For an in-depth explanation of the numerology and symbolism in Intelligent Design in the Bible, as well as the eschatology in The Enigma of the End Times, please review the contents (below) of my chronology project, A Journey Through the Bible Timeline.

Introduction

The title of this chronology project reflects how, in an attempt to determine the age of the earth according to Scripture, I ended up on a journey through the Bible’s timeline that led me to incredible discoveries. The starting point of my research was the Biblical chronology resources publicly available through James B Jordan’s Biblical Horizons ministry, so a significant amount of credit goes to him for giving me a foundation and also helping me get “unstuck” several times.

The format I will use in this work is to divide the Bible into logical segments where chronological analysis has natural starting and stopping points. Within those segments, I will highlight any “interpretative keys” that are essential to understanding the Bible timeline, indicating which keys I took from Jordan, which keys I developed on my own (as far as I can recall), and which ones are from generally available theology. I will also include calculations that can be made once the keys are understood, as well as commentary on any particularly interesting numerology or symbolism.

An important attribute of these interpretative keys, as well as the solutions I propose for specific chronological challenges, is that they are often based around what I call “Less Obvious Literal Interpretations” (LOLIs). The Bible’s timeline cannot be harmonized internally without accepting that the most seemingly obvious interpretation of many key passages is not correct. Instead, there are less obvious but still literal interpretations that must be discovered. Once you uncover them, you begin to see connections between Scripture passages that previously seemed unrelated and find unexpected numerological implications.

I have come to believe that God designed the Bible this way for three reasons:

• To conceal the faith from those who do not humble themselves like children (Matthew 18:3-4) and seek truth instead of demanding truth be forced upon them.
• To present an intellectual puzzle to those who seek to uncover the mysteries of Scripture (Proverbs 25:2).
• To strengthen the faith of those who dive deep into Bible chronology and see how it displays evidence of intelligent design. Within the various texts written by many authors across thousands of years and handed down through numerous scribes:
  • There is sufficient information in the Bible to build a comprehensive timeline.
  • There is no extraneous or irrelevant data to filter out.
  • There is no outlier data that requires unreasonable interpretations to accommodate.
  • Information is distributed in such a way that the entire Bible is required to develop the timeline (for example, understanding the timeline of major sections of the Old Testament requires information from the New Testament).

Information is distributed in such a way that the entire Bible is required to develop the timeline (for example, understanding the timeline of major sections of the Old Testament requires information from the New Testament).

In order to develop the timeline, I have progressed through the Bible in roughly canonical order, although occasionally I will bring in later verses for context, table questions temporarily, or even calculate backwards instead of forwards.

At the end of this work, I have included a complete consolidated and chronologically sorted timeline, with years identified as appropriate with significant numerological properties.

Table of Contents:

• The Creation Week
• The Antediluvian Patriarchs
• The Flood and the Postdiluvian Patriarchs
• Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
• Moses and Joshua
• The Time of the Judges and the United Kingdom
• The Divided Kingdom from Rehoboam and Jeroboam to Jehu
• The Divided Kingdom from Jehu to the Assyrian Exile
• The Last Days of Judah
• 70 Years in Babylon
• 7 Weeks of Restoration
• 62 Weeks of Intertestamental History and the Week of the Messiah
• The Life of Jesus
• The End Times
• The Future
• Chronologically Ordered List of Bible Events
• Appendix A: Bible Evidence for a First-Century Parousia
• Appendix B: A Preterist Timeline for the New Testament Canon