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NASB	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.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Revelation 3:5 'He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] will accordingly be dressed in white clothing; and I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, and I will confess and openly acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels [saying that he is one of Mine]. [Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1; Matt 10:32; 1 John 5:5]

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Subject: "I will not erase his name..."

Bible Note: "I will not erase his name..."

Revelation 3:5-6

'He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in (1) white garments; and I will not (2) erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

'1. White garments: bright white garments are the clothing of the heavenly (Luke 9:29, Rev. 19:8).

'2. Erase his name from the book of life is a debated phrase. For those who believe one can lose his or her salvation, the meaning is clear. For those of us who see eternal life as just that—eternal life, we struggle.

'The book of life can refer to two concepts: (1) physical life on earth, or (2) spiritual (eternal) life from God. The first occurrence of a "book" containing the names of the righteous is Exodus 32:30-35. Moses offers the erasure of his name from God’s book in exchange for the forgiveness of the people who had sinned. Among the sinners, were both Aaron (the chief priest) and the people (some saved and some not saved) indicating that the book contains the names of both sinners and saints. This book is therefore, a book of the physically alive on the earth. This is born out by the fact that every explicit reference to the book of life in the Old Testament refers to those physically alive on the earth (Exe 32:32ff; Ps. 69:28; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Mal 3:16-17).

'The Lamb’s book of life, however, refers to those eternally elected. Revelation 13:8 states, "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."

'"All who dwell on the earth" is a technical phrase used in the book of Revelation to refer to unsaved men in opposition to God and His people. "Written from the foundation of the world" indicates that the earth-dwellers were never written in "the book of life of the Lamb." Therefore, their names could never be erased. Those written in the book cannot be erased because God knows the end from the beginning. Therefore, God would have known any event that would result in the erasure of a name from the foundation of the world. That God would have waited until the event occurs to erase their name is nonsense. Therefore, the book of life of the Lamb refers to the spiritually elect.'

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