History of the Universe, from God's point of view, as His goal was to send His Son, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, to offer reconciliation and forgiveness to mankind. Many other great achievements of mankind are not listed here.
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13.813 ±0.038 billion years ago God created the universe. Genesis 1:1: Heavens and Earth: A Hebrew phrase that is used to describe the entire physical universe, all space, time, matter, and energy (Stars, Sun, planets, and Earth and Moon). Psalm 89:11, Colossians 1:16, The universe was made by that which is not visible, Hebrews 11:3, John 1:3
Time has a beginning (Titus 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:9).
Space-time math proves that the Bible is the origin of the physical universe. (Also called The Singularity and Big Bang)
The universe has been expanding since its creation. See verses: Job 9:8; Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 40:22
Life is not possible any earlier in the universe because the elements needed for life are not yet of sufficient quality. As soon as sufficient quality is reached, we have life on earth.
~ 5 billion years ago. Dark energy began to overtake gravity as the dominant force shaping the universe. Before this time, the attractive gravity of matter slowed the expansion of the universe; afterward, the repulsive force of dark energy accelerated it. ~5 bya. Job 38:19–20. See Why so Dark page
4.5662 million years ago (±0.0001) Earth is formed. Heavens and Earth, notes Heavens, outer space where stars are found is first, then the Earth is formed. See Heavens and Earth. See Age of Earth page
Psalm 19:1-4: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
Gen 1:1 includes the Moon formation ~4.35 billion years ago
Gen 1:1-2 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering (brooding over life) over the waters." "Earth was formless and empty." Formless as the earth was, it was formed from the Moon-forming event. Then the late heavy bombardment. Earth was empty (void) of life, as it was not fit for life yet, it was too hot due to Moon-forming then late heavy bombardment. The early primordial Earth is dark (light cannot penetrate its thick atmosphere, light from the heavenly bodies could penetrate to the surface), unfit for life, and void of life. (formless, like molten) Then the Earth's surface is covered with water. Frame of reference now on earth over the water. (Gen 1:2)
Late heavy bombardment (LHB), occurring roughly 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago, was a period of intense asteroid and comet impacts that intensely resurfaced the Moon, Earth, Mercury, and Mars. Triggered by giant planet migration, this it delayed early life. Empty (void) of life. Gen 1:1-2.
Gen 1:1-2 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." Earth was molten (formless) for the first 200–300 million years.
~4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago (darkness was over the surface of the deep) Once the Earth cooled, it was a water world, as plate tectonics had not yet pushed up any landmasses. "Darkness" was dark over the deep oceans 1) Moon-forming debris blocked some sun light. 2) Low oxygen levels darkened the sky so the sun, moon, and stars could not be seen. Science matches Bible text. Job 38:9 "when I made the clouds its (earth) garment and wrapped it in thick darkness". Frame of reference now on earth over the waters. (Gen 1:2) Gen 1:3-5 The sun's light came through the air, but the sun still could not be seen. End of Day 1, a long but finite time span.
The early primordial Earth had life in the oceans (Ge 1:2), brooding (hover, brooding over life), protecting life in the seas. (before this earth is empty of life, and unfit for life). While sun cannot be seen due to low oxygen (0.02–0.2%). It is light enough for photosynthesis. God creates life in the ocean, as is described as protecting it. We know God created this life, as there is no one naturalistic creation model of the origins of Life that has not failed 100%. See life page
~3.8 billion years ago “Let there be light” with the rise in oxygen. the early primordial Earth's darkness gave way to light, but could not see objects in the sky [sky is translucent] (Gen 1:3, Job 38) The early primordial Earth had a water cycle (Gen 1:6-8)( Water above and water below. Firmament or vault should be translated sky or expanse) End of Day 2, a long but finite time span.
3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago: Earth's first continents. Continents - dry land forms (Gen 1:9-10, end of water world, and ocean basins took shape.) Plants began to grow on the continental landmasses (Gen 1:11-12). Organic signatures of Plants on Earth is 3.48 billion years ago. End of Day 3, a long but finite time span.
