OT 19 - Introduction to the Thundering Thousand Years

Text: The Old Testament

Supplemental Text: Finish up the Third Thousand Years chapters 21-26 from last semester. The Fourth Thousand Years text begins next week.

BYU Lecture 24: This is the "thundering thousand years" from David down to Christ. This is the thousand years of Bible history in which you have all prophets, not the Patriarchs. Programmed learning includes memorizing the “hook dates” in biblical history so the doctrine of the gospel can be connected to its history and context. For example, 1776 is a hook date that can be related to all the American independence and revolutionary war activities. By memorizing hook dates, the entire Old Testament will come alive and piece together the events, patriarchs, prophets, and kings.

Old Testament Hook Dates, simple and worth memorization:

4,000 BC Fall of Adam and Eve

3,500 BC Enoch

3,000 BC Noah

2,344 BC The Great Flood (just remember 1-2-3-4---4)

2,000 BC Abraham

1,900 BC Isaac

1,800 BS Jacob

1,700 BC Joseph

1,500 BC Moses

1,400 BC Joshua

1,100 BC Samuel and Saul

1,000 BC David and Solomon

   922 BC Division of Israel

   900 BC Elijah

   800 BC Elisha

   700 BC Isaiah

   600 BC Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekial, Lehi and Nephi

   589 BC Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem

   538 BC Jews return to Jerusalem

   516 BC Dedication of the new temple in Jerusalem