Comparing Genesis and Revelation can help you understand the stucture of the the bible the Begining and the End are complements to each other Even though written thousands of years apart in differnt languages by differnt men look at the perfection in Gods inspired Word. One needs to understand the begining to fully understand the End If you think the Old Testament doesnt matter think again Genesis and Revelation are like the head and the tail if they go together to Begin and End the Story the body of the books in the middle are equally as inspired and together make the whole of the Word and Gods entire plan from begining to End within its Holy breathed Words ............................................................... GENESIS FINDS ITS COMPLEMENT IN THE REVELATION (APOCALYPSE.)G-1. Genesis, the book of the beginning......... R-1. Revelation, the book of the end. G-2. The Earth created (1:1)............... R-2. The Earth passed away (21:1). G-3. Satan's first rebellion. ................. R-3. Satan's final rebellion (20:3, 7-10). G-4. Sun, moon, and stars for Earth's government (1:14-16). ......... R-4. Sun, moon, and stars, connected with Earth's judgment (6:13; 8:12; 16:8). G-5. Sun to govern the day (1:16). ................ R-5. No need of the sun (21:23). G-6. Darkness called night (1:5). ............ R-6. "No night there" (22:5). G-7. Waters called seas (1:10)............... R-7. "No more sea" (21:1). G- 8. A river for Earth's blessing (2:10-14)........ R- 8. A river for the New Earth (22:1, 2). G- 9. Man in God's image (1:26). R-9. Man headed by one in Satan's image (13). G-10. Entrance of sin (3). R-10. Development and end of sin (21, 22). G-11. Curse pronounced (3:14, 17). R-11. "No more curse" (22:3). G-12. Death entered (3:19). R-12. "No more death" (21:4). G-13. Cherubim, first mentioned in connection with man (3:24). R-13. Cherubim, finally mentioned in connection with man (4:6). G-14. Man driven out from Eden (3:24). R-14. Man restored (22). G-15. Tree of life guarded (3:24). R-15. "Right to the Tree of Life" (22:14). G-16. Sorrow and suffering enter (3:17). R-16. No more sorrow (21:4). G-17. Man's religion, art, and science, resorted to for enjoyment, apart from God (4). R-17. Man's religion, luxury, art, and science, in their full glory, judged and destroyed by God (18). G-18. Nimrod, a great rebel and king, and hidden anti-God, the founder of Babylon (10:8, 9). R-18. The Beast, the great rebel, a king and manifested anti-God, the reviver of Babylon (13-18). G-19. A flood from God to destroy an evil generation (6-9). R-19. A flood from Satan to destroy an elect generation (12). G-20. The Bow, the token of God's covenant with the Earth (9:13). R-20. The Bow, betokening God's remembrance of His covenant with the Earth (4:3; 10:1). G-21. Sodom and Egypt, the place of corruption and temptation (13, 19). R-21. Sodom and Egypt again: (spiritually representing Jerusalem) (11:8). G-22. A confederacy against Abraham's people overthrown (14).R-22. A confederacy against Abraham's seed overthrown (12). G-23. Marriage of first Adam (2:18-23). R-23. Marriage of last Adam (19). G-24. A bride sought for Abraham's son (Isaac) and found (24).R-24. A Bride made ready and brought to Abraham's Son (19:9). See Matt. 1:1. G-25. Two angels acting for God on behalf of His people (19). R-25. Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His People (11). G-26. A promised seed to possess the gate of his enemies (22:17). R-26. The promised seed coming into possession (11:18). G-27. Man's dominion ceased and Satan's begun (3:24). R-27. Satan's dominion ended, and man's restored (22). G-28. The old serpent causing sin, suffering, and death (3:1).R-28. The old serpent bound for 1,000 years (20:1-3). G-29. The doom of the old serpent pronounced (3:15).R-29. The doom on the old serpent executed (20:10). G-30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated with Israel (37:9). R-30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated again with Israel (12).