2.4 billion years ago, Great Oxidation Event (GOE). Oxygen up tp 3%, dropped shortly after rise.
The atmosphere transitioned from translucent to transparent so that the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars could be seen from Earth’s surface.(Gen 1:14-Job 38) ("let there in light", the word create in nowhere in the text, not add it, see Job 38 on why it is dark) Note: vault or firmament is bad translation, should be sky or expanse. End of Day 4 a long but finite time span.
Swarms of small sea animals filled the oceans. [Avlon and then Cambrian explosion] (Gen 1:20)
575-million-year-old Avalon explosion was a major, rapid, and early expansion in marine biological diversity during the Ediacaran period, predating the Cambrian explosion by ~33 million years. It marked the emergence of complex, often immobile, frond-like multicellular organisms. Avalon explosion, from one cell to complex animals. "
540 million years ago, a large rise in atmospheric and oceanic oxygen occurred Neoproterozoic Oxidation Event just before the Cambrian Explosion. Oxygen rises to 10%, and immediately all life's body plans appear, including fish with brains, spinal cords, lungs, liver, and organs like ours.
Great Unconformity and the Cambrian Explosion. The Cambrian explosion describes a dramatic event in life’s history about 540 million years ago when 50 to 80 percent of the known animal phyla appeared over a relatively short window of time (perhaps as narrow as 2 to 3 million years). This event defies an explanation from an evolutionary standpoint, and yet, is precisely what one would expect the fossil record to look like if, indeed, a Creator brought animal life into being. In fact, the Cambrian explosion, a marine event, is reminiscent of the fifth day of creation, when God commands the waters to teem with life. See life page
300 Million years ago As soon as 21% oxygen levels are reached, large animals appear.
Dinosaurs are not in the Bible; we only learned about them a few hundred years ago. 1st 252–201 million years ago, 66 million years ago, Dinosaurs are all gone.
210 million years ago Birds (Gen 1:20) Found in southern Africa (210), also modern birds in China, Baminornis zhenghensis, 150 million years ago. China Archaeornithura meemannae 130 million years ago. End of Day 5, a long but finite time span.
65 million years ago. Sea mammals were created and became abundant. (Gen 1:21)
Three specialized kinds of animals came onto the scene, reptile or any other small, rapidly moving animals, livestock (cattle), came on the scene late, and beast (general term for animals), not a complete list of all animals. Can also be translated as: short-legged land mammals, long-legged, easy-to-tame land mammals, and long-legged, difficult-to-tame land mammals—all three appropriate in specific ways to help meet humanity’s needs. (Day 6, Gen 1:24-25)
Hominids are bipedal animals with very heavy bones and muscles. homo sapiens. (Day 6, Gen 1:24-25) ~900,000 to ~40,000 years ago
~150,000 to 90,000 years ago Human beings appeared last, are special, not the same as animals (in the image of God) (day 6, Gen 1:26). Spirit beings, worship part of early Human life. (Do not have heavy bones and muscles, homo sapiens sapiens) Origins of Adam and Eve are so strong that scientists call them, Mitochondrial Eve and Mitochondrial Eve. Language tree map matches these date. See Origins of Humans and Human Uniqueness. End of Day 6, a long but finite time span.
No new phylum or clade comes after Human beings appear. Day 7 starts, a long but finite time span, that has not yet ended. God rest from creating. Since humans appear no new kinds of animals. (Gen 2:2)
(50,000 - 60,000 flood Flood shortly before human migration, see Flood page
60,000 to 50,000 years ago, humans finally started migrating to other continents.
