1. Genesis, the book of the beginning. |
1. Apocalypse, the book of the end. |
2. The Earth created (1:1). |
2. The Earth passed away (21:1). |
3. Satan's first rebellion. |
3. Satan's final rebellion (20:3, 7-10). |
4. Sun, moon, and stars for Earth's government (1:14-16). |
4. Sun, moon, and stars, connected with Earth's judgment
(6:13; 8:12; 16:8). |
5. Sun to govern the day (1:16). |
5. No need of the sun (21:23). |
6. Darkness called night (1:5). |
6. "No night there" (22:5). |
7. Waters called seas (1:10). |
7. "No more sea" (21:1). |
8. A river for Earth's blessing (2:10-14). |
8. A river for the New Earth (22:1, 2). |
9. Man in God's image (1:26). |
9. Man headed by one in Satan's image (13). |
10. Entrance of sin (3). |
10. Development and end of sin (21, 22). |
11. Curse pronounced (3:14, 17). |
11. "No more curse" (22:3). |
12. Death entered (3:19). |
12. "No more death" (21:4). |
13. Cherubim, first mentioned in connection with man (3:24). |
13. Cherubim, finally mentioned in connection with man (4:6). |
14. Man driven out from Eden (3:24). |
14. Man restored (22). |
15. Tree of life guarded (3:24). |
15. "Right to the Tree of Life" (22:14). |
16. Sorrow and suffering enter (3:17). |
16. No more sorrow (21:4). |
17. Man's religion, art, and science, resorted to for enjoyment,
apart from God (4). |
17. Man's religion, luxury, art, and science, in their full glory,
judged and destroyed by God (18). |
18. Nimrod, a great rebel and king, and hidden anti-God,
the founder of Babylon (10:8, 9). |
18. The Beast, the great rebel, a king and manifested
anti-God, the reviver of Babylon (13-18). |
19. A flood from God to destroy an evil generation (6-9). |
19. A flood from Satan to destroy an elect generation (12). |
20. The Bow, the token of God's covenant with the Earth (9:13). |
20. The Bow, betokening God's remembrance of His covenant with
the Earth (4:3; 10:1). |
21. Sodom and Egypt, the place of corruption and temptation (13,
19). |
21. Sodom and Egypt again: (spiritually representing Jerusalem)
(11:8). |
22. A confederacy against Abraham's people overthrown (14). |
22. A confederacy against Abraham's seed overthrown (12). |
23. Marriage of first Adam (2:18-23). |
23. Marriage of last Adam (19). |
24. A bride sought for Abraham's son (Isaac) and found (24). |
24. A Bride made ready and brought to Abraham's Son (19:9).
See Matt. 1:1. |
25. Two angels acting for God on behalf of His people (19). |
25. Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His People (11). |
26. A promised seed to possess the gate of his enemies (22:17). |
26. The promised seed coming into possession (11:18). |
27. Man's dominion ceased and Satan's begun (3:24). |
27. Satan's dominion ended, and man's restored (22). |
28. The old serpent causing sin, suffering, and death (3:1). |
28. The old serpent bound for 1,000 years (20:1-3). |
29. The doom of the old serpent pronounced (3:15). |
29. The doom on the old serpent executed (20:10). |
30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated with Israel (37:9). |
30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated again with Israel (12). |