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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: Were all names once in the book of life? |
Bible Note: Hi, Bowler... If you read Stuart and Fee, you will be way ahead of most. Besides which, it gives you greater degree of impunity when disagreeing with them. :-) Now, that written, I should think that rejecting the grammatico-historical hermeneutic based on how unfulfilled prophecy is handled sounds a bit shaky. The prophetic genre of Biblical literature is a relatively small percentage of Scripture as a whole. It would make more sense to stand firmly on the clear passages of the Word than to stand on the unclear and debatable. The doctrine of sola Scriptura is about all the "the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience." There's a lot more profit in spending effort on, for example, the clear message of the Olivet discourse, than trying to ferret out all the implications of number, color, figure, and symbol in the apocalyptic passages. (Well... I mean profit in growth in Christ-likeness... there is certainly a lot more monetary profit in prophecy mongering than exposition of the other 65 books.) Anyway, I'm glad you've got access to good resources, and that you're investing the effort to read them. God bless you in your efforts. In Him, Doc |