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Dates I
Question | Answer |
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1010 BC | David becomes King of Judah. |
1003 BC | David becomes King of Israel & Judah. |
970 BC | Solomon crowned King of Israel & Judah. |
930 BC | Divided Kingdom (1 Kings 12) – Northern Kingdom (Israel… “the ten lost tribes”) and Southern Kingdom (Judah) |
722 BC | Israel is taken into captivity by the Assyrians. (2 Kings 17:23-24) |
609 BC | Josiah dies. (2 Kings 23:29) |
606 BC | This is the first of the three exiling of Judah by the Babylonians. This is also the date from which Jeremiah’s prophecy of 70 years of exile is taken. (2 Chronicles 36:20-22) Daniel is taken to Babylon at this time. (Daniel 1:1) |
597 BC | This is the date of the second exiling of Judah. Jehoiachin is taken to Babylon. This is significant as the line of David to Jesus comes through Jehoiachin. (Matthew 1:11) |
586 BC | The third exiling of Judah is when God – through Nebuchadnezzar – burns and destroys the Temple and tears down the walls of Jerusalem making them rubble. |
536 BC | Cyrus becomes the King of Persia. (Ezra 1:1) |
516 BC | The Temple is rebuilt – often called the Second Temple or Zerubbabal’s Temple. (Ezra 6:15) |
486 BC | Xerxes in the Book of Esther (Artaxerxes in the Book of Nehemiah) begins to reign. Xerxes is portrayed in two well-known movies: 300 which is about the Battle of Thermopylae and A Night With The King which is about Esther becoming Queen of Persia. |
479 BC | Esther becomes Queen. (Esther 2:16-17) |
466 BC | 50 years after the Temple is rebuilt, Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem and finally rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 2:1) |
1500’s | Reformation Movement – Luther, Calvin and Zwingli |
1700’s | First Great Awakening – John & Charles Wesley (Methodism) |
1800’s | Second Great Awakening – in the US: the Restoration Movement, Stone / Campbell Movement or the Christian Connection Movement. By 1900’s, the Restoration Movement had split into Disciples of Christ, Churches of Christ and conservative Christian Churches. |
1950’s | Churches of Christ called by some: “The fastest growing church in America.” |
1951 | Bill Bright initiates Campus Crusade at UCLA. |
1967 | Churches of Christ immitate Campus Crusade to save their children who not to go to Christian Colleges by Chuck Lucas – Campus Advance. Founded at the 14th Street Church of Christ in Gainesville, Florida.1973- renamed the Crossroads Church of Christ. |
1967 (2) | Concepts such as "Soul Talks", “counting the cost” at baptism (total commitment), and “prayer partners” were innovations. The campus ministers raised-up there sent into Mainline Churches of Christ. “Crossroads Movement” aka “Total Commitment Movement.” |
1972 | Kip McKean is baptized at the 14th Street Church of Christ. |