Here are some pre-reading materials for tonight’s study:
The Book of Genesis and The Book of Revelation: Connections and Parallels
There are several connections between the world as God originally created it and the new world God creates in the Book of Revelation.
First World (Genesis) Eternal World (Revelation)
Division of light and darkness (1:4) No night there (21:25)
Division of land and sea (1:10) No more sea (21:1)
Creation 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 (21:2)
River flowing out of Eden (2:10) River flowing form God’s throne (22:1)
Gold in the land (2:12) Gold in the city (21:21)
Tree of life in the midst of the 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)
After Adam sinned, and the world was cursed (Genesis 3), we see several connections between what happened to the world in Genesis after the curse and the way God will re-create the world in the Book of Revelation.
Cursed World (Genesis) Eternal World (Revelation)
Cursed ground (3:17) No more curse (22:3)
Daily Sorrow (3:17) No more sorrow there (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) Twelve manner of fruits (22:2)
Death enters the Earth (3:19) No more death (21:4)
Evil continually (6:5) Nothing that defiles enters in (21:27)
Coats of skin (3:21) Fine Linen clothes, white & clean (19:14)
Satan opposing (3:15) Satan banished (20:10)
Humans kept from the tree of life (3:24) Tree of life available to all (22:14)
Banished from the garden (3:23) Free entry into the city (22:14)
Redeemer promised in a symbol (3:15) Redemption accomplished (5:9, 10)