CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
GOODNEWS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
CHRONOLOGICAL TAB
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3761 B.C.
•According to Jewish tradition, the date Adam & Eve were created in the Garden of Eden.
The Jewish New Year is based on this date.
(October, 1996 for instance, will be the year 5757 in the Jewish calendar).
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Between 3740 B.C. & 2500 B.C.
•Cain, Able and Seth are born to Adam and Eve. •Cain kills Able, and is exiled to forever wander the eastern 'land of Nod'. •The Patriarchs before the flood, including Enoch and Methuselah, all live to great ages. •The flood destroys Eden and all the ancient ones. •Noah and the ark. •Noah's 3 sons, Japheth, Ham and Shem repopulate the earth after the flood. •Destruction of the tower of Babel causes the dispersion of Babylon's population -- sending it to the ends of the earth. •The descendants of Japheth, populating Greece, Parthia, Russia and northern Europe. •The descendants of Ham populating Africa and Egypt. •And the descendants of Shem forming the Semetic people of the Middle East, including the Arabs and the House of Israel.
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About 1850 B.C.
•Abraham and his family arrive in Canaan.
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Between 1849 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
•Hagar, Abraham's slave mistress gives birth to Ishmael. •Hagar and Ishmael banished from Abraham's camp and return to Euphrates river area. •Ishmael's blood descendants form the Arabs, but all Moslem's, including the Persians, trace ancestry to Abraham through Ishmael as well. •
•In her 90's, Sarah gives birth to Issac. •
•Issac's wife gives birth to Esau and Jacob. •Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of lentils. •Jacob wrestles with an angel so God changes his name to 'Israel' (A rebel allowed to survive). •
•Jacob (Israel) has 12 sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph and Benjamine.
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From about 1720 B.C. to 1250 B.C.
•Joseph, Jacob's youngest son, sold into slavery (to Egypt) by his brothers. •Joseph has two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. •Joseph saves his father and his 10 brothers from famine -- making a home for them in Egypt. •Joseph elevated to Patriarch, removing him from the other tribes of Israel. •Jacob elevates Ephraim and Manasseh to same status as his sons, creating the 12 tribes of Israel (13 tribes, actually, but Levi was elevated to status of priesthood, leaving 12 to divide up the land). •Hebrew captivity in Egypt (Lasts about 500 years).
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1250 B.C.
•Moses leads the exodus.
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Beginning about 1210 B.C.
•The 12 tribes of Israel reach the Promised Land. •Joshua invades Palestine. •The time of the Judges (This period lasts 200 years). •The temple at Shiloh (The first Hebrew temple in the Promised Land).
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1040 B.C.
•The birth of Samuel the prophet.
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1000 B.C.
•David becomes king of Judah. •David defeats Saul & reigns as king over all Israel.
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950 B.C.
•Solomon, David's son made king of Israel. •The Temple of Solomon built in Jerusalem.
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931 B.C.
•Solomon dies. •The fight for his throne begins, creating the Great Schism.
As a result, the 12 Tribes of Israel split into 2 houses. •The House of Israel (the 10 northern tribes). •The House of Judah (the 2 southern tribes-Benjamine & Judah).
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721 B.C.
•The House of Israel (the 10 northern tribes) are taken into captivity by Assyrian invaders. •They disappear into the lands across the North, vanishing from world view.
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598 B.C.
•The tribes of Judah and Benjamin taken to Babylon. •The prophets Jeremiah & Ezekiel. •Jeremiah takes the Ark of the Covenant to the Dead Sea & buries it in a cave.
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587 B.C.
•On the 10th of Loos, Solomon's temple burned down by Nebuchaddnezzar of Babylon.
Note that Herod's temple will be burned down on the very same day, 657 years in the future. •More deportations to Babylon.
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530 B.C.
•Daniel the Prophet in the court of the king of Babylon.
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539 B.C.
•The handwriting on the wall. •Cyrus the Persian conquers Babylon.
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538 B.C.
•The Edict of Cyrus freeing the Jews from Babylonian captivity.
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537 B.C.
•The second Jerusalem temple started. •The walls rebuilt.
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400 B.C.
•Ezra and Nehemiah.
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331 B.C.
•Alexander the Great conquers Syria and Arbela; ends the Persian empire.
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323 B.C.
•Alexander the great dies in Babylon.
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319 B.C.
•Judea ruled by Egypt (the Lagides).
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270 B.C.
•The Greek Bible (Septuagint) translated at Alexandria Egypt by 70 Hebrew scholars.
This translation was authorized by the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem in order to give Jewish exiles a scripture in the language of their exile.
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250 B.C.
•Active Hellenization of Palestine.
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197 B.C.
•Antiochus the Great conquers Jerusalem. •Judea ruled by Syria (The Seleucids).
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175 B.C.
