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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: Dear Brother Tim, Of course God can blot out a name should He choose. Whether He ever does so or doesn't is entirely up to Him. This is what is meant by the attribute Sovereignty. He is not obligated to do anything, nor is He obligated by human arguments involving "may" and "can." Nor are we obligated to think that every occurrence of the word "blot" or "book" in Scripture is same metaphor. Scripture interprets Scripture. Basing whole theologies (if they can be dignified as such) on a single metaphorical statement without regard to the passage's genre, while ignoring the rest of Scripture and cultural Judaic practices, is exceedingly popular out there in a lot of churches. The sagacity of a hermeneutic principle, however, is not increased by popular concensus. Certainly no one in this thread subscribes to such an approach, regardless of the origins of their theology. Also we may rightly assume that good Christian charity would only ask hypothetical questions for good maieutic purposes, untainted by denominational divisiveness. In Him, Doc |