Hebraic Musing– In the Beginning and in The End (originally HI #83 August 18, 2010)
Call this overview “Creation and
De-Creations”; or the relationship between “Genesis and Revelation”. This is another example of why we cannot
fully understand the “New Testament” unless we understand it as fulfillment of
the “Old Testament”. What God creates in
Genesis, the beginning of time, He wraps up in Revelation, the end of
time. Here’s a sample of examples: (from NIV)
Gen.1:1 In the
beginning God created…
Rev.22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first
and the last, the Beginning and the end.
Gen.1:3 God said
“Let there be light”…
Rev.21:23
The city does not need the sun…glory of
God gives it light…
Gen.1:6 And God
said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from
water."
Rev.8:10 The
third angel sounded his trumpet, and … A third of the waters turned bitter,
…
Gen.1:8 God
called the expanse "sky."
Rev.20:11-12 Then …
Earth and sky fled from his presence, … no place for them.
Gen.1:11 Then God
said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees…
Rev.8:7 The
first angel … earth was burned up, a third of the trees … all the green grass…
Gen.1:14 God
said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day
from the night…
Rev.8:12 fourth
angel … a third of the sun … of the moon, …of the stars…turned dark.
Gen.1:20 God
said, "Let the water teem with living creatures…let birds fly above the
earth…
Rev.8:8-9
The second angel sounded… and… a third of
the living creatures in the sea died…
Gen.1:26 God
said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…”
Rev.9:15 …four
angels … ready … were released to kill a third of mankind.
Gen.1:27 So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him;
Rev.21:3 "…
dwelling of God is with men, ... and God himself will be with them and be their
God.
Gen.2:2 2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed …God had finished … he
rested …
Rev.21:5 He who
was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" …
"It is done”.
Note – Everything started in
Genesis is tied off or finished in the book of Revelation:
a)
Sin is introduced in Gen.3; Sin is done away with in Rev.20
He threw him into the Abyss, and locked
and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations …
b)
Curse is pronounced in Gen.3; Curse is destroyed in Rev.21.
c)
Death entered in Gen.3; No more death after Rev.21.
d)
Man is banished from Eden in Gen.3; Man’s presence in
Eden is welcomed in Rev.22.
e)
The Tree of Life is guarded in Gen.3; The right to the
Tree of Life is available in Rev.22.
f)
Sorrow and suffering introduced in Gen.3; No more
sorrow or suffering after Rev.22.
g)
Nimrod founds Babylon in Gen.10; in Revelation Babylon
finally falls in Rev.18:21 ."With
such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found
again.
h)
God uses a flood to destroy sinful men in Gen.6-9;
Satan tries to destroy the elect in Rev.12.
i)
God signed His covenant with a rainbow Gen.9; then seals
it in Rev.10:1 Then I saw another mighty
angel … robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was
like the sun…
j)
Sodom and Egypt are introduced as signs of evil and
corruption in Gen.13; And became the two witnesses in Jerusalem in Rev.11:18 Their bodies will lie in the street of the
great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord
was crucified.
k)
A bride is chosen for Abraham’s son in Gen.24; in
Rev.19&21 Abraham’s seed becomes the bride.
l)
The marriage of the first Adam in Gen.2; in Rev.19 the
marriage of the last Adam.
m)
In Genesis Satan’s dominion was established; in
Revelation Christ’s dominion is established.
Points to Ponder
Can we understand
the New Testament without studying the Old Testament or the Torah?
Simchat Torah (The Joy of the Torah)
Yosef a.k.a. Joe Brusherd
October
10, 2023
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages
exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith”
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