 Gen V. 6.

ENOS 90

235 A.M.

These lines show the genealogy of CHRIST.

Seth is 105 when Enos is born.

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Gen. V.9

325 A.M.

On the sixth day, God created Man in His own likeness, `of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life'. To the first man, Adam, God brought the cattle, beasts of the field and birds of the air so that he could name them. God gave him a companion, the first woman, Eve, fashioned from one of Adam's ribs, which God took while Adam was asleep. Together, they were to look after the garden of Eden, and together they were given dominion over all the creatures of the earth.

In the midst of the garden, however, God had planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve both

Left and below: The serpent seduces Eve into tasting the forbidden fruit. Adam and Eve lose their innocence and cover their nakedness.

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On the seventh day, God rested from all His work, and sanctified that day.

1 CREATION

Right: God creates Man and the creatures of the Earth, over which mankind will have dominion.

RUNNING HEADLINE 1

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3500 BC

3400 BC

3300 BC

3200

METHUSAEL 5th

The first polygamist on record

LAMECH

6th

had 2 wives

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Gt. Gt. Grandson of Adam

MAHALALEEL, 895 yrs

TUBAL-CAIN 7th

"A furbisher of every cutting instrument of copper and iron." The "VULCAN" of the Greeks

NAAMAH (loveliness.) OF ZILLAH

Gen. IV. 22.

Many discoveries and inventions are ascribed to the mental activity

of Cain's posterity.

THEPATRIARCHAL AGE.

There is a Book extant called the "BOOK OF "Was perhaps written by some devout

4004 B.C. to 1491 B.C.

METHUSELAH, 969 yrs (see below)

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JUBAL ADAH "he was the father of all such as handle

OF

the harp and organ."

Gen. IV. 21.

JABAL OF ADAH

"he was the father of all such as dwell in tents and have cattle." - Gen. IV. 20.

"Seventh from Adam"

ENOCH, 365 yrs

ENOCH, 365 3317 B.C.

687 A.M.

yrs The Godliness and translation

JARED 962 yrs Gt. Gt. Gt. Grandson of Adam.

3382 B.C.

65

622 A.M.

A

162

3544 B.C. 460 A.M.

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 19. According to the ancient Arabian tradition, JARED was the first of the line of SETH who broke through the command of ENOS, which prohibited intermarriages with the CAINITES, which tended greatly to

3609 B.C.

65

395 A.M.

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 16.

CAINAN, 910 yrs.

70

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 13.

The Arabians have a tradition respecting CAINAN that he held universal empire, and was celebrated for his wisdom and miraculous powers.

ENOS, 905 yrs.

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 10. ENOS prohibited intermarriage with the Cainites - Arabian Tradition.

SETH, 912 yrs.

"And (SETH) begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 7. and with JARED 470 years, and with ENOCH 308 years, and with METHUSELAH 243 years, and with LAMECH 56 years..

ADAM, 930 yrs.

"And all the days that ADAM lived were NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS, and he died." - Gen. V. 5.

The FOURTH EPOCH lasts from the Passover to Saul's accession to the throne and comprehends the time of the Judges.

Biblical history may be divided into six Epochs:

The FIRST EPOCH lasts from the Creation to the Flood.

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The SECOND EPOCH lasts from the Flood to Abraham's vocation. The THIRD EPOCH lasts from Abraham's vocation to the Passover.

These three first Epochs include the time of the Patriarchs.

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The FIFTH EPOCH lasts from Saul's accession to the end of the Captivity and contains the reign of the Kings.

The SIXTH EPOCH lasts from the end of the Captivity to the birth of Jesus Christ and includes the time of the Pontiffs.

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During the FIRST EPOCH God creates heaven and earth, creates light, the sun, the moon and stars, divides the land from the waters,

6 creates grass, herbs and trees, fishes, birds, and all living things including Man. Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden. Their sons are Cain and Abel, and then Seth, the second Patriarch. Enoch is of the sixth generation after Adam and does not die but is translated to heaven

3817 B.C. 687 A.M.

7

Talked with Adam 243 years

METHUSELAH, 969 yrs. Son of Enoch

At the close of the FIRST EPOCH

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God resolves to destroy every living creature on

account of the wickedness of men. Noah alone finds

grace in the eyes of the Lord

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CAINAN 70

Gen. V. 12.

36 MAHALALEEL

395 A.M.

Gen. V. 15.

65

460 A.M.

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34

JARED 162 Gen. V. 18.

ENOCH 65 622 A.M.

Gen. V. 21.

33

687 A.M.

3 METHUSELAH 187 Gen. V. 25.

Left: Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden ? `So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.'

vengeance was to curse Cain, who would from now on be a fugitive; but he would not be killed, for God put a mark upon him, warning that whoever killed this murderer would suffer God's punishment sevenfold.

In time, Eve bore Adam another son, whom they named Seth, and it was through him that the holy line continued, the ancestors of Jesus Christ.

Right: Cain and Abel make sacrifice to God; but Cain's offering is rejected.

