None of the names written in this book is ever blotted out. Others say the book of life has the names of everyone living and that names can be blotted out, and that the lambs book of life contains the names of born again believers and those names are eternally secure. The book of revelation contains the most references to the subject of the book of life. None of the names written in this book is ever blotted out rev. Several passages in scripture mention being blotted out of the book of life. I will not blot out his name from the book of life. The book refers to the place in exodus where moses prays, but now please forgive their sin, but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written, and god replies, everyone who has sinned against me i will blot out of my book. I will confess his name before my father and before his angels. In each passage the reference is concerning ones name being found in or not found in the book of life. Nothing impure shall enter heaven, only those who have their. Book of life of the lamb a book which records only those individuals who are predestined to salvation. Is it possible for a persons name to be erased from the.
Likewise, unbelievers names were never written in the book of life, and therefore were never blotted out from it. We have electronic mail from listener charles deyzel in. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my father and his angels. Now, all of a sudden, i feel that i have lost the joy of my salvation and am extremely worried that sins i have committed or am going to will make me. The book of life and the blotting out of backsliders. This is logical since the book of life falls under the category of last things. Names blotted out of the book of lifeshocking info. What does it mean to be blotted out of the book of life. Where in the bible does it say that names will be blotted. The following is an excerpt from the macarthur new testament commentary on revelation 3. Cities in johns day had a city register which listed the names of every citizen. According to scripture, your name is written in this book of life when you accept jesus as your savior. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. Never does scripture say that god erases a believers name from the lambs book of lifethere is.
I will confess his name as one of my faithful servants and soldiers. The implication is that if you end up giving in to sin, your name will be blotted out of the book of life and you will be denied before god and the angels, something jesus elsewhere emphasizes mt. Bible verses about lambs book of life king james bible. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the. 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. Of father and son angels overcoming through christ overcoming removing people from your life what heaven will be like blotted out book of life. This one who conquers or overcomer is a reference to christians. 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. Id always thought our names were added to the lamb. I heard someone claim that the above means that a saved person can have his name blotted out of the book of life and lose his salvation if they sin. Blot your name out of the book of life explained in revelation osas renee roland.
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and i will never blot his name out of the book of life. His eternal identity rests on the fact that he is an individual whose name is written in heaven luke 10. The book of life remains sealed until the end of the 1,000 years. In a similar fashion, the words, i will not blot out his name from the book of life, at once suggest the understatement of a litotes. Being blotted out of the book of life in revelation 3. This image, which plays so great a part in christian poetry revelation 3. Can your name be blotted out of the lambs book of life. However, recently, a man a work who belongs to assembly of god church tells me that we can lose our salvation and have our names blotted out of the lambs book of life. Names blotted out commentary a testimony of jesus christ. There is one book of life, and that is the book of the lamb book is a translation from the greek word biblio, strongs 976. He says that if you are backslidden and don repent you will not go to heaven, and that you will lose your salvation. I will confess his name before my father and before his. 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 beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. In revelation it talks about the lambs book of life that will be opened on the day of judgement. And i will never blot out his name from the book of life, but i will confess his name. This is a messianic psalm speaking of the registry of gods people. The names found in the lambs book of life are written in the permanent ink of his blood. This verse is usually involved in the debate concerning eternal security. I will never blot out his name from the book of life. The notation is that their habitation would be made desolate and they will be blotted out of the book of the living book of life that they not be written with the righteous. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Can a persons name be erased from the book of life.
I have been reading some conflicting opinions concerning the book of life and the lambs book of life. 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. The one who is victorious will not be harmed by the second death. There is only one book of life, and names can be removed. Blotting out of names the book of life learn the bible. To the one who is victorious, i will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the paradise of god. While some of the aforementioned teachings are intriguing, when held up to the light of gods word they are categorically proven to be false. He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments. These references to blotting out of the book of life allow only two.
Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. The book of life is also known as the lambs book of life, which we see specifically mentioned in these verses. Killed like an animal attempting to kill specific people lambs. No christian will have his name blotted from that book. Here we discover that a recording angel maintains a book called the book of life.
Anyone who does not have their name written in the lambs book of life will worship the beast the antichrist in the end days. Let them be blotted out from your book of life and let them not be written with your. At first erasure from this list only implied that a man was dead, or that a family was extinct see references. Does this mean sincere believers can lose their salvation. 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. An overcomer is one who is victorious over the temptations, trials, and evils of this. Taken together, these passages can only mean that believers names are written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, and can never be blotted out. Nowhere in these passages do we read about movement from one book to another. Thus the book of life, where all names are recorded, were afforded by individual choice while in a first born state to transfer their name to the lambs book of life which no name can be blotted out from fulfilling the understanding of the john passage above. Is it possible for a persons name to be erased from the book of life. It is the same idea of being blotted out of the book of life and in revelation 3. Can a believers name be blotted out of the book of life. The book of life is unlike the books of records that the angels maintain. The books of deeds and book of life are distinguished in rev.
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and i will never blot his name out of the. And i saw the dead, small and great, stand before god. The book of life is mentioned only eight times in the entirety of scripture. Only one time is it mentioned outside of the book of revelation. And i will not blot his name out of the book of life like that of the angel of the church at sardis. Overcoming is the great charge the risen lord gave to the jewish congregations in. It is our view that attempting to explain the various passages by using two or three different books is overly complicated and imposes distinctions. It also may be that the lambs book of life is distinct from the book of life described above. Blot your name out of the book of life explained in. Many pastors and teachers say that if someone does not overcome, then their name will be blotted out of the book of life.
Can the regenerate be erased from the book of life. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and i will not blot out his name from the book of life. And if anyones name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. And those who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel, when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. 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. Are we saved as long as our name is written in the book.
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