•Antiochus IV Epiphanes (a precursor of the beast) comes to power.
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172 B.C.
•Onias, High Priest of Jerusalem Temple assassinated.
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167 B.C.
•The Great Persecution of the Jews begins. •Massacres at Jerusalem. •The Syrians build the Citadel to guard the temple. •Decree issued abolishing Jewish practices and establishing cult of Zeus in Temple. •In December, the first pagan sacrifices abominate Jewish altar.
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166 B.C.
•The priest Mattathias takes refuge in Modin with his five sons (The Maccabees). •Mattathias gives the signal for the attack. The Hassidaeans join him. •Judas Maccabaeus leads the revolt after Mattathias dies.
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164 B.C.
•In December, the temple is purified, giving birth to the Jewish feast of Lights (Hannukah) •The Jewish persecution ends. •Death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
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145 B.C.
•The Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes appear.
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63 B.C.
•Pompey of Rome conquers Jerusalem.
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37 B.C.
•Herod, an Idumean Arab, appointed king of Judea by the Roman Senate.
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20 B.C.
•Herod begins construction of great Jewish Temple on Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem.
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6-4? B.C.
•Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
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4 B.C.
•Herod the Great dies.
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6 A.D.
•Caesarea, a town on Mediterranean coast, made capital of Judea by the Romans.
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27? A.D.
•John the Baptist starts his ministry. •Jesus begins his ministry.
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30? A.D.
•Jesus crucified.
(The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in either 30 A.D. or 33 A.D.).
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36 A.D.
•Martyrdom of Steven in Jerusalem.
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39 A.D.
•Paul in Damascus.
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43 A.D.
•Paul and Barnabus in Antioch. •Agrippa beheads James; imprisons Peter.
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48 A.D.
•Christian Council of Jerusalem. •Pagan converts exempt from Jewish Law practices, setting them free from the Torah.
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50 A.D.
•>First Gospel written down? •Paul's letter to the Thessalonians.
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54 A. D.
•Nero becomes emperor.
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57 A.D.
•Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians. •>Paul's Letter to the Galatians. •Paul's second Letter to the Corinthians. •Paul's letter to the Philipians?
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58 A.D.
•Paul's letter to the Romans. •James made head of the Jerusalem church.
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60 A.D.
•Paul's voyage as a prisoner to Rome.
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61 A.D.
•Paul imprisoned in Rome until 63 A.D. •Paul's Letters to Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, possibly Philipians.
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62 A.D.
•James (head of Jerusalem church) stoned to death. •Succeeded by Simeon, said by some to be the son of the Virgin Mary's brother.
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63 A.D
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•Paul set free. Some traditions say he made a trip to Spain.
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64 A.D.
•First letter of Peter. •The Gospel of Mark?
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65 A.D.
•Paul's first letter to Timothy and Possibly to Titus. •The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles?
Scholars say that this Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles were produced as Paul's defense against a renewed attack on Christianity by Nero.
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66 A.D.
•Jews defeat a Roman battalion and set up a rebel government in Jerusalem. •Major exodus of people of importance from Judea.
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67 A.D.
•Peter crucified in Rome. (64 or 67 A.D.) •Vespasian with 60,000 man Roman 10th Legion attacks Galilee. •Paul re-imprisoned in Rome. •Paul's letter to the Hebrews. •Second letter to Timothy. •Paul beheaded in Rome.
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68 A.D.
•Nero dies.
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69 A.D.
•Vespasian returns to Rome to become emperor in Nero's place. •Before leaving his post on the Mt. of Olives, Vespasian Turns the battle of Jerusalem over to his son Titus.
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70 A.D.
•Titus lays siege to Jerusalem and destroys it. •On August 29 (the 10th of Loos - and the 567th anniversary of the destruction of Solomon's temple), the temple of Herod is burned and razed to the ground by Roman forces. •Many Jews taken into slavery.
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73 A.D.
•The siege of Masada. •The Jewish war ends. •Jewish Rabbi's establish Academy of Jamnia, soon begin work on standardizing Hebrew Bible. •Also begin work on Talmud, codifying Jewish oral law into writing. •Greek scriptures officially renounced.
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95 A.D.
•John exiled to Patmos. •Final draft of Book of Revelations.
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100 A.D.
•John dies at Ephesus.
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107 A.D.
•Simeon martyred in Jerusalem.
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132 A.D.
•Second Jewish revolt led by Jewish zealot, Simeon Ben Koseba, •Ben Koseba is proclaimed the Jewish 'Messiah' by Rabbi Akiba who renames him 'Bar Kokeba' (Son of the Star).
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135 A.D.
•Second revolt put down by Roman army. •Ben Koseba killed. •Jews forbidden to enter the city of Jerusalem on pain of death. •The Temple mount in Jerusalem made into a sanctuary for Zeus and Hadrian. (emperor worship). •Temple of Zeus erected near cave at Bethlehem -- the birthplace of Jesus.
