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NASB | 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice]. |
Subject: Our name erased or added to Book of Life |
Bible Note: John Let us stop here. I really don't care to debate this. I could never accept your Calvinism to me it violates many things the Bible says about God. You obviously don't see it that way. When I first read the Bible I saw one thing a loving God reaching out. Salvation is a miracle that I clearly admit I can’t explain, it causes me wonder every time a new person comes to the saving grace of Jesus Christ. I have tried to understand salvation, but each time I come away with one basic conclusion it is essential for a relationship with God. I have studied years on Temple sacrifice, worship and blood covenants. How they interact, the covenant between God and Abraham, between a saved person and God through communion, worship and service. I have studied theology under various disciplines and various schools of thought. Over the years I have had many explain how it works, what takes place. Great minds, brilliant theologians all with their theories, ideas, favorite verses, proof texts, logic and each could not align various verses to their theology without taking some liberty with the meaning of a word or two. Most were satisfied with doing that and therefore become very dogmatic in their belief. However the ones I came to respect the most, where the ones that admitted after all the examination, all the theorizing it simply netted down to God’s love. God reached out to man we see in the story one Bible story after another, Noah, Abraham, the Judges, the Kings, the prophets, the world through the cross of Jesus. In every story we see one of two conclusions men that responded to that call of love either by rejecting or worshipping the caller. Let us let the mystery of salvation continue for at least another generation and stop trying to explain it to each other. Be Bless and I am still praying for ya EdB |