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Timelines of History

Notes:

This chart illustrates history as seen from the biblical and evolutionary viewpoints. Once again, the views are very different. The plain, straightforward teaching of the Bible is that the history of the earth spans some 6-15,000 years (although not all Christians or creation scientists have this interpretation). The major events in the biblical view of history include:
The creation by God over six 24-hour days
The fall of Adam and Eve
The global flood of Noah’s time
The dispersion of people groups at the Tower of Babel
The calling of Abraham
The life of Jesus on the earth and His death and resurrection
The rapture of believers from the earth
The end times as described in the book of Revelation
These events represent the unfolding of God’s plan and purposes for humankind.
On the other hand, none of these events are significant in the evolutionary view of history. Instead, the formation of the universe, its structures, and life have been random, chance happenings that have unfolded over billions of years for no particular purpose. And if the tape could be played again, a much different result would be likely. In the end, none of it matters as the stars burn up their fuel leaving a cold, dead universe long devoid of any intelligent life to care or wonder about any of it.