Rev 13:8 takes us back to the earliest ages:
''The Lamb slain (in the purpose of God) from the foundation of the world.''
Rev 5:6 - John's vision of the future shows us till all eternity ''a Lamb as it had been slain.''
Genesis | Revelation |
Paradise Lost | Paradise Regained |
Creation of heaven and earth. | A new heaven and a new earth. |
The curse enters-- Sin, Sorrow, Suffering, Death. | No more curse-- No more Sin, Sorrow, Suffering, Death. |
Tree of Life guarded. | Tree of Life restored. |
Four rivers watering the garden. | A pure river of water of life. |