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311 A.D.
•Galerius, emperor of the eastern part of the Roman Empire decrees religious freedom for Christianity.
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313 A.D.
•Constantine issues Edict of Milan granting toleration to Christianity in western Roman empire. •Constantine becomes Christian, is the first Christian emperor. •Constantine's mother erects Christian churches (including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre) on sacred sites in Jerusalem.
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325 A.D.
•Council of Nicea decrees the doctrine of the Trinity to counter the heresy of Arius which argues that Jesus, though divine, is not God's equal.
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391 A.D.
•Theodosus orders all Roman pagan temples closed. •He issues a proclamation declaring Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire. •World paganism is outlawed. •Theodosus' decree terminates the Olympic Games and the temples associated with them at Mt. Olympus.
From this moment on, the only god permitted to be worshipped anywhere in the entire Roman empire is the God of the Christians.
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410 A.D.
•German invaders conquer Rome. They adopt Christianity.
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476 A.D.
•Western Roman empire ceases to exist. •Barbarian rule of Rome by German kings begins. •Converting to Christianity, these kings extend the domain of the Church into northern Europe, dissolving the Teutonic and Celtic religions that formerly ruled there.
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615 A.D.
•Persian Sassanid Empire conquers much of the Eastern Roman Empire. •Their armies reach the Bosphorus (separating Turkey from Europe), before being driven back and defeated.
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632 A.D.
•Mohammed dies. Moslem religion born.
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650 A.D.
•Moslem Arabs sweep to victory in a great march west to destroy the 'infidels' of Christianity. •Arabs conquer Mesopotamia, Persia, Palestine, Egypt and the islands of the Mediterranean. •Arabs push west, conquer North Africa. •Arabs unable to conquer Asia Minor (Turkey).
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711 A.D.
•Arabs conquer Spain, push into France. •Arabs defeated by Christian's in France at battle of Tours (732).
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800 A.D.
•Germany's king Charles the Great (Charlemagne) founds the Holy Roman Empire.
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859 A.D.
•Moslem Arabs conquer Sicily and invade Italy, advancing toward Rome before being pushed back.
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1054 A.D.
•Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholics split into two separate churches. •East and West divided in Christ.
1071 A.D.
•Seljuk Turks invade and conquer Asia Minor, renaming it Turkey. •They convert Asia Minor to Mohammedism, reducing territory of Greek Christian church by half. •This Islamic 'Ottoman empire' invades Europe but is driven back into Turkey after reaching as far north as Vienna, Austria.
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1096 A.D.
•First Crusades begin. •Christian wars against Islamic control of Jerusalem.
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1099 A.D.
•Crusaders capture Jerusalem, give Christians control of the holy city.
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1187 A.D.
•Saladin recaptures Jerusalem, returning city to Islamic rule.
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1291 A.D.
•Christian Crusaders lose battle of Acre; leave entire Middle East to Moslem rule.
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1492 A.D.
•Columbus discovers American continent.
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1517 A.D.
•Luther, a Catholic priest in Germany, breaks from Roman Catholic church, posts 'thesis' on church door. •Luther decrees salvation by faith alone. Says theological rules cannot save. •He nullifies church sacraments.
Luther puts Bible above both church and Pope as highest authority on earth. •Decrees right of individual interpretation of scripture. •He rejects the Greek Old Testament and declares its books invalid.
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1529 A.D.
•Lutheran Protest drawn up. Protestant churches born.
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1545 A.D.
•Catholic Council of Trent (1545-1563) tries to reform Roman church and quell the protest, but to no avail. •This Vatican Council decrees faith necessary, but retains church sacraments as essential components of the Christian religion.
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1563 A.D.
•Fierce religious wars between all the burgeoning new faiths spreads throughout Europe (1563-1648). •Colonization of America speeded by those seeking freedom from European religious turmoil. •Democracy (an ancient Greek form of rule by the people) rediscovered.
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1775 A.D.
•Constitutional Congress in America led by Thomas Jefferson restates a secular 'rule of Democracy' that is closely allied with Christian human rights ethics.
1776 A.D.
•United States of America founded.
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1830 A.D.
•Mormon church founded by Joseph Smith in Fayette N.Y.
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1896 A.D.
•Olympic Games reappear in the world.
They had been absent since the Roman emperor Theodosus cancelled them and closed their associated pagan temples in 396 A.D. (1500 years earlier)
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1908 A.D.
•Comet strikes Russia. Thousands of miles of forest levelled.
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1914 A.D.
•Germany leads the planet into world war (the first world war in history).
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1917 A.D.
•British take Jerusalem -- Islamic rule in Palestine ends as Turkish Ottoman empire is destroyed. •Balfour Treaty allows Jews to return to Holy Land ending 1800 year lockout. •Communists sieze power in Russia. •They set up a secular state there after overthrowing the Czar and tearing apart the former monarchy's Christian church affiliations.
