In Genesis 1-2 and Revelation 21-22 you can see God’s eternal purpose because Satan is not yet in the picture, and we do not see Satan trying to deviate God’s people from His plan.
Also, the same materials in Genesis 1-2 are in Revelation 21-22, which include:
- Genesis
- gold
- bdellium
- onyx
- Revelation
- gold
- pearl
- precious stones
- Gen 2:7
- Jehovah God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
- Gen 2:9
- And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Gen 2:10
- And a river went forth from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four branches.
- Gen 2:11
- The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Gen 2:12
- And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
- Gen 3:1
- Now the serpent was more crafty than any other animal of the field that Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Did God really say, You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
- Rev 20:10
- And the evil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- Rev 21:18
- And the building work of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
- Rev 21:19
- The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
- Rev 21:20
- The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
- Rev 21:21
- And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was, respectively, of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.