According to scripture, your name is written in this book of life when you accept jesus as your savior. The hebrew bible, called the old testament by christians, is the bible written in hebrew and used in judaism. Can the regenerate be erased from the book of life. Incredibly, although the text says just the opposite, some people assume that this verse teaches that a christians name can be erased from the book of life. May they be erased from the book of life, and their names not be written with the righteous. Do the bibles warnings against apostasy imply that salvation is not eternally secure. The following is an excerpt from the macarthur new testament commentary on revelation 3. Verse 12 indicated not only that the dead will be judged out of the books according to their works, but that another book is opened, which is the book of life.
Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family because. They further argue that god, who knows the future, would never list a name in the book of life in the first place if it would have to be blotted out later. Therefore, the way to avoid being blotted from the book of life is to get your name written in the lambs book of life. When are names written commentary using a testimony of jesus christ. I will not erase his name from the book of life does not. There is no mention of being blotted out of this book. God was very clear that a persons name can be removed from the book of life. Can your name be removed from the lambs book of life. He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments. The bible shows us that those who have put their faith in christ receive eternal life and those who receive eternal life have their name in the book. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. The new testament is the addition made by christians to include.
Lambs book of life in the bible king james version. Removed from the book of life bible answers with pastor mike. The apostle paul addressed his fellow believers as, my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life philippians 4. In the day that god created man, in the likeness of god made he him genesis 5. The bible is actually two compilations put together at separate times. The protestants, led by martin luther, trimmed 8 books f. In other words, this book had reference to the rights of citizenship for the jewish people cf. Next, then, we turn to the much debated passage in revelation 3. And if anyones name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
The twobook proponents seem to reason that if a particular scripture passage speaks of names being added to the book of life, then this must be the lambs book of life, but if a passage speaks of names being removed from the book of life, then surely it must be referring to the universal book of life. That bible is emphatic that we are saved by faith john 3. God has kept each of his loyal servants in his memory, as if writing their names down in a book, since the founding of the world of mankind. When are names written commentary bible study tools. Once written in the book of life, can your name ever be erased from this book. Here we discover that a recording angel maintains a book called the book of life. Can your name be blotted out of the lambs book of life. Cooper has prepared the following explanation, giving the difference between the book of life and the lambs book of life. This clearly tells us that christians have their names written in the book of life. The book of revelation is the book that refers to this most often and it is the book that has the text that sounds most problematical, i think. The short answer to this question is that the bible does not say anything like this.
The lord shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the lord and his jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the lord will blot out his name from under heaven. It is faith that determines whether our names are in the book. If a person committed crimes, or otherwise defiled his standing in the city, he could be called before a tribunal and his name removed from the city registry, literally blotted out. There is only one book of life, and names can be removed from it. No christian, therefore, will ever have his or her name erased from the book of life. Does god erase peoples names from the book of life.
Net bible may their names be deleted from the scroll of the living. He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. Christ further promises every true christian that he will not erase his name from the book of life, but will confess his name before the father and before his angels. I will never blot out his name from the book of life.
Several passages in scripture mention being blotted out of the book of. The book of life everyones name iswas in the book of. If your name is written there, you will not marvel at the beast. Esv 1 and to the angel of the church in sardis write. Verse 18 notes that anyone who adds to his words would receive the plagues described in this book. It is clear our names are all entered into the book of life, else how could it be erased.
Those whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Book is a translation from the greek word biblio, strongs 976. Being blotted out of this book results in spiritual death and eternal damnation. With this in mind, look at another passage in rev about the book of life there is 5 mentions of the book of life in rev rev 3. Those who fail to exercise faith prior to death are blotted out of the book. In revelation it talks about the lambs book of life that will be opened on the day of judgement. It is good to have your name written in the book of life. To me this shows that the righteous person who is written in the book of life can suddenly removed from the book of life because of doing wickedness. To have ones name written in the book of life implied the privilege of participation in the temporal blessings of the theocracy, while to be erased or blotted out of this book meant exclusion from those blessings. What does it mean to have your name written in the book. What does the bible have to say about this book of life. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment. The phrase the book of life or the book of the living are fine translations for this phrase.
There is only one book of life, and names can be removed. Some say that god has several books, and not just one i. It seems the main question youre asking is whether a believers name can be blotted out of the book of life. The words of him who has the seven spirits of god and the seven stars. What matters more than the translation, however, is the nature of this book. Certain passages imply that names are blotted out removed from the book ex. The book of life, in this context, is the set of names of those who will live with god forever in heaven. Jealousybook of the lawthe curse of the lawoblivion. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my father and his angels revelation 3.
I will confess his name before my father and before his. The bible shows us that those who have put their faith in christ receive eternal life and those who receive eternal life have their name in the book of life. In other words, they lose their salvation on that reading of the verse. So, the only books removed from the bible were removed, not in the early history, but in very recent history, when martin luther 16th c removed the deuterocanon of the old testament and attempted to remove james, hebrews and revelation 3 of the 7 new testament dueterocanonicals before his peers convinced him to temper his fanaticism. So there are several books, the book of records of their deeds, possibly the book of the law showing when they broke it. Can a true born again christian be erased from the book of. He was saying they would be cut out of the nation israel, since all israel was required to abide by the covenant of the law. Only those who overcome the sins of this world will be clothed in white raiment, and they will not risk getting their names blotted out of the book of life. My question is, can a believer lose his salvation or be erased from the book of life if he does not overcome. Scholars believe john refers to it as the lambs book of life in revelation because it is full of names of those who have life because of the lamb who was slain.
Cities in johns day had a city register which listed the names of every citizen. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be. Whoever has sinned against me, i will blot him out of my book exodus 32. References to those whose names are in the book of life. There is one book of life, and that is the book of the lamb. Thus there is nothing in what scripture says about the book of life to give any. Where does the bible say that our names are taken or rubbed out of the book of death and written in the book of life when we accept jesus christ as our lord and savior. Is it possible for a persons name to be erased from the. What is the book of life and the book of the living. Again having ones name written in the book of life from the foundation of the world appears to secure one from marveling at the beast. Blotting out of names the book of life learn the bible. The lambs book of life seems to have those written in it who have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb of godjesus christ. Book of life a book which records the name of every individual ever born.
Then i saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. The book of life is mentioned in scripture from genesis to revelation. Their name is also removed from the book of life, of which everyones name is written down that ever lived. Putting it all together, we see that believers names have always been in the book of life from before the foundation of the world, and unbelievers names have never been in the book of life also from before the foundation of the world, and there is no scripture claiming that god adds or erases a name afterward. Book of life in the scriptures the following bible references speak of the book of life. Book of life generally results in the proposal that scripture describes at least. I have read in the book of psalms chapter 69 verse 28 which says, let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. Can a christians name be removed from the book of life and his or her. Can a persons name be erased from the book of life. The book of life records their physical birth, and the lambs book of life which records their second birth. First, scripture is clear that a true believer is kept secure by the power of god, sealed.
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