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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] |
Subject: Blotted Out If We Reject Him |
Bible Note: Greetings Jeff! Let me see if I can clarify my question. :-) I used to write computer programs in my younger days. We would often use conditional statements to determine the action of a program. The statements could be written in a variety of ways, but one of them was the 'if then' statement. An example would be: "If someone presses 'A', then print 'A'" These statments could get quite complicated, but they followed a logical pattern. The promise in Rev. 3:5 is a conditional statement. Those who overcome receive the following: They will be clad in white garments, they will not be blotted out of the book of life, and Christ will confess their name before the Father. Logically, those who do not overcome will: Not be clothed in white, will be blotted out of the book of life, and will not have their names confessed before the Father. So, my question was this: Since Rev. 3:5 is a conditional promise, why would Christ promise that He would not do something for he who overcomes which He would not do anyway? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |