We are only too conscious that in this outline there is more left unexplained than is

clarified. This of course is due to the magnitude of the subject, and we cannot here offer

proof of the many relative points, such as the true translation of katabole, or the bearing

of tohu and bohu upon the theme, but the "Indices to the Berean Expositor,

Volumes I-XX, 1909-1930" indicate, under the Greek words katabole and kataballo,

explanatory articles in four different volumes and, under the Hebrew words tohu and

bohu, references in another four volumes. The subject inseparable from dispensational

truth and the interested reader will find under "The Subjects", "Scripture References",

"Hebrew Words" and "Greek Words" Indexes at least enough evidence to render the

enquiry one of serious import.

In our preceding article, we saw that the whole purpose of the ages is set out in the

Scriptures as related to a creation that has passed away, a creation that is present, and a

creation which is yet to come. The past and the future are, as it were, pivoted upon the

present, and it is the purpose of redemption, which covers the whole of the present

creation, to rectify the chaos which sin introduced into it, and so bring all back to balance

and equipoise.

While any human attempt to set out this great purpose must of necessity be

exceedingly limited both in scope and vision, and marked with errors and serious

omissions, yet, if ever he is going to comprehend in the barest outline the purpose of the

ages, the mind of the believer must make some attempt at the task. In this, however,

there is no room for license. What God doeth "from the beginning to the end" is wisely

hid from man's eyes (Eccles. 3: 11);  no one is permitted to "find out God unto

perfection" (Job 11: 7). But it does not require great knowledge or profound scholarship

to attempt a comparison of Genesis with Revelation, even though the surface of these

great books be merely scratched, and their full hidden wealth remain unknown. The

following parallel has been taken from Appendix 3 of the Companion Bible. Doubtless

other lists can be, and have been, compiled, but this is sufficient for our present purpose.