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NASB | 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 17:8 ¶ "The beast that you saw was [once], but [now] is not, and he is about to come up out of the abyss (the bottomless pit, the dwelling place of demons) and go to destruction (perdition). And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they see the beast, because he was and is not and is yet to come [to earth]. [Dan 7:3] |
Bible Question: can some one be out of the book of life |
Bible Answer: In ancient days cities retained two books, a record of the living from which names were erased on death, and a book of worthies, people who had done some great thing whose names were never erased. The second is in mind in Malachi 3.16. Moses had the first book in mind when he offered to have his name erased from the book of the living for Israel's sake (Exodus 32.32). He was not offering to suffer eternally, but indicating his willingness to die for them. The Psalmist may have had both in mind when he said, 'let them be blotted out of the book of the living, let them not be enrolled among the righteous'(Psalm 69.28). When Jesus said to His disciples, 'rejoice that your names are written in Heaven' (Luke 10.20) He had the book of the righteous in mind. This is the same book as John had in mind in Rev 17.8; 13.8 were he speaks of those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life from the foundation of the world. It is probably that same book that is in mind in Phil 2.3. It is quite clear that if someone's name has been written in a book eternally it will not be blotted out. These are the names of the redeemed. The verse that causes problems is Rev 3.5 were Jesus says, 'He who conquers will be clad thus in white garments, and I wlll not blot his name out of the book of life, I will confess his name before my Father and before His angels. This may well have been the book of the living so that Jesus is saying 'he will never die'. We do know that sometimes God does bring death on Christians as a punishment (1 Cor 11.30). The fact that it is called the book of life in contrast with the Lamb's book of life (which is clearly deliberately separately identified) is against the idea that the same book is in mind. It should also be noted that the emphasis is not on the fact that names will be blotted out, but on the fact that they will not be. The book of life in Rev 20.l5 must be the Lamb's book of life. Thus someone can be blotted out of the book of the living, but they cannot be blotted out of the Lamb's book of life. |
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