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The Book of Life... you hear about it from time to time. It's only really mentioned in the Bible in 9 verses, but it would seem they are important verses.
For whatever reason, it seems the Book of Life is not a popular subject with many Calvinists.
Php 4:3; Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Rev 13:8; All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
Rev 17:8; "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. 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 they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.
Rev 20:12; And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
Rev 20:15; And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:27; and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Rev 22:19; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
Seven of these verses are in Revelation, and perhaps the two most telling ones are Rev 21:27; and Rev 20:15;
Your name MUST be in the Book of Life to enter heaven or the New Jerusalem. No if's, and's, but's, or maybe's... it is an absolute requirement.
It has been discussed on here a few times about infants ( babies ) names in the Book of Life. Do all Babies go to heaven? Are all Babies names in the Book of Life?
Does that mean their names get erased at a later time? ( perhaps the age of accountability? )
There are five verses here that say some people can and will be erased ( blotted out ) of the Book of Life. Jesus Himself is speaking in one of these verses.
Psa 69:28; May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
Rev 3:5; 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
Exod 32:32; "But now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!"
Exod 32:33; The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
Deut 29:20; "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.
Another controversial passage, that is similar is...
Luke 10:20; "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."
In Luke 10, Jesus appoints 70 ( or 72 depending which translation you have ) more disciples along with the original 12. It says in the verse above they could cast out demons and their names were recorded in heaven.
But... after a period of time, most of these left Him.
John 6:65; And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."
John 6:66; As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.
John 6:67; So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"
It may have been all but the original 12, because in verse 67 above, He asks them if they want to go away also.
Now some say, they weren't really believers at all, and they point to this verse.
1Jn 2:19; They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
Now, perhaps they weren't "really of us", but yet Jesus said their names were recorded in heaven. If their names got blotted out, then they aren't "of us" now.
For whatever reason, it seems the Book of Life is not a popular subject with many Calvinists.
Php 4:3; Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Rev 13:8; All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.
Rev 17:8; "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. 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 they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.
Rev 20:12; And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
Rev 20:15; And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:27; and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Rev 22:19; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
Seven of these verses are in Revelation, and perhaps the two most telling ones are Rev 21:27; and Rev 20:15;
Your name MUST be in the Book of Life to enter heaven or the New Jerusalem. No if's, and's, but's, or maybe's... it is an absolute requirement.
It has been discussed on here a few times about infants ( babies ) names in the Book of Life. Do all Babies go to heaven? Are all Babies names in the Book of Life?
Does that mean their names get erased at a later time? ( perhaps the age of accountability? )
There are five verses here that say some people can and will be erased ( blotted out ) of the Book of Life. Jesus Himself is speaking in one of these verses.
Psa 69:28; May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous.
Rev 3:5; 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
Exod 32:32; "But now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!"
Exod 32:33; The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
Deut 29:20; "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.
Another controversial passage, that is similar is...
Luke 10:20; "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven."
In Luke 10, Jesus appoints 70 ( or 72 depending which translation you have ) more disciples along with the original 12. It says in the verse above they could cast out demons and their names were recorded in heaven.
But... after a period of time, most of these left Him.
John 6:65; And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."
John 6:66; As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.
John 6:67; So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"
It may have been all but the original 12, because in verse 67 above, He asks them if they want to go away also.
Now some say, they weren't really believers at all, and they point to this verse.
1Jn 2:19; They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
Now, perhaps they weren't "really of us", but yet Jesus said their names were recorded in heaven. If their names got blotted out, then they aren't "of us" now.