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Church receiving Letter/s from Paul 1st Missionary Journey (AD 48-49) 2nd Missionary Journey (AD 50-52) 3rd Missionary Journey (AD 53-57) Journey to Rome (AD 59-60) Destination/Location (some ?)

Bible Book Timeline - 2

Acts: When Kingdom of Empire meets the Kingdom of God, empowered by the Holy Spirit; Blessing all nations;

Jewish Church in a Gentile context

James: Obedience

1 Peter: Persevere 2 Peter: False Teachers

Derived from: https://bemadiscipleship.comhttps://www.freebeginning.com/new_testament_dates/

1 John: Love & Truth 2 John: Woman 3 John: Diotrephes

Jude: Apocrypha

Revelation: Overcome

Colossians: Heresy

Luke

40AD 50 60 70 80 90 100AD

Paul: Pastoral

Letters

Corinth

Thessalonica

RomePhilippi

Mediterranean Sea

TURKEYGREECE

ITALY

SICILY

CYPRUS

MALTACRETE

Acts

Paul

Hebrews

James

Peter

The Good News of Jesus

Epilogue of an Early Church

Applying the Way of Jesus to Unique Settings

Persevere w/o Temple; Jesus Has a Better Way

Obedience with Purpose: Guarding Your Tongue

Holy Living as God’s Chosen People

Loving Others is Truth

Using Aprocrypha to Exhort God’s People

Using the Past to Illuminate the Present

Books of the Bible

John

Jude

Revelation

Roman Empire 27BC-475AD

John: Grafted

Matthew: Outsider

Mark: Roman

Luke: Ordered

Gospels

SYRIA

1

2

34

5 6

7 ColossaeEphesus

Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea

1

2

3

5

4

6

7

7 Churches Of Revelation

Galatia

Paul: Letters to Churches

JORDAN

Jerusalem

ISRAEL

PeterPaul

John Philemon

Timothy

James

Phillip

SaulBarnabas

Mark

Silas

Titus

Luke

Name

Antioch

Ephesians: Family MembershipPhilippians: Joy

Hebrews: Supremacy of Christ

1 & 2 Timothy: Timid TimothyTitus: Tough Titus

Philemon: Faith Works

Era

Books (front edge is possible approximate date of writing)

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3 1 Corinthians: Division 2 Corinthians: Apostleship

1 Thessalonians: Return 2 Thessalonians: Man of Lawlessness

1

Nero Vespasian Titus

Romans: Justification

Domitian

John

INDIA

ETHIOPIA, EGYPT

ENGLAND

WEST AFRICA

Simon the “Zealot”

Matthew

Bartholomew

Thaddeus

Andrew

James the Less

Thomas

Galatians: Freedom