Creation vs. Evolution
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Excerpts from the Companion Bible, Appendix 5)FBFC Men’s Thursday night Bible study
Ron Miller
30 July, 1998
Genesis as a compliment to the Apocalypse (Revelations)
(excerpts from The Companion Bible, Appendix 3)
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GENESIS |
APOCALYPSE |
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1. Genesis is the book of the beginning. |
1. Apocalypse is the book of the end. |
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2. The Earth created (1.1) |
2. The Earth passed away. (21.1) |
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3. Satan’s first rebellion. |
3. Satan’s final rebellion (20.3, 7-10) |
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4. Sun, moon and stars for Earth’s government (1.14-16) |
4. Sun, moon, and stars, connected with Earth’s judgement (6.13;8.12;16.8) |
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5. Sun to govern the day (1.16) |
5. No need of the sun (21.23) |
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6. Darkness called night (1.5) |
6. "No night there" (22.5) |
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7. Waters called seas (1.10) |
7. "No more sea" (21.1) |
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8. A river for Earths’s blessing (2.10-14) |
8. A river for the New Earth (22.1-2) |
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9. Man in God’s image (1.26) |
9. Man headed by one in Satan’s image (13) |
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10. Entrance of sin (3) |
10. Development and end of sin (21,22) |
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11. Curse pronounced (3.14-17) |
11. "No more curse" (22.3) |
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12. Death entered (3.19) |
12. "No more death" (21.4) |
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13. Cherubim, first mentioned in connection with man (3.24) |
13. Cherubim, finally mentioned in connection with man (4.6) |
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14. Man driven out from Eden (3.24) |
14. Man restored (22) |
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15. Tree of life guarded (3.24) |
15. "Right to the Tree of Life" (22.14) |
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16. Sorrow and suffering enter (3.17) |
16. No more sorrow (21.4) |
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17. Man’s religion, art, and science, resorted to for enjoyment, apart from God (4) |
17. Man’s religion, luxury, art, and science, in their full glory, judged and destroyed by God (18) |
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18. Nimrod, a great rebel and king, and hidden anti-God, reviver the founder of Babylon (10.8,9)of Babylon (13-18) |
18. The Beast, the great rebel, a king and manifested anti-God, the |
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19. A flood from God to destroy an evil generation (6-9) |
19. A flood from Satan to destroy an elect generation (12) |
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20. The Bow, token of God’s covenant with the Earth (9.13) |
20. The Bow, betokening God’s remembrance of His covenant w/ Earth (4.3;10.1) |
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21. Sodom and Egypt, corruption and temptation (13,19) |
21. Sodom and Egypt again: spiritually representing Jerusalem (11.8) |
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22. A confederacy against Abraham’s people overthrown (14) |
22. A confederacy against Abraham’s seed overthrown (12) |
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23. Marriage of first Adam (2.18-23) |
23. Marriage of last Adam (19) |
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24. A bride sought for Abraham’s son (Isaac) and found (24) |
24. A Bride made ready and brought to Abraham’s Son (19.9) see Matt. 1.1 |
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25. Two angels acting for God on behalf of His people (19) |
25. Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His People (11) |
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26. A promised seed to possess the gate of his enemies (22.17) |
26. The promised seed coming into possession (11.18) |
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27. Man’s dominion ceased and Satan’s begun (3.24) |
27. Satan’s dominion ended, and man’s restored (22) |
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28. The old serpent causing sin, suffering, and death (3.1) |
28. The old serpent bound for 1,000 years (20.1-3) |
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29. The doom of the old serpent pronounced (3.15) |
29. The doom on the old serpent executed (20.10) |
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30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated with Israel (37.9) |
30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated again with Israel (12) |