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NASB | Psalm 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end] And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God). [Rev 3:4, 5; 20:12, 15; 21:27] |
Bible Question:
sense the Bible tells us that a name can be Blotted out of the Book of Life. Is it possible that every person before the foudation of the earth had their name written in the Book of Life at that time? Doc and all! |
Bible Answer: Exodus 32:33 The Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book". Psalm 69:28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and may they not be recorded with the righteous. Revelation 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. But look what this says; Revelation 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. And this; Revelation 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. This is a most nettlesome question indeed. We have here some scriptures saying that names were written in the book of life that could be blotted out. But then we have other scriptures showing that the names of the elect were written before the foundation of the world that cannot be blotted out. It is possible by putting the varying scriptures together to say that everyone's name was originaly in the book because we cannot undo the record of God speaking to Moses in Exodus, and recognizing that only the elect of God's have their names ultimately not blotted out and transfered to the many books recording all the deeds of the wicked who will undergo eternal punishment. But this veiw loses credibility when you consider that one set of scriptures says that "whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world". I think this is one of those mysteries of the Bible that may not be able to be resolved looking from this finite point at things of eternity and the end of things and the foundation of the world. The Exodus verse does not say the book of life, while the Psalms verse says the book of the living. I do not think that there were two different books for those who make it though, only one. blessings abound, bowler |
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