ONE PATTERN · THREE AGES
Creation, History & Revelation
The order established in Creation unfolds through history and reaches its prophetic completion in Revelation.
THE CREATION SCRIPTURE · DAY 4 · Age of Truth
Genesis 1:14–19
¹⁴ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: ¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. ¹⁶ And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. ¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, ¹⁸ And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.KING JAMES VERSION
AGES PASTORDER OF CREATION
Sun, Moon & Stars
God appoints the greater light, lesser light, and stars to divide day from night and to mark signs, seasons, days, and years.
Genesis 1:14–19
AGES PRESENTHISTORY
Lights in the Darkness
John the Baptist bears witness as the lesser light; Jesus appears as the greater Light; and His disciples are sent as lights in the world. Together they fulfill the fourth-day pattern of lights appointed to testify and govern.
- 01John prepares the way and bears witness to the Light.
- 02Jesus shines as the Light of the world.
- 03The disciples carry His light into the darkness.
John 1:6–9 · John 8:12 · Matthew 5:14–16
AGES FUTUREREVELATION
The Great White Throne
The fourth future day reveals the final exercise of divine authority. God judges every work, and all who stand before the great white throne receive righteous judgment.
- 01The wrath of God answers the last rebellion.
- 02The great white throne is established.
- 03The dead are judged according to their works.
Revelation 20:9 · Revelation 20:11–15 · Romans 2:5–6
