LECTURE I
INTRODUCTION 1:1-11, 19
THE BooK OF THE CONSUMMATION op ALL THINGS
The Word of God closes as it opens, only more gloriously. The Bible forms a complete circle. What begins in Genesis ends in Revelation. Comparing these books, we find opening before us in Genesis a beautiful sinless Paradise; in the book of Revela tion, a still more wonderful Paradise. In Genesis we have the account of the tree of life and how man was driven from it. No more is said about that tree until Revelation is reached. There man is invited to eat of the tree of life. In Genesis we have the statement, "In the beginning God ... "; in Revela tion, "God ... will dwell" with His people. Genesis gives the story of the first heaven and the first earth; Revelation, the vision of the new heaven and the new earth. In Genesis the devil first appears on the scene of action; in Revelation he appears for the last time, and meets his final and awful doom. Genesis recounts the story of the entrance into the world 0£ sin, sorrow, and suffering; Revelation pictures the end of these things. In Genesis we find the first death; in Revelation, the glorious promise, "There shall be no more death." In Genesis we read the first account of tears; in Revelation, of how all tears shall be wiped away by God Himself. Genesis tells us of the first Adam and of his dominion over the living crea tures of the earth; Revelation, of the last Adam and His sovereign rule over all things. In Genesis we read of the first bride and how she became man's helpmeet; in Revelation we read of the bride of Christ, His church, and how she shall reign with Him. In Genesis we find the story of man's first rebellion, and of the beginning of Babel; in Revelation, the account of Babylon, and what is to be the end of that wicked system which came into being when men gathered together after the flood and built the tower of Babel. In Genesis we have the account of how the Word of God was interfered with, of how the devil put doubts into man's
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