The Covenant Blueprint of God
Moses/Genesis //The Revelation of Jesus Christ// John/Revelation
The Revelation of Jesus Christ isn’t something that has been sandwiched only between Genesis and Revelation. It begins and ends with both according to the witness and testimony of Scripture itself. First lets look at John’s testimony and if we agree for a moment that Moses wrote Genesis, we will then look at Moses’ own testimony.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:1
It would seem that simply stated both Genesis and Revelation is exactly about the same thing, the unveiling of Jesus Christ. They simply mirror each other and all that is in between. If we also agree that John was the author of his gospel that emphases the Deity of Christ from the very beginning of Scripture and the very same John who gave us the Revelation that reveals the Revelation of Christ, than we must at least consider that through John’s testimony and witness both books, Genesis and Revelation, must be read the same way, apocalyptic.
I think the use of the word apocalyptic is appropriate to use here for both Genesis and Revelation because in dealing with the construction and destruction of a heavenly covenant that encompassed the salvation of mankind itself, the events were catastrophe by their very nature. The Bible itself isn’t simply about history or science, OEC or YEC, its about mankind’s redemptive story that unveils the God of the universe to us. Everything else just comes along for the ride and man’s own interpretation of that ride.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John: Rev 1:1
Sometimes we fail to remember that the Revelation isn’t so much about things that would pass shortly but mainly about the unveiling of Jesus Christ. If this same Revelation was revealed through John at Patmos than why can’t assume that Genesis is only the unveiling of Jesus Christ through the writings of Moses? And if God spoke to Moses face to face than we must conclude it was only through God’s Spirit, the same one at Patmos, that Moses was shown the things from the very beginning of creation itself as John was shown these visions at Patmos.
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. Ex 33:11
Remember John’s inspired words from the beginning of his gospel. John’s symbolism of Christ is applied to the beginning of the creation account.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2
And also this testimony of John.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Isn’t that Word John refers to as the logo’s or Jesus Christ from the very beginning? So why is it a stretch to apply the word apocalyptic to Genesis as we do Revelation since Moses was unveiling the very same thing John was describing in his gospel and Revelation? If all inspired Scripture testifies of Jesus Christ as the truth of God and unveils Him as both the Lord and Creator than something awesome had to occur on both ends of that spectrum.
And finally, could we be looking at a heavenly pattern or blueprint of the meaning of covenant established by God both on His Holy Mountain to Moses and the island of Patmos to John? Why is it such a stretch to believe this since Scripture testifies to all these things of the truth of Jesus Christ both from the beginning to the end that the Scripture is purely about covenant as defined by God?
Genesis and Revelation is one and the same blueprint. Moses and John were given words of inspiration and insight through God’s own Spirit to write His redemptive story through the model of covenant. Both involve the apocalyptic because it could of only been revealed by God’s Spirit to men. Most of all, both unveil Jesus Christ to us. Which in the end is all that really matters.
James Robert Kessler
www.InChristVictorious.com
Moses/Genesis //The Revelation of Jesus Christ// John/Revelation
The Revelation of Jesus Christ isn’t something that has been sandwiched only between Genesis and Revelation. It begins and ends with both according to the witness and testimony of Scripture itself. First lets look at John’s testimony and if we agree for a moment that Moses wrote Genesis, we will then look at Moses’ own testimony.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:1
It would seem that simply stated both Genesis and Revelation is exactly about the same thing, the unveiling of Jesus Christ. They simply mirror each other and all that is in between. If we also agree that John was the author of his gospel that emphases the Deity of Christ from the very beginning of Scripture and the very same John who gave us the Revelation that reveals the Revelation of Christ, than we must at least consider that through John’s testimony and witness both books, Genesis and Revelation, must be read the same way, apocalyptic.
I think the use of the word apocalyptic is appropriate to use here for both Genesis and Revelation because in dealing with the construction and destruction of a heavenly covenant that encompassed the salvation of mankind itself, the events were catastrophe by their very nature. The Bible itself isn’t simply about history or science, OEC or YEC, its about mankind’s redemptive story that unveils the God of the universe to us. Everything else just comes along for the ride and man’s own interpretation of that ride.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John: Rev 1:1
Sometimes we fail to remember that the Revelation isn’t so much about things that would pass shortly but mainly about the unveiling of Jesus Christ. If this same Revelation was revealed through John at Patmos than why can’t assume that Genesis is only the unveiling of Jesus Christ through the writings of Moses? And if God spoke to Moses face to face than we must conclude it was only through God’s Spirit, the same one at Patmos, that Moses was shown the things from the very beginning of creation itself as John was shown these visions at Patmos.
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. Ex 33:11
Remember John’s inspired words from the beginning of his gospel. John’s symbolism of Christ is applied to the beginning of the creation account.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2
And also this testimony of John.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14
Isn’t that Word John refers to as the logo’s or Jesus Christ from the very beginning? So why is it a stretch to apply the word apocalyptic to Genesis as we do Revelation since Moses was unveiling the very same thing John was describing in his gospel and Revelation? If all inspired Scripture testifies of Jesus Christ as the truth of God and unveils Him as both the Lord and Creator than something awesome had to occur on both ends of that spectrum.
And finally, could we be looking at a heavenly pattern or blueprint of the meaning of covenant established by God both on His Holy Mountain to Moses and the island of Patmos to John? Why is it such a stretch to believe this since Scripture testifies to all these things of the truth of Jesus Christ both from the beginning to the end that the Scripture is purely about covenant as defined by God?
Genesis and Revelation is one and the same blueprint. Moses and John were given words of inspiration and insight through God’s own Spirit to write His redemptive story through the model of covenant. Both involve the apocalyptic because it could of only been revealed by God’s Spirit to men. Most of all, both unveil Jesus Christ to us. Which in the end is all that really matters.
James Robert Kessler
www.InChristVictorious.com
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