About

I started making these charts for a simple reason: when I read the Bible, I wanted to see the bigger picture. I was also drawn to church history and the heresies that arose along the way — and it's worth understanding those heresies, because you begin to recognise how they resurface in our own day. That's where a few of these charts begin: tracing how the early errors were named and answered, and where their echoes turn up again today.

It's striking to lay out the kings of Israel and Judah on a timeline: to see which prophet was speaking into a given moment, and which empire was rising or falling in the background. You can watch which reigns overlap, where the prophets sound their warnings, and how great nations like Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, and Persia move across the stage at God's appointing. Seeing them side by side brought it all into focus for me.

The same goes for the world into which Jesus came: the rulers, the high priests, the emperor in Rome, the early church, the line of the Caesars, and the destruction of the Temple.

I've also charted how God warned His people against the false gods of the Canaanites, and the danger of forsaking Him to serve them. Some of these gods demanded the sacrifice of children, and God's judgment fell on those who turned to such false worship.

And then there are the genealogies. I'll admit they're the parts many readers skip, but I've come to find them fascinating. Far from being dry lists of names, they trace a single golden thread running from Adam, through the nations and the tribes of Israel, all the way to Christ. They are the Bible quietly keeping its promises across thousands of years — a record that the One who was promised really did come, at the perfect time, exactly as foretold.

So these charts are really just the tools I made for my own study and enjoyment, shared in the hope that they help you too.