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) |