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Genesis & The Revelation

Genesis & The Revelation. Storytelling and Literature Sept 12, 2017. The Book of Genesis. The First book of the Hebrew Bible Themes: God, the creation of Adam and Eve, Man as the regent of God, Man’s disobedience of God, the exile of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden

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Genesis & The Revelation

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  1. Genesis & The Revelation Storytelling and Literature Sept 12, 2017

  2. The Book of Genesis • The First book of the Hebrew Bible • Themes: God, the creation of Adam and Eve, Man as the regent of God, Man’s disobedience of God, the exile of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden • Noah’s Ark: god’s destruction of the world through the Flood • Abraham as the seed of man’s salvation going to the land of Canaan. • Abraham’s two sons: Issac and Jacob(the origin of the people of Israel)

  3. Theodicy • an attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. • an attempt "to make the existence of an all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good or omnibenevolent God consistent with the existence of evil" or suffering in the world. • The German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz coined the term "theodicy" in 1710 in his work Théodicée • Can heaven coexist with hell? What kind of paradise might it be when the rest of humanity suffer in hell?

  4. The Book of Revelation • a book of the New Testament that occupies a central place in Christian eschatology, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation" • It begins with John, on the island of Patmos in the Aegean, addressing a letter to the "Seven Churches of Asia". He then describes a series of prophetic visions, including figures such as the Whore of Babylon and the Beast, culminating in the Second Coming of Jesus.

  5. Chapter 20 • The Beast and the False Prophet are cast into the Lake of Fire. (19:11–21) • The Dragon is imprisoned in the Bottomless Pit for a thousand years. (20:1–3) • The resurrected martyrs live and reign with Christ for a thousand years. (20:4–6) • After the Thousand Years 1.The Dragon is released and gathers all the nations for battle at the holy city, but is defeated. (20:7–9) 2.The Dragon is cast into the Lake of Fire with the Beast and the False Prophet. (20:10) 3.The Last Judgment: the wicked, along with Death and Hades, are cast into the Lake of Fire, which is the second death. (20:11–15)

  6. Chapter 21 • The New Heaven and Earth, and New Jerusalem • A new, glorious Heaven replaces the old Earth. There is no more suffering or death. (21:1–8) • God comes to dwell with humanity in the New Jerusalem. (21:2–8) • Description of the New Jerusalem. (21:9–27) • The River of Life and the Tree of Life appear for the healing of the nations and peoples. The curse of sin is ended. (22:1–5)

  7. Chapter 22 • Christ's reassurance that his coming is imminent. Final admonitions. (22:6–21)

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