No 13

*(Genesis vs Revelation)

 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, I am the first and the last” – Jesus spoke these words to the apostle John on the island of Patmos in the beginning of the book of Revelation.  This phrase applies to Jesus’ eternality and just as He is there in the beginning of Revelation, He is also there in the beginning of Genesis at the moment of creation. You will see that there are startling resemblances between these two books of scripture as we will look at some of them: 

 

Sinless world (Genesis)

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Eternal world (Revelation)

Reference:

Light and darkness

1 : 4

No night there

21 : 25

Division of land and sea

1 : 10

No more sea

21 : 1

Rule of sun and moon

1 : 16

No need of sun or moon

21 : 23

Man in a prepared Garden

2 : 8, 9

Man in a prepared city

21 : 3

River flowing out of Eden

2 : 10

River from God’s throne

22 : 1

Gold in the land

2 : 12

Gold in the city

21 : 21

Tree of life in Garden

2 : 9

Tree of life throughout the city

22 : 2

Bdellium and onyx stone

2 : 12

All manner of precious stones

21 : 19

God walking in the Garden

3 : 8

God dwelling with His people

21 : 3

Cursed world  (Genesis)

 

Eternal world (Revelation)

 

Cursed ground

3 : 17

No more curse

22 : 3

Daily sorrow

3 : 17

No more sorrow

21 : 4

Thorns and thistles

3 : 18

No more pain

21 : 4

Sweat on the face

3 : 19

Tears wiped away

21 : 4

Eating herbs of the field

3 : 18

All manner of fruits

22 : 2

Returning to the dust

3 : 19

No more death

21 : 4

Evil continually

6 : 5

Nothing that defileth

21 : 27

Coats of skins

3 : 21

Fine linen white and clean

19 : 14

Satan opposing

3 : 15

Satan banished

20 : 10

Kept from the tree of life

3 : 24

Access to the tree of life

22 : 14

Banished from the Garden

3 : 23

Free entry to the city

22 : 14

Redeemer promised

3 : 15

Redemption accomplished

5 : 9, 10

Rainbow in Noahic covenent

9 : 16

Rainbow on angel’s head

10 : 1

*(Taken from “The Genesis Record” by Dr. Henry M Morris)

 

All the promises that God made in the Bible will come to pass; some have been completed and others are yet to be completed.  God is faithful.