16,000 to 23,000 Humans migration to the Americans. Genesis 10:25 states that at the time of Peleg, the world was divided. Some hold that this refers to the separation of North America from Asia, and that just after Peleg, people migrated to North America via the Bering land bridge. The Bering land bridge formed at the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 16,000 years ago. (A small group may have arrived as early as 23,000 years ago, but must have been small, as little to no trace of them has been found. The two records (as of today) put Peleg between 15,000 to 23,000 years ago.
~8,000 BC: Human civilization begins in the Mesopotamian Valley
The record of nature and the Bible agree completely is the foundation of civilization. Both the Bible and science agree that the Mesopotamian Valley is the origin of Human civilization. Humans are special due to their high intelligence, complex reasoning, capacity for abstract thought, and ability to create complex cultures, art, the worship of God;7 (gods), language, writing, and technology. Science and the Bible agree that the cities of Ur (Gen 15:7), Akkad, Kalneh and Uruk (Genesis 10:10) were among the earliest cities, and they are between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Genesis 2:14). Southern Mesopotamia is where evidence of the domestication of animals and wheat is found. Mesopotamian Valley cities made glass, wheels, jewelry, many types of art, and religious objects. Also, the earliest written records and mathematics writing (3,500 BC) are found here. Mesopotamia is called the Cradle of Civilization. From Southern Mesopotamia, civilization spread north, west, and into Egypt. Farmers grew enough food that artisans, craftsman and priests were able to specialize. All this archaeological evidence agrees with the Bible record of where civilization was founded. Some have asked: if humanity appeared so long ago, why did it take so long for human civilization to begin? Science is sometimes not good at integrating all fields of science. From human appearance to the founding of civilization, humans lived through severe ice ages. This last ice age started about 115,000 years ago and ended about 11,700 years ago. During this period, temperatures fluctuated due to intense glacial advances and warmer interstadials. This would not have provided for large-scale farming to support cities.
~ 2000 BC Abraham is picked (chosen) by the Creator of all. God revealed Himself to Abrharam. Abrharam, God entered a covenant, a binding agreement, with him and his descendants. The covenant came with a promise that all of mankind would be blessed through him. This has come true: the Messiah promised to him and his descendants, the Lord Jesus Christ, has changed the history of mankind, bringing blessings to every nation. Abraham's descendants also would have become a mighty nation, which happened in 1948. Gen 12:3 Gen 22:18 Genesis 17:5
Covenant, agreement, and blessings of Abraham are passed to his son, Isaac. Next, the Covenant is passed to Isaac, the son of Jacob (later renamed Israel). The sons of Israel make up the 12 tribes of Israel. Genesis 27:25-29 Genesis 49
~1446 BC Moses is picked to be the leader to bring Israel out of Egypt, and Joshua is to be the leader to take them to the promised land, the Holy Land that Abraham and Isaac had lived in. Exodus 3:10U First Passover Dinner, celebrated each year, longest continuous holiday celebration.
1,4000 to 1050 BC Judges 21:25 "No king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes"
King Saul ~ 1050–1010 BC, King David ~1010–970 BC, King Solomon (970 to 931 BC), built the first temple (967 BC). The death of Solomon divides the Kingdom into two: Judah and Israel. Saul 1 Samuel 9-10, David 1 Samuel 16 Solomon 1 Chronicles 28:5-6
In ~ 720 BC, the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken into exile in Assyria. ~ 725 BC, the 10 Tribes taken do not return. 2 Kings 17:6 2 Kings 17:18
From 586 to 695 BC, the Southern Kingdom of Judah was taken into exile in Babylon. The First Temple was destroyed. Babylonian Captivity. 2 Kings 25:21 2 Chronicles 36:20-21
536 BC The Persian Empire allowed some of Judah (Jews) to return to the Holy Land. (cuneiform tablets confirm this), City walls and Temple is rebuilt. Ezra 1:1–4 2 Chronicles 36:22–23
450–430 BC Book of Malachi, the last book of the Hebrew Bible, completed, Malachi predicts the coming of a messenger (prophesied to be John the Baptist) to prepare the way for the Lord and the refining, judgmental "day of the Lord". Malachi 3:1 Malachi 4:5-6 Matthew 11:14
