Chronology Chart: Adam to Joseph

The Chronology Chart from
Adam to Joseph is an excellent
visual to help bring the early
Biblical accounts of Genesis
into perspective. Frame one
and hang it on your wall as a
witness to your belief in a literal
young earth creation and
understanding of the Bible,
then be prepared for the
questions and comments from
your visitors.

This chart agrees with the
chronologies of James Ussher
(The Annals of the World) and
Floyd Nolan Jones (The
Chronology of the Old
Testament). But you could
make one yourself just by
following the years given in the
geneologies of the Bible.

I highly recommend "The
Chronology of the Old
Testament" by Dr. Floyd
Nolan Jones. I believe that this
book should be in the homes of
all Christians as a reference to
extinguish the attacks that
cause Christians to doubt
God's Word, and as a
fascinating read to build one's
faith. The introduction alone is
worth the price.

"In short, Jesus and all the New Testament writers took Genesis as real
history, and its characters as real people. So does the rest of the Old
Testament. Genesis history is consistent with God's nature, too, as opposed to
belief in millions of years of pointless death, cruelty, and extinction prior to
man's appearance. And the gospel itself presupposes the history in Genesis,
which is really a brief outline of the history of "life, the universe and
everything" - including people. To say otherwise is not only to disconnect the
Bible from the real world, but also to do violence to the normal rules of
scholorship, exegesis, and even common sense. Furthermore, the structure of
the Hebrew used in Genesis is typical of historical narrative, not poetry or
metaphor or similar forms of literature...

But many wonder why we have to have all those long, boring genealogy lists in
Genesis.

Actually, dates are crucial to historians, and such genealogies give extremely
important "date" information. When I commenced in creation ministry, I was
happy to answer a question about Earth's age with "somewhere around 10,000
years or so." It seemed close enough to the Bible's 6,000 - at least it was
nowhere near the millions and billions we hear of continually. And who knows,
there may well have been some deliberate gaps in the genealogies - "son"
might have meant "grandson," and so on. But I was wrong. The genealogies in
Genesis are "watertight" (they tell you the father's age when the son was
born). This lengthy and detailed information in the Bible is there for many
reasons, not the least being the incredible historical authenticity it lends to
the text."

-Dr. Carl Wieland, is the Managing Director of Creation Ministries
International (CMI) in Brisbane, Australia. Originally a medical doctor, he
has headed the Australian Creation ministry for more than twenty years. A
well-known speaker and writer on Creation issues, he also served as a
director of one of the largest Creation organizations in the USA while it was
still a part of the same grouping. CMI currently consists of seven
international affiliates, including an office in Atlanta. The Creation magazine
he founded now reaches subscribers in more thqn 140 countries.
www.creation.com