Below right: Abel is killed by his brother.

knew God's warning that, while they could eat the fruit of all the other trees in Eden, they must not eat the fruit of this tree ? `if you do, you shall surely die'. Eve gave into the subtle serpent's assurance that `your eyes will be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil'. When they ate, their eyes were opened to their nakedness, so they clothed themselves with fig leaves.

Seeing this, God cursed the serpent and expelled Adam and Eve from Eden: from now on they would know disease, death and suffering and would have to work hard to thrive. Clad in animal skins, they set forth into a hostile world..

In time, Eve bore Adam two sons ? Abel, who became a shepherd, and Cain, who grew crops. Abel set forth the firstborn of his flock as an offering to the Lord, while Cain offered the fruit of the ground. But when Cain's offering was rejected he was filled with fury and killed his brother. God's

ENOCH

was the son of Jared and of the seventh generation from Adam via Seth. A pious man, who spent his life in the fellowship of the Lord, `walking with God', he prophesied that God would bring all sinners to judgment. Enoch, like Elijah many centuries

later, did not die but was taken directly to heaven by God.

CAIN AND ABEL 2

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3100 BC

3000 BC

2900 BC

2800 BC

ENOCH," but generally considered apocryphal. Christian of the first century." Ed. Robinson, D.D., Ed. Bi. Dic.

From Adam to Moses there are only Five intervening links (with Kohath, Six). From "Creation" to Moses' death is 2553 years, so that through these Six intervening links the history of Man could have been brought down by "Tradition" from "Creation" to Moses' death, a period of 553 years.

3130. B.C. 874. A.M.

of ENOCH in Chap. V. 24. JUDE (v.14) refers to Enoch as a prophet.

243

ADAM, 687 yrs. to

And Enoch walked with God 365 years, "and begat sons and daughters."- Gen. v. 22. " And he was not, for God took him."- v. 24.

METHUSELAH, 628 y. to

SHEM, 452 yrs. to

ISAAC, 77to

3017 B.C. 987 A.M.

98

50

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The Arabian name of ENOCH is EDRIS, and their traditions of him are that he was an

eminent astronomer, mathematician, and prophet of God.

JARED, 962 yrs.

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LEVI, 70 y. to AMRAM, 61to MOSES

104KOHATH. 42

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the obliteration of every moral and religious principle.

MAHALALEEL, 895 yrs.

The marriage of brother and sister was common, until prohibited by the law of Moses in 1491 B.C.

CAINAN, 910 yrs.

B.C.

2769

1235

A.M.

" It is said of Seth and his posterity, that they were very good and virtuous, and very happy, without any considerable misfortunes for Seven generations." - Josephus.

2864 B.C.

" Seth and his posterity were the inventors of that particular sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order."- Josephus.

2962 B.C.

84 yrs.

NOAH, 950 yrs.

1140 A.M. talked with CAINAN 179 years, and with MAHALALEEL 234 years,

1042 A.M.

56

LAMECH,

777

3474. B.C. 930. A.M.

yrs

Death of Adam.

126 yrs

14

2948 B.C.

LAMECH is the first man on record who died a natural death before his father (five years before).

1056 A.M.

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 30.

3130. B.C. 874. A.M.

METHUSELAH talks with SETH 355 years, and with ENOS 453 years, and with CAINAN 548 yrs, and with MAHALALEEL 603 years, and with JARED 735 years, and with ENOCH 300 years.

8 An old tradition says that Adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters.

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10" And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 26.

A "Talent" was about 125 pounds Troy.

This mark (P) indicates that the date is unknown

A "Talent" of Silver was worth about ?353 11s. 10d.

or uncertain.

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12 " And all the days

OF METHUSELAH were

LAMECH could talk with ADAM 56 years, and learn the story of the Garden

A "Talent" of Gold was worth about ?5075 15s. 7d.

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LAMECH, 182

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NOAH,

1056 A.M.

`And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ...' (Genesis 6:13)

During this time, the numbers of mankind grew greatly, but God saw that man had become wicked both in his deeds and in his heart, and that the earth was corrupt. He therefore decided upon the destruction of the whole of mankind and of all the other creatures He had created on the earth save only Noah and his family and representative animals, for Noah had found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

And God told Noah to take on board the Ark his own family, including his wife, sons and their wives, together with a male and a female of every living thing ? fowls ? cattle ? `every creeping thing' ? together with food, seven of all clean beasts (fowls too) and two each of beasts that are not clean. (Genesis 6:19?21, 7:2?3)

Noah was the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah, who lived 969 years. Noah, who lived for 950 years, fathered three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, from whom the many people groups of the earth were to come.

So God commanded Noah to build an Ark.

GOD'S PLAN FOR THE ARK.

` It was to be made of Gopher wood, sealed with pitch

` Its length was to be 300 cubits ` Its breadth was to be 50 cubits

1 Cubit (Heb. ammah) = the length of the forearm (over 1ft)

` Its height was to be 30 cubits ` There were to be three decks

with multiple compartments and

the only apertures in the structure

were to be a window and a door

` The window was to be set below the roof by 1 cubit

When at last the waters receded, Noah released a dove that found dry land.

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