Cain and Abel: The First Sons of Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:1–2) 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.The chapter opens with the first childbirth in history. “Knew” denotes marital intimacy. Eve’s statement, “I have gotten a man from […]
The Subtlety of the Serpent and the First Temptation (Genesis 3:1–5) 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?The serpent is introduced as cunning
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The Completion of Creation (Genesis 2:1–3) 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.This verse opens by affirming the completion of God’s creative work. The term “host” refers to all the elements of creation—stars, planets, animals, and everything that populates the earth and heavens. This verse bridges Genesis
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The Vision of New Creation Revelation chapter 21 presents the climactic vision of God’s eternal kingdom. John witnesses the ultimate fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan. The old order passes away completely. A new heaven and new earth emerge from God’s creative power. The chapter begins with dramatic transformation. The first heaven and first earth disappear.
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and
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1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And
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1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit,
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1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged
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1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit,
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1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the
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