From the Garden to Glory

From the Garden to Glory

Gen. 3:15-Rev. 20:10 

OLD TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGY POINTS TO JESUS’ .

Job 19:25 I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

Isaiah 7:14  The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 

NEW TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGY POINTS TO JESUS’ .

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. 

IN THE MEANTIME, WE LIVE IN “THE ALREADY, .” 

ALREADY:  OUR LORD .

Psalm 97:1 The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. 

NOT YET:  SATAN CAN STILL .

2 Cor. 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 

ALREADY:  .

1 John 4:4 kjv Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 

NOT YET:  WE ARE STILL   AND CAN .

Job 5:7 NLT People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire. 

ALREADY:  SATAN HAS BEEN .

Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. 

NOT YET:  SATAN IS STILL BATTLING .

1 Pet 5:8-9a Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith… 

THE GOOD NEWS?   !

Revelation 5:13  Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” 

IN THE END, BY FAITH, WE WILL FIND OURSELVE IN PARADISE RESTORED.

Rev. 11:15 The seventh angel … said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.”

Rev. 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.