70 Most Important Events in the Bible

The following list of the "70 Most Important Events in the Bible," is from the < by H.L. Willmington, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, 1987. I have enjoyed hours of bible study referencing this book. I recommend it highly. It has thousands of interesting facts. Find the book at Barnes & Nobel <

70 Most Important Events in the Bible

1	The Creation		Gen. 1
2	Fall of man		Gen. 3
3	Universal flood		Gen. 6-8
4	Tower of Babel		Gen. 11:1-9
5	Conversion and call of Abraham		Gen. 12:1-3
6	Giving of Abrahamic Covenant		Gen. 12:7, 13:14-17 15:1-21
7	The selling of Joseph into Egyptian slavery		Gen. 37
8	The enslavement of Israel in Egypt		Exod. 1
9	The call of Moses		Exod. 3:1-10
10	The ten plagues		Exod. 7-12
11	The Exodus from Egypt		Exod. 12-15
12	The institution of the Sabbath		Exod. 16:29
13	The giving of the Law		Exod. 20:1-17
14	The completion of the tabernacle		Exod. 40:33-34
15	The anointing of Aaron as first high priest		Lev. 8:1-12
16	The Jordan River crossing into Palestine		Josh. 3
17	The victory over Jericho		Josh. 6
18	The marriage of Ruth to Boaz		Ruth 4
19	The annointing of Saul as Israel's first king		1 Sam. 9-10
20	The annointing of David as king		1 Sam. 16:13
21	The capture of Jerusalem and recovery of the Ark by David		2 Sam. 5-6
22	The giving of the Davidic Covenant		2 Sam. 7:8-17
23	The annointing Solomon		1 Kings 1:39
24	The completion of Solomon's temple		1 Kings 6:38
25	The splitting of Israel into the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah		1 Kings 12
26	Elijah taken up to heaven		2 Kings 2
27	The deliverance of Joash from murderous Queen Athaliah		2 Chron. 22:10-12
28	The Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom		2 Kings 17:6
29	The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Assyrians		2 Kings 19:32-35
30	The discovery of the Law of Moses in Josiah's reign		2 Chron. 34
31	The destruction of the temple of Solomon		2 Kings 25:8-9
32	The Babylonian Captivity of the southern kingdom		2 Kings 25:11
33	The return under Cyrus' decree		Ezra 1
34	The completion of the new temple under Zerubbabel		Ezra 6
35	The rescuing of the Jews by Esther		Esther 4-7
36	Birth of John the Baptist		Luke 1:57-80
37	The Birth of Christ		Luke 2:1-19
38	The flight into Egypt		Matt. 2:13-14
39	The temple visit at age 12		Luke 2:41-50
40	Jesus' baptism		Matt. 3:13-17
41	The temptation		Matt. 4:1-11
42	The temple cleansing		John 2:13-25
43	The choosing of the 12		Matt. 10:1-4
44	The Sermon on the Mount		Matt. 5-7
45	The raising of Lazarus		John 11
46	Death of John the Baptist		Matthew 14, Mark 6
47	Confession of Peter and promise of the Church		Matthew 16
48	The Transfiguration		Matthew 17
49	The triumphal entry into Jerusalem		Matthew 21 Mark 11 Luke 19 John 12
50	Events in the Upper Room		Matthew 26 Mark 14 Luke 22 John 13-14
51	Christ's ordeal in Gethsemane		Matthew 26 Mark 14 Luke 22 John 18
52	His trials		Matthew 26-27 Mark 14-15 Luke 22-23 John 18-19
53	The Crucifixion		Matthew 27:35 Mark 15:24 Luke 23:33 John 19:18
54	The Resurrection		Matthew 28 Mark 16 Luke 24 John 20
55	His ten glorified appearances		Matthew 28 Mark 16 Luke 24 John 20-21
56	Giving the Great Commission		Matthew 28:18-20
57	The Ascension		Acts 1:9-11
58	Pentecost		Acts 2
59	Healing of a lame man by Peter and John		Acts 3:1-11
60	Election of the first deacons		Acts 6:1-8
61	Martydom of Stephen		Acts 7:1-60
62	Conversion of Saul (Paul)		Acts 9:1-20
63	Establishment of the Antioch church		Acts 11:19-26
64	Death of James and deliverance of Peter		Acts 12:1-19
65	Paul's first missionary journey		Acts 13:2-14:28
66	The Jerusalem Council		Acts 15:1-35
67	Paul's second missionary journey		Acts 15:36-18-22
68	Paul's third missionary journey		Acts 18:23-21:16
69	Paul's imprisonment in Rome		Acts 28:30
70	The exile of John to Patmos and the writing of Revelation		Rev. 1:9

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