~ See God ~
There are a
number of fascinating parallels between the first three chapters of the Bible
(Genesis 1-3) and the last three chapters of the Bible (Revelation 20-22). In between we find 1,183 chapters which
record mankind’s struggles as well as instructions for the struggle. In this series each post looks at one of the
parallels—it is not an exhaustive
coverage of all the parallels.
The Beginning
~ Once
sin entered mankind could no longer look directly at God. “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day, and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of the Lord
God among the trees of the garden” (Genesis
3:8).
The Middle
~ “And
Jesus said, ‘For judgment I have come
into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may
be made blind’” (John
9:39). For those who have put their
trust in the shed blood of Jesus Christ spiritual blindness has been
removed. “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then
face to face. Now I know in part, but
then I shall know just as I also am known” (1 Corinthians
13:12). “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as
in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image
from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians
3:16).
The End
~ “There
shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it,
and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name
shall be on their foreheads” (Revelation 22:3-4).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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