516 BC: The 2nd Temple was completed. Herod the Great around 19 BC makes in larger.
~ 332 BC Alexander the Great takes Holy Land. He spares Jerusalem, honors the Jewish High Priest after recognizing him from a divine dream, which led to granting the Jews religious autonomy. ext link
332 BC Alexander the Great takes Tyre as foretold in Ezekiel 26
323 BC After Alexander the Great's death, the Hellenistic Age began, bringing intense Greek cultural influence and, eventually, the Maccabean Revolt to the Holy Land. The Holy Land is under the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt 301–200 BC.
200 BC Seleucid Empire of Syria, Greek Hellenistic state, suppressed Judaism
250–282 BC, the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, was translated into Greek.
175–164 BC The Maccabean Revolt began due to Seleucid persecution. Ext link
140–63 BC Maccabees Jewish Hasmonean Dynasty ruled the Holy Land. Ext Link
63 BC with the Roman conquest of Jerusalem by Pompey
The Roman Empire is in Pax Romana (Roman Peace), a 200-year period of stability, prosperity, and minimal internal conflict within the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire at its peak had over 200,000 miles of roads. This is the time of Jesus and the early Church. Ext. Link
4 to 5 BC Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod in Jerusalem. Jesus' family lived in Egypt for some time before returning to Nazareth. Jesus worked as a carpenter in Nazareth before starting His public teaching. (The current Gregorian calendar used by all nations was made in 1582; while good, it missed the birth of Jesus by a few years.) Luke 2 Matthew 2
28–29 CE (AD) Jesus starts His public teaching. Matthew 4:12-25 Luke 4:14-20
Friday, April 3, 33 (CE) AD, Jesus' death on the cross (some say April 7, 30), Sunday, Jesus's rise from the dead. The many Roman Soldiers were unable to keep Him in the tomb. Jesus appears to many for 40 days, before rising to Heaven. The Jewish Church, Messianic synagogues grow. Non Jews (Gentiles Greeks, and Romans) come to faith, and the church grows quickly. Mark 15:20-30 Luke 24:1-12 Matthew 27:52-53
Paul comes to faith in Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus. Paul, from a persecutor, became a primary author of many New Testament Books and a missionary to the Gentiles. The Church grows all over the Roman Empire. Acts 9:1-19
50 AD Apostolic Council (or Council of Jerusalem), held, Acts 15, meeting of early Christian leaders—including Peter, Paul, and James. That determined Gentile converts did not need to follow Mosaic laws, such as circumcision, to be saved. This crucial decision affirmed salvation by grace.
70 Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman forces, and the Jews were scattered. Jewish worship turns to the synagogue and is works-based, as sacrifices are ended. Ext Link
John the Apostle is the only apostle who did not die a martyr, instead passing away from natural causes in Ephesus (modern-day Turkey) around 98–100 AD, during the reign of Emperor Trajan. As the youngest apostle, he survived all others, living to a very old age. Before his death, he completed the last Book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation.
Persecuted believers take Christianity eastward from Jerusalem to Persia, India, and China.
India (Thomas Christians) 52 to today. Persia Churches from 62 to 651. China 280 to today (see Arnobius).
~200 AD Apostles' Creed completed. See the Creed page
300 AD (CE) 10% of the Roman Empire are now believers, not by force or compulsion, but by teaching, love, and witness of the martyr.
Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337. His mother becomes a believer after seeing how faith changed the lives of her salves. In 312, Constantine had a vision and became a believer. Roman goes from persecuting believers to becoming the first Christian nation. Edict of Milan 313 Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity.
325 The First Ecumenical Council, the Creed of Nicaea, was created. See the Creed page
369 First Christian Hospital Basilia established by St. Basil of Caesarea. First institutionalized hospital, functioning as a precursor to modern, public, long-term care facilities.
