That has been David’s plea.Īnd may they not come into Your righteousness. Then in verses 27 and 28 he asks God to not let them enter heaven and to kill them. In Psalm 69 David is pleading with the Lord to remove his enemies. In Exodus 32:33 it appears to be called My Book. The Book of the Living occurs only in Psalm 69:28. God wrote the book before the world was created and those who were predestined to believe in Christ were written in the book. Everyone else will go to the lake of fire. What is the meaning of the Book of Life? The answer is that the book of life contains the names of every person who will go to heaven and spend eternity with God. 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. Revelation 21:27 (NASB) The final verse in Revelation is a promise to those who will be living in heaven that no evil will be allowed to exist in heaven. The final verses in Revelation (Revelation 20:12, 15 Revelation 21:27) teach us that those individuals whose names are written in the Book of Life will go to heaven.Īnd 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. Revelation 20:12 (NASB)Īnd if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15 (NASB) The following verse illustrates that those who worship the Antichrist are unbelievers whose names are missing from the Book of life.Īll 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. It reveals God already knew who was going to believe in Christ and trust Him as Savior and Lord. In Revelation 13:8 and 17:8 we are told that the names of those who believe in Christ were already written in the book of life before the world was created. That is, those who believe Christ is God submit themselves and will never ever lose their salvation. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:5 (NASB) Those who overcome are Christians since they believe Christ is God (John 8:24, 58). What does overcome mean? 1 John 5:5 answers that question. Therefore, we are supposed to understand this as a promise that those who overcome will never have their name removed from the book of life. The English word “not” in this verse is actually two Greek words, ou me. 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. In Revelation 3:5 we are given the assurance that once a person’s name is written in the book, it will never be removed. However, we find help in the book of Revelation. 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. Philippians 4:3 (NASB)īut this verse does not tell us when the names were written in the book or the significance of the Book of Life. Philippians 4:3 reveals that the names of Christians are written in the Book of Life. The first Greek word can be translated as “book, roll, scroll, record” or “the contents of a book.” The second Greek word means “the.” The third Greek word, zoe, means “life” or “vitality.” Taken together the Book of Life refers to those who will have vitality of life. The Greek phrase translated as Book of Life is biblion ho zoe. The Book of Life occurs in the New Testament one time in Philippians (Philippians 4:3) and six times in the book of Revelation (Revelation 3:5 13:8 17:8 20:12, 15 Revelation 21:27). This Q&A explains the meaning and purpose of both books. The term Book of the Living appears only one time in the Old Testament. The Book of Life occurs seven times in the Bible. What is the Book of Life and the Book of the Living? Bible Answer:
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