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1929 A.D.
•Officially separating church and state, Mussolini signs a treaty that secularizes Italy and relegates the church to a tiny defined area of sovereignty in Rome -- forming Vatican City . •This action fundamentally cancels the final remnants of Theodosus' decree, even in the Roman capitol itself. •A great depression sweeps the world.
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1930 A.D.
•Secular, totalitarian regimes rise to power throughout Europe and Asia (Spain, Russia, Germany, Italy, Eastern Europe, China, Japan, etc) as Christian authority is stripped from most world governments.
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1939 A.D.
•Adolph Hitler leads Germany and the world into a second world war. •The 'Holocaust' begins. •At least nine million Jews are systematically executed by Hitler and his draconic forces over the next 6 years.
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1941 A.D.
•Japan makes World War II global by attacking the west at Pearl Harbor and assaulting southeast Asia. This is the first major eastern attack on western civilization in almost a thousand years. U.S. declares war on Germany and Japan.
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1945 A.D.
•Atom Bomb invented and dropped by U.S. on two Japanese cities. •World War II and the Jewish Holocaust come to an end.
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1947 A.D.
•In the battle for the secular post-war management of the world, a 'Cold War' begins, pitting communism against democracy. •World civilization alerted to 'doomsday clock' -- with hands near midnight -- by atomic energy scientists.
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1948 A.D.
•Jewish nation of Israel founded by U.N. mandate.
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1950 A.D.
•Communists launch war in Korea.
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1953 A.D.
•Hydrogen bomb invented. Several exploded in S.Pacific. •Thousands are stockpiled in underground silo's as massive arms race with Soviet Union gains speed. •The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists advances the hands on its 'doomsday clock' up to a point only 2 minutes before midnite.
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1963 A.D.
•God and prayer effectively outlawed from U.S. school system by Supreme Court. •John Kennedy assassinated.
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1964 A.D.
•Gulf of Tonkin incident leads U.S. into Vietnam War.
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1966 A.D.
•Drug crises sweeps America.
Millions of youth begin using marijuana, heroin, LSD, etc.
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1969 A.D.
•U.S. astronauts land on the moon.
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1973 A.D.
•U.S. Supreme Court legalizes unrestricted abortions.
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1981 A.D.
•AIDS plague begins.
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1984 A.D.
•U.S. Congress rejects bill to allow prayer in public schools.
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1986 A.D.
•World drug crises continues to mount.
'Crack' cocaine use, urban crime become rampant.
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1991 A.D.
•Gulf War breaks out near the Euphrates, contemporizing the visions of Daniel.
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1992 A.D.
•Democracy sweeps to victory over communism. Soviet Union dissolved. •Berlin wall comes down as E. Europe ends Cold War.
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1994 A.D.
•U.S. Supreme Court outlaws the Ten Commandments from courthouse display. •In the most startling 'sign from the heavens' during this century, cometary fragments the size of mountains bombard Jupiter in an ominous cosmic display. •The 2000th Anniversary of the birth of Jesus. (Possibly 1996 A.D.) •A Christian spiritual renewal spreads across U.S.A.; changes congressional power balance.
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1995 A.D.
•U.S. Supreme Court permits some prayer after school, but only on conditional terms. In other decisions, court remains hostile to religious expressions in civic affairs. •In near apocalyptic wording, a U.N. Science Council Report warns of catastrophic effects across the world during the next hundred years as global warming rapidly accelerates. •Scientists say most of the world's coastal cities will be inundated by advancing tides caused by polar ice cap melting during this period. •Holes in the ozone layer continue to widen as sun-induced skin cancer reaches near-epidemic proportions worldwide.
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1996 A.D.
•According to Bible scholars, a second possible date for the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. •April 14 - The president of Russia leads Easter mass in resurrected Moscow church. •May 20 - U.S. Supreme court rules in favor of sweeping gay rights. •Oct. 1996 marked the year 5757 in the Jewish calendar. •Nov. 4 - U.S. Supreme court re-affirms decision to ban school prayer.
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2000 A.D.
•The 2000th anniversary of the Christian calendar.
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2030 A.D.
•The 2000th anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus. (Possibly 2033 A.D.) •The 2000th anniversary of the first Pentecost.
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2070 A.D.
•The 2000th anniversary of the destruction of Herod's Temple. •The 2000th anniversary of the Jewish dispersion to Rome (the diaspora).
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2239 A.D.
•The dawn of the 7th Millenium in the Jewish calendar (creation's 7th day begins).
According to scripture, the seventh day is a day of rest. As such its arrival officially ends the 6000-year "toiling of the nations". The importance of this date was made arbitrary by the prediction of Jesus that the days of the end will wax so wicked that God will have to cut them short.