430s Christianity to Ireland
451 Council of Chalcedon: Affirmed Christ is 100% divine and 100% human.
489 First Christian university founded, the School of Nisibis in Mesopotamia
637 Jerusalem falls to Islamic rule.
1054 Formal split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.
1088 University of Bologna was Christian university established
1095–1291: Crusade wars gave freedom to visit and worship in the Holy Land
1096 University of Oxford was established in England by the Christian church.
1099 until the fall of Acre in 1291, the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem ruled the Holy Lands for 200 years. Then returns to Islamic rule till 1917.
1215 Magna Carta, Human Rights, from Church movement.
1400 to 1600 Renaissance emerged directly from within Christian Europe, not as a rejection of it, but as a "rebirth" of classical knowledge aimed at revitalizing religious life. Greek Christian texts and the Bible were studied.
1443 Fall of Constantinople, Greek Bible text move to Rome.
1455 Gutenberg Bible Printed using movable type, information revolution.
1517 Protestant Reformation
1534 Martin Luther translated the Bible into German
1534 Henry VIII separated the Church of England from Rome.
1543 Major birth of Western Medicine at Padua School of Medicine and hospital. Supported by Church Saint Cosmas (Collège de St. Côme) and Church Saint Damian.
1545–1563 Council of Trent: The Catholic Counter-Reformation responding to Protestantism.
1555 Peace of Augsburg between Catholicism and Lutheranism in the Holy Roman Empire.
1611 King James Bible was published. Significant impact on English-speaking Christianity.
1620 Mayflower Compact: freedom of worship, human rights
1727-1750 The Great Awakening. Widespread revival movement. Wesley movement.
1780-1810 Second Great Awakening (Cane Ridge Revival)
1833, Christians get UK to pass the Slavery Abolition Act, led by William Wilberforce
1863 Abraham Lincoln ended slavery in the US, Christian Abolitionists like John Brown and other stated the abolition movement that started the Civil War to end slavery in the US
1896 The Merneptah Stele Stone, Egyptian hieroglyphic tablet from the 13th century B.C. that mentions military triumphs of Pharaoh Merneptah. It contains the earliest known reference to "Israel" as a people.
1909 Einstein's Special relativity was first proven true by Alfred Bucherer; all later tests have confirmed Special relativity to be a law. See Relativity page
1916 Albert Einstein found that the universe had a beginning, but rejected his findings, due to his and others' atheistic materialist worldview of a static universe.
1917, December, British forces captured Jerusalem during World War I, ending 400 years of Ottoman Turkish rule.
1919 Einstein's General relativity was first proven true by British astronomer Arthur Eddington, all later tests have confirmed General relativity to be a law. See Relativity page
1929, Edwin Hubble published groundbreaking evidence confirming the universe is expanding, and has a beginning, as the Bible states, for 3,500 years. Due to their atheistic materialist worldview, most scientists reject the findings, and stay with wrong static universe.
1939-1945 World War 2 and the Holocaust 6 million European Jews are murdered by the Nazi regime. Ezekiel 37
1946 Dead Sea Scrolls found, most date from about 300 BC, the Hebrew Bible. See Bible page
1948 Rebirth of Israel, British forces depart, and Arab forces attack the small new nation. Ezekiel 37, Isaiah 11:11-12, Isaiah 66:8, Ezekiel 36:24 and Ezekiel 36:8.
1947 Billy Graham's crusades started, last is 2005
1949 Fred Hoyle, a "Steady State" fan, coined the negative term "Big Bang', as he hated the fact that the universe had a beginning, called "The Cosmological Singularity" or "Creation event."
The United States Church peaked at 63.3% by 1960. The Church grew in non-Western nations at three times the rate of the general population.
1953, the DNA Double Helix was found by Watson and Crick; in 2026, it was found that it is much more complex than anyone had thought.
1960-1970s Jesus movement was an evangelical countercultural phenomenon, originating on the US West Coast, that blended hippie culture with conservative Christian theology.
