Grace Family Bible Church

Comparison Chart of Genesis and Revelation

The following chart comes from Appendix 3 of the Companion Bible by E.W. Bullinger

 

GENESIS

APOCALYPSE (REVELATION)

1. Genesis, the book of the beginning

1. Apocalypse, 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 starts for Earth's government (1:14-16)

4. Sun, moon, and starts connected with Earth's judgment (6:13, 8:12, 16:8)

5. Sun to govern the day (1:16)

5. No need for 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 (chapter 13)

10. Entrance of sin (chapter 3)

10. Development and end of sin (Chapters 21 and 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 of Eden (3:24)

14. Man restored (chapter 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 (Chapter 4)

17. Man's religion, luxury, art, and science, in the full glory, judged and destroyed by God (Chapter 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 (Chapters 13-18)

19. A flood from God to destroy an evil generation (Chapters 6-9)

19. A flood from Satan to destroy an elect generation (Chapter 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 (Chapters 13 and 19)

21. Sodom and Egypt again: (spiritually representing Jerusalem) (11:8)

22. A confederacy against Abraham's people overthrown (chapter 14)

22. A confederacy against Abraham's seed overthrown (Chapter 12)

23. Marriage of first Adam (2:18-21)

23. Marriage of last Adam (Chapter 19)

24. A bride sought for Abraham's son (Isaac) and found (Chapter 24)

24. A bride made ready and brought to Abraham's son (19:9) See Matthew 1:1

25. Two angels acting for God on the behalf of His People (Chapter 19)

25. Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His people (Chapter 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 began (3:24)

27. Satan's dominion ended and man's restored (Chapter 22)

28. The old serpent causing sin, suffering, and death (3:1)

28. The old serpent bound for 1000 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 again associated with Israel (Chapter 12)