The Bible spans an infinite amount of time from eternity in the past to eternity in the future. For the Bible’s central figure is God who has always existed and will always exist. In other words, God’s life has no beginning and no end. Notwithstanding this, the Bible is God’s love letter to the human race and its next largest theme is God’s relationship with the human race which God Himself created. Thus, the Bible is set in the whole human history of approximately 6,000 years to date.

Bible Timeline

Questions about the age of the earth and of the human race can easily be answered with certainty from Bible data. There is no need to speculate nor should we dismiss as incorrect God’s revelations to all humanity. While the Bible does not give every single detail concerning these time periods, the details that the Bible does give are sure facts.

The whole Bible can be mined by careful sifting of the Bible’s record of events to arrive at a chronology of time periods and dates that are consistent with each other and with secular history. If there seems to be a conflict between what the Bible says and what secular history says, the Bible is to be taken as the superior and accurate record.

Archaeological research has brought to light very much that shines upon the Bible’s accounts and stories to confirm what is written in the Bible. Note that the things which archaeology uncovers cannot be correctly interpreted as contradicting the Bible record.

The Bible mentions probably hundreds of places, namely cities, towns, villages, countries, and so on over the span of human history. Identifying the location of these places on a map of the times is very helpful in understanding Bible and church history as recorded in the Bible.

Hundreds of people who lived in the past are mentioned in the Bible and the record of their lives and character give spiritual lessons for every human being who desires to have a right relationship with God.

From the time of the first human pair that God created, Adam and Eve, there has been a church on earth up to the present time. Understanding church history is vital to understanding God’s plan for the human race and our God-given place in this plan.

A correct science as regards God’s creation is rooted in the biblical account. For God has given us in the Bible a true record of His own acts. Anything presented as science that contradicts God’s words in the Bible is false science and fables.