1961 The Pilate Stone found in Caesarea containing the name and title of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who sentenced Jesus to be crucified. This confirmed his existence and role.
1962–1965 Roman Catholic Church: The Second Vatican Council modernized the liturgy.
1964 Bell Labs finds cosmic microwave background confirms the creation of the universe. Due to their atheistic materialist worldview, most scientists reject the findings.
1980s Charismatic Renewal, missionary programs to reach closed countries.
1980 Alan Guth's Cosmic Inflation theory starts the end of "Steady State", after fighting 51 years of evidence that the universe had a beginning.
1989 COBE mission ends the last denial that the universe had a beginning, with detailed background radiation measurements.
1993 The Tel Dan Stele stone found, discovered in northern Israel, contains an inscription (dated to the 9th century B.C.) that includes the phrase "House of David." The first historical evidence of King David outside the Bible
1996 Hubble Space Deep Field image released: a direct photo of a very young and small universe. Ext Link to NASA Hubble photo
2000 Church growth in Africa, by over 11%
2003, the Borde-Guth-Vilenkin (BGV) Space-Time theorem, which proves that space-time cannot be eternal in the past and must have a beginning, was formulated. See Space-Time page
In 2007, Duke University found that the appendix is not a "junk" or vestigial organ. This, after millions of healthy appendices have been removed in error is due the atheistic materialism worldview. Same error in tonsils found in the 1980s.
In the 2020s, with the COVID-19 pandemic, many churches started online services.
2012 WMAP mission, the age of the universe is now firm. The universe's age is 13.813 ±0.038 billion years. (2018 second report given) Ext. Link to NASA photo of WMAP page
2012 ENCODE project finds Junk DNA is not Junk.
2026 DNA to Proteins (Transcription) is a lot more complex than originally thought.
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End time predictions: End time predictions: Increased natural disasters, pestilences, wars ("nation rising against nation"), widespread lawlessness, false prophets Matthew 24:6-8, Luke 21:11, 2 2 Timothy 3:1-5 A period of extreme selfishness, greed, moral decay, and vanity.
See also End Times page
Great commission completed, Believer in every tribe. The Bible into every language. Matthew 28:18-20, Revelation 7:9-17
Jewish evangelists during the tribulation. Revelation 7:4-8, Revelation 14:1-5
Jesus returns. Matthew 24:30, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
Resurrection of death, 1 Corinthians 15:52-53, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, John 5:28-29, and Isaiah 26:19.
Rapture: The Rapture refers to the believers being "catching away" to meet Christ. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17)
Final judgment: When believers are the judged, God will not see their bad deeds, as they have on Christ's righteousness. Those who rejected Christ, God will be fair and judge them on their deeds. Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:27 See Bible Terms page
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All naturalistic processes (natural selection, mutations, gene exchange, epigenetics) for driving the evolution of life require long time periods to produce any significant changes. However, the fossil record—in combination with the history of Earth’s atmospheric oxygen levels established by Wang’s team—demonstrates that the time periods are extremely brief, indistinguishable from instantaneous. The immediacy with which oxygen-demanding animals appear when atmospheric oxygen levels attain the minimum levels necessary for their survival supports the argument that a supernatural, superintelligent Creator authored such life, as described in Psalm 104.
History of the Universe from an Old Earth, Day Age Creation Model, as only the Old Earth, Day Age Creation has passed testing. All other creation models have failed. See the Creation Model page.
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13.813 ±0.038 billion years. All Space-Time Created. A transcendent creation event.
(Billion is 1,000,000,000 and has 9 zeros. While this may look like a large number it is not. Next is a Trillion with 12 zeros. Quadrillion with 15 zeros. Quintillion with 18 zeros. Septillion with 24 zeros. Decillion with 33 zeros. Googol is with 100 zeros.)
