Key texts
The biblical passages that establish the era.
Explore the Story
Biblical Timeline
Follow the major movements of Scripture in sequence and see how each era prepares for what comes next.
How to use this hub
Start with sequence, then add detail.
The timeline is the backbone of Bible Building Blocks. It gives every person, place, kingdom, promise, and biblical book a position within the larger story.
The ten eras below give you the sequence. Each era brings together its key texts, dates, places, people, and connections to the larger story.
The Big Picture
Ten eras of the biblical story
These are navigation categories, not claims that every event can be assigned an uncontested date.
- 01Beginnings
Creation
Creation, human rebellion, judgment, and the preservation of God’s purpose for humanity.
- 02Promise
Patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the covenant family through whom blessing is promised.
- 03Deliverance
Exodus & Sinai
Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, the covenant at Sinai, and the formation of a people.
- 04Land
Conquest & Judges
Israel’s entry into Canaan, settlement, repeated disorder, deliverance, and need for faithful leadership.
- 05Kingdom
United Kingdom
Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, Jerusalem, the temple, and the promise of a lasting dynasty.
- 06Division
Divided Kingdom
Israel and Judah, their kings and prophets, Assyrian pressure, and the northern kingdom’s fall.
- 07Judgment & Hope
Exile & Return
Jerusalem’s fall, life under foreign empires, the return to the land, rebuilding the temple, and the Second Temple period that leads into Jesus’s day.
- 08Fulfillment
Jesus the Messiah
The world of Jesus, his ministry, death, resurrection, and the Christian claim that Israel’s story reaches its center in him.
- 09Mission
Early Church
Pentecost, the apostles, Paul, the spread of the gospel, persecution, and the formation of Christian communities.
- 10Consummation
Revelation & New Creation
The Bible’s final vision of judgment, faithful endurance, Christ’s victory, and the renewal of creation.
Build the Connections
Every era is read through the same five lenses.
Reading each era the same way makes the connections between them easier to see.
Time
Dates, sequence, and areas of chronological debate.
Place
Lands, cities, routes, terrain, and neighboring powers.
People
Individuals, families, nations, empires, and communities.
Story connection
How the era receives earlier themes and prepares for what follows.
Begin with the existing timeline material.
Downloadable timelines are available now. The class also walks through these eras in order.