REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND! - The Grand Theme of the Bible - Conclusion

 The Bible's first book, Genesis, tells of  "the beginning" and describes God's creative works, including his crowning earthly creation man.  Genesis also sets out the first divine prophecy uttered by God himself in the garden of Eden some 6,000 years ago.  A serpent had just been used to deceive the first woman, Eve; she in turn had persuaded  her husband, Adam, to join her in violating Jehovah' law by eating from "the tree of the knowledge of good and bad." In passing judgment on the sinful couple,  God said to the serpent:  "I shall put enmity between you and her seed.  He will bruise you in the head and  you will bruise him in the heel." (Genesis 1:1 2:17; 3:1-6, 14, 15)  The prophecy set the theme for the whole Bible, including Revelation.

Immediately after uttering the prophecy, expelled our first parents from Eden.  No longer could they look forward to everlasting life in Paradise; they would have to live out their lives in the unprepared earth outside.  Under sentence of death, they would produce sin-laden children.  (Genesis 3:23-4:1; Romans 5:12) What, though, does the Edenic prophecy mean? Who are involved? How does it it link  up with Revelation? What message does it have for us today? In order to gain personal relief from the effects of the tragic event that led to Jehovah's uttering the prophecy, it is of vital concern that we know the answers to these questions.

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