(If you have one dollar for every year the universe has existed, you could buy one by one a US aircraft carrier or run the US government for 17 hours.) (next below one billion is one million, 1,000,000, with six zeros., then thousands, 1,000, with 3 zeros.)
In this time span, the universe is expanding and cooling (decaying). Stars are burning and making the elements needed for life. This process is very finely tuned for life, called Anthropic Principle. See Anthropic Principle page. This decay is written in the Bible see Romans 8:21
~ 5 billion years ago.
4.5662 million years ago (±0.0001) Age of Earth
~4.35 billion years ago was the Moon-forming event. A large, slow impact when the proto-Earth collided with a Mars-sized body named Theia, which shared the same orbit with Earth. This slow collision ejected rock and debris into Earth's orbit, which quickly formed our large Moon. The Moon is too large for Earth's siz. Thus, this is the only way the Moon could have formed. Moon rocks brought back to Earth helped confirm this theory into a fact.
The moon and the moon-forming event are key to having life on Earth. The event gave us the very large magnetic field that protects life on Earth from the sun's deadly radiation. I has slowed Earth's rotation and stabilized Earth's axis and tilt for advanced life. Earth was molten (formless) for the first 200–300 million years of its existence.
~4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago
3.8 billion years ago. Life in the ocean, cyanobacteria, producing oxygen. As soon as the Earth cools, life on Earth, there are no billions of years, there is no pre-life soup, and there is no simple life form. Cyanobacteria are very complex.
~3.8 billion years ago, water cycle.
3.48 billion years ago, Organic signatures of plants on land
2.4 billion years ago, Great Oxidation Event (GOE).
575-million-year ago. Avalon explosion, from one cell to complex animals.
540 million years ago, Cambrian Explosion.
300 Million years ago, atmosphere hits modern-day oxygen levels of 21%
252–201 million years ago, the first Dinosaurs
66 million years ago, Dinosaurs are all gone.
At least 210 million years ago, the first birds.
65 million years ago. Sea mammals
55 million years ago, rabbits, other short legged aminals.
54 million years ago, rats and other short legged aminals
30 million years ago. Cats.
4 million years ago. zebras, difficult-to-tame.
2.5 million years, wild livestock
1 million years ago, wolf
~900,000 to ~40,000 years ago Hominids
150,000 to 90,000 years ago. Human beings appear.
After Humans to today. No new phylum or clade
115,000 years ago and ended about 11,700, last ice age.
(50,000 - 60,000 flood)
60,000 to 50,000 years ago, Humans migration.
16,000 to 23,000 BC Humans migration to the Americans
8,000 BC: Human civilization begins in the Mesopotamian Valley
6000 BC, the Nile small town starts.
3800 BC Mesopotamian town of Ur founed.
3150 BC started the Egyptian pharaonic civilization
~ 3,500 BC written records and mathematics Mesopotamian
~ 2000 BC Abraham is living in the Town ot Ur. Ur is renowned for the massive Ziggurat, a temple dedicated to the moon god Nanna. The 12,000 city is in a polytheistic culture, other gods: Inanna, Elkenah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, Korash and more. From Ur, 500 miles away, is the City of Haran. The gods lived in temple estates, requiring constant maintenance by human worshippers. Abraham obeyed God’s command to leave his home in Ur and later Haran, traveling to the land of Canaan with his wife Sarai and nephew Lot. God promised to make him a great nation, taking him to the "promised land" where he built altars at Shechem and Bethel. Abraham, son of Isaac, lives in the Holy Land: Beer-lahai-roi, Beersheba, and Gerar. Isaac's son, Jacob (later Israel), and his son Joseph, lived in Hebron, Shechem, and Bethel, and later moved to Goshen in Egypt.
~1446 BC Exodus out of Egypt.
1,4000 to 1050 BC Israel in ruled by Judges
1050 BC Three kings: Saul, the David and then Solomon
~720 BC Northern Kingdom of Israel lost.
586 - 695 BC Judah into Babylon.
