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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: Book of Life "will never be altered." |
Bible Note: Greetings CDBJ! You made a very interesting point about Rev. 13:8. I hadn't noticed that before. I found out that either translation is grammatically possible, but I would cast my vote with your first selection and say that 'from the foundation' refers to the death of Christ. Here is why: First of all, the clause literally reads as follows: "He who not has been written the name of him in the book of the life of the Lamb who has been slain from foundation of world." While the phrase 'from foundation of world' could grammatically be associated with 'has been written', it is closer to another verbal idea - 'who has been slain'. Wait, can I change my mind? The phrase may go better with 'has been written'. Here's why! 1) Rev. 17:8 uses the phrase 'written from the foundation of the world'. If it had not been for Rev. 17:8, I would have said that the phrase 'from the foundation of the world' refered to Christ's death. After all, it is used in this sense in 1 Peter 1:20. However, the phrase is also used of believers in Eph. 1:4. And, Rev. 17:8 definitely indicates that the names are written or not from the foundation of the world. Whether or not they can be removed is a different question! :-) But, I'm not going to go there! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |