Few things excite me as much as
studying history. Combine a study of history and the Bible together
and I'm spellbound for hours. In this post I've provided an overview
of seven major world events and empires that the Bible not only
records but, in some cases, prophesied years before they happened.
God's Word is truth in every jot and tittle, including historical
events. I love that I can read a historical fact in the Bible and
know it happened just as God said it did. Please feel free to take this overview and use it for your own personal study.
Biblical References For Seven
World Events And Empires
For a more detailed study
of these and other historical events in the Bible, please check out this link from
Answers In Genesis. https://answersingenesis.org/bible-history/
The Global Flood
Genesis 6–9
One of history's major turning points.
(Hint: if you don't understand the implications of the Flood, you are
not going to understand history.)
The Table of Nations
Genesis 10
Traces all the major people groups as
they formed the bases of every nation and ethnic group alive today.
The Hittite Nation
Genesis 23
Abraham bought the the burial place for
Sarah from the Hittites (the children of Heth).
Exodus 3
God promises Moses that He will give
the land of the Hittites to Israel.
Deuteronomy 7
The Lord commands Israel to destroy
seven nations that were greater than they, among which were the
Hittites.
Joshua 12
Describes part of the Hittites'
territory and records some of Israel's battles with them.
The Babylon Empire
2 Kings 20
Isaiah's prophecy to Judah's King Hezekiah
foretelling the Babylonian exile.
2 Kings 24 &
25, 2 Chronicles 36
Nebuchadnezzar's conquests.
Isaiah 13, 14, 21, 39
Prophecies made regarding Babylon.
The Book of Daniel
Detailed accounts of the reigns of
Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar, as well as the fall of Babylon.
The Assyrian Empire
Genesis 10:11
Nimrod built Nineveh, the capitol of
Assyria.
2 Kings 16 – 19, 2 Chronicles 32 and
Isaiah 36
Assyria's relationship with both the
nations of Judah and Israel.
The Book of Jonah
Jonah was sent as the reluctant
preacher to Assyria's capitol city, Nineveh.
The Book of Nahum
Prophecies against Nineveh.
The Persian Empire
The Book of Ezra
Records Cyrus' decree to the Jews.
The Book of Esther
King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) of Persia was
Queen Esther's husband.
Daniel 5 – 6
Recounts the conquests of the Persian
Empire over Babylon.
The
Roman Empire
Matthew
24
Jesus'
prophecy foretelling the Fall of Jerusalem by the Romans.
Luke 2
Records Caesar Augustus decree of a
world tax.
Acts 25 and 27:24
Nero was the Caesar before whom Paul
stood trial.
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