536 BC Return to Jerusalem, Holy Land
450–430 BC Book of Malachi written
516 BC: The 2nd Temple was completed.
332 BC Alexander the Great takes Holy Land
323 BC Alexander the Great death
301–200 BC Holy Land under Ptolemaic (Greek) dynasty of Egypt
200 BC Holy Land under the Seleucid Empire of Syria
250–282 BC Septuagint
175–164 BC Maccabean Revolt
140–63 BC Maccabees Jewish Hasmonean Dynasty
63 BC Roman conquest of Jerusalem, rule till 637 CE (AD)
27 BC to 180 CE (AD) Pax Romana (Roman Peace)
4 to 5 BC Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
28–29 CE (AD) Jesus starts His public teaching
Friday, April 3, 33 (CE) AD, Jesus' death on the cross
~30-36 AD (CE) Paul comes to faith in Jesus Christ.
50 AD Apostolic Council (or Council of Jerusalem)
70 Second Temple in Jerusalem destroyed by Roman forces
~ 98–100 AD (CE) Last Apostle, John, dies.
52 - 300 Persecuted believers take Christianity eastward
~200 AD Apostles' Creed completed
300 AD (CE) 10% of the Roman Empire are now a believers
312, Constantine had a vision and became a believer.
325 The First Ecumenical Council
369 First Christian Hospital
430s Christianity to Ireland
451 Council of Chalcedon
489 First Christian university founded, the School of Nisibis in Mesopotamia
637 Jerusalem falls to Islamic rule.
1054 Great Schism, Church of West and East
1088 University of Bologna Christian university was established
1095–1291: Crusade wars
1096 University of Oxford established in England
1099 until 1291 Kingdom of Jerusalem
1215 Magna Carta, Human rights
1400 to 1600 the Renaissance
1443 Fall of Constantinople
1455 Gutenberg Bible Printed
1517 Protestant Reformation
1534 Martin Luther translated the Bible into German
1534 Henry VIII separated the Church of England from Rome.
1543 Major birth of Western Medicine at Padua School of Medicine
1545–1563 Council of Trent
1555 Peace of Augsburg
1611 King James Bible was published.
1620 Mayflower Compact
1727-1750 The Great Awakening
1780-1810 Second Great Awakening
1833 Slavery Abolition Act in UK
1863 Abraham Lincoln ends Slavery in the US
1896 The Merneptah Stele Stone
1909 Einstein's Special relativity was first proven true
1916, Albert Einstein found that the universe had a beginning, but rejects his findings.
1917 Jerusalem under British rule.
1919 General relativity was first proven true
1929, Edwin Hubble find universe is expanding and had a beginning
1939-1945 World War 2 and Holocaust
1946 Dead Sea Scrolls found
1948 Rebirth of the Nation of Israel
1947 - 2005 Billy Graham's crusades start
1949 Fred Hoyle coined the negative term "Big Bang'.
1950 Grow in faith, worldwide.
1953 DNA Double Helix found.
1960-1970s Jesus movement
1961 The Pilate Stone found
1962 Catholic Church modernized the liturgy
1964 Bell Labs finds cosmic microwave background.
1980s Charismatic Renewal
1980 Alan Guth's Cosmic Inflation theory starts the end of "Steady State", as overwhelming evidence that the universe had a beginning.
1989 COBE mission, background radiation measurements.
1993 The Tel Dan Stele stone found
1996 Hubble Space Deep Field image released: a direct photo of a very young, and small universe.
2000 Church growth in Africa
2003, the Space-Time theorem proves that space and time cannot be eternal and must a beginning.
2007 The appendix is found not a "junk" or vestigial organ.
2020s COVID-19 pandemic caused many Church go online
2012 WMAP mission, the age of the universe is now firm.
2012 ENCODE project finds Junk DNA is not Junk.
2026 DNA to Proteins (Transcription) is a lot more complex than originally thought.
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End time predictions: Dates unknown. See End Time Page