CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE BIBLE

CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE BIBLE

Genesis 1-4Revelation 19-22
1. God created the heavens and the earth (1:1)1. God makes a new heaven and a new earth (21:1)
2. The light was created (1:3)2. The Lamb is the light (21:23)
3. Darkness and night created (1:5)3. There shall be no night (22:5)
4. Waters gathered into seas (1:10)4. No more sea (21:1)
5. God made the sun and the moon (1:16)5. No need for the sun and the moon (21:23)
6. All creation declared concluded (2:1)6. New creation declared concluded (21:6)
7. Mans first home beside a river (2:10)7. Man’s eternal home beside a river (22:1)
8. Death by eating the fruit of a tree (2:17)8. Life by eating the fruit of a tree (22:2)
9. Adams marriage (2:18-23)9. The Lambs marriage (19:6-9)
10. Eve, Adams’s wife (2:22-25)10. The New Jerusalem, Christ’s wife (21:9-10)
11. Deceived by the serpent (3:1,13)11. The serpent deceives no more (20:3)
12. Satan’s first attack against man (3:1)12. Satans final attack (20:7-10)
13. Satan appeared in a garden (3:1)13. Satan disappears in a fiery lake (20:10)
14. A contaminated garden (3:6-7)14. A city that shall not be contaminated (21:27)
15. Communion with God interrupted (3:8-10)15. Personal communion with God (21:3)
16. Initial triumph of the serpent (3:13)16. Final triumph of the Lamb (20:10)
17. First coming of the Savior promised (3:15)17. Second Coming of the Savior promised (22:20)
18. Pain multiplied (3:16)18. No more death, nor sorrow, nor crying (21:4)
19. Curse over man and nature (3:14-19)19. No more curse (22:3)
20. The judgment of the serpent promised (3:15)20. The judgment of the serpent consummated (20:10)
21. Curse imposed over nature (3:17)21. No more curse over nature (22:3)
22. Man lost dominion over nature (3:19)22. Man recovers dominion over nature (22:5)
23. First death (3:21; 4:8)23. No more death, nor sorrow (21:4)
24. A lamb was sacrificed (3:21)24. A Lamb lights up the city (21:23)
25. Paradise closed (3:23)25. New Paradise opened (21:25)
26. An angel forbade entrance to the Garden (3:24)26. An angel shows the city (21:9-10)
27. Man thrown out from Gods presence (3:24)27. The redeemed will see the face of the Lord (22:4)
28. Tree of life out of man’s reach (3:23)28. Tree of life within mans reach (22:14)
29. God’s mark on Cain (4:23)29. Gods name in forehead (22:4)
30. First city built by Cain (4:17)30. Holy City comes from God (21:2)

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