Genesis and the Apocalypse

Genesis ("the first") and Revelation ("the last") are the beginning and the end of the written Word . They are inseparably linked together and it is not possible to understand one without the other.

In the beginning, The King and the kingdom are promised and prophesied. In the end, The King and the kingdom are set up; promise and prophecy are fulfilled.

Appendix 3 of the Companion Bible

GENESIS-The Beginning	Revelation-The APOCALYPSE
Genesis, the book of the beginning.	Apocalypse, the book of the end.
The Earth created (1:1).	The Earth passed away (21:1).
Satan's first rebellion.	Satan's final rebellion (20:3, 7-10).
Sun, moon, and stars for Earth's government. (1:14-16).	Sun, moon, and stars, connected with Earth's judgment (6:13; 8:12; 16:8).
Sun to govern the day (1:16).	No need of the sun (21:23).
Darkness called night (1:5)	"No night there" (22:5).
Waters called seas (1:10).	"No more sea" (21:1).
A river for Earth's blessing (2:10-14).	A river for the New Earth (22:1-2).
Man in God's image (1:26).	Man headed by one in Satan's image (13).
Entrance of sin (3).	Development and end of sin (21, 22)
Curse pronounced (3:14, 17).	"No more curse" (22:3).
Death entered (3:19).	"No more death" (21:4).
Cherubim, first mentioned in connection with man (3:24).	Cherubim, finally mentioned in connection with man (4:6).
Man driven out from Eden (3:24).	Man restored (22).

Tree of life guarded (3:24).	"Right to the Tree of Life" (22:14)
Sorrow and suffering enter (3:17).	No more sorrow (21:4).
Man's religion, art, and science, resorted to for enjoyment, apart from God (4).	Man's religion, luxury, art, and science, in their full glory, judged and destroyed by God (18).
Nimrod, a great rebel and king, and hidden anti-God, the founder of Babylon (10:8-9).	The Beast, the great rebel, a king, and manifested anti-God, the reviver of Babylon (13-18).
A flood from God to destroy an evil generation(6-9).	A flood from Satan to destroy an elect generation (12).
The Bow, the token of God's covenant with the Earth (9:13).	The Bow, betokening God's remembrance of His covenant with the Earth (4:3; 10:1).
Sodom and Egypt, the place of corruption and temptation (13, 19).	Sodom and Egypt again: (spiritually representing Jerusalem) (11:8).
A confederacy against Abraham's people overthrown (14).	A confederacy against Abraham's seed overthrown (12).
Marriage of first Adam (2:18-23).	Marriage of last Adam (19).
A bride sought for Abraham's son (Isaac) and found (24).	A Bride made ready and brought to Abraham's Son (19:9) (Matt 1:1).
Two angels acting for God on behalf of His people (19).	Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His People (11).
A promised seed to possess the gate of his enemies (22:17).	The promised seed coming into possession (11:18).
Man's dominion ceased and Satan's begun (3:24).	Satan's dominion ended, and man's restored (22).
The old serpent causing sin, suffering, and death (3:1).	The old serpent bound for 1000 years (20:1-3).
The doom of the old serpent pronounced (3:15).	The doom on the old serpent executed (20:10).

Rev 19:12 ... and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 ... and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 21:6 ... I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.