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1 | Book of Life "will never be altered." | Rev 3:5 | kalos | 6975 | ||
God's pencil has no eraser. Rev 3:5 "Book of Life." A divine journal records the names of all those whom God has chosen to save and who, therefore, are to possess eternal life ( Rev 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27,: 22:19; compare Dan 12:1; Luke 10:20). Under no circumstances will He erase those names . . . , as city officials often did of undesirable people on their roles. (MacArthur Study Bible, p. 1996) Phil 4:3. "Book of Life." In eternity past, God registered all the names of His elect in that book which identifies those inheritors of eternal life . . . (MacArthur Study Bible, p. 1828). When were our names written in the book of life? "From the foundation of the world." Before the first man was ever born, the names of the elect were written in the book of life. Rev 17:8 NASB "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 13:8 (NASB) 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. "Lamb slain". The Lord Jesus who died to purchase the salvation of those whom God had chosen was fulfilling an eternal plan. "from the foundation of the world". According to God's eternal, electing purpose before creation, the death of Christ seals the redemption of the elect forever (compare Acts 2:23; 4:27, 28). Antichrist can never take away the salvation of the elect. The eternal registry of the elect will never be altered, nor will the saved in the Antichrist's day worship him. (MacArthur Study Bible, p. 2010) |
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2 | Book of Life "will never be altered." | Rev 3:5 | Makarios | 7984 | ||
Amen, JVH! Ryrie's Expanded Edition Study Bible adds, "'I will not erase his name.' Not a threat but an assurance that saved peoples' names will always be in the book of life." Notice that the same John who wrote the Book of Revelation wrote elsewhere about the absolute security of each individual believer (see John 5:24; 6:35-37,39; 10:28,29). Therefore, Rev. 3:5 should not be interpreted to mean a believer can lose his or her salvation. While this passage may imply that a name could be erased from the book of life, actually it only gives positive affirmation that their names will not be erased. This also seems to be the 'leading' of what other verses communicate about the Book of Life (Luke 10:20, Hebrews 12:23).. |
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