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SeanTom
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THE BOOK OF LIFE
WHEN DOES GOD WRITE NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
Here is my belief on this:
In the Book of Life there is written the names of those who will gain entry into God’s Kingdom. Nowhere in Scripture does it state when God wrote those names in the Book. However, many Theologians believe that all of our names were placed in the Book of Life at the time of our birth since God desired that everyone would be able to spend eternity in His Kingdom. He did not bring us into this world to spend eternity in Hell.
Note the following verse:
Rev. 3:5 states: “The Victor (he who is worthy to enter God’s Kingdom) will thus be dressed in white, and I will never ERASE his name from the Book of Life, but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.” (My words in parenthesis and my CAPS). From this verse it appears that instead of adding names to the Book, God erases them when they are found to be unworthy to enter His Kingdom… I find this interpretation very acceptable; to add our names to the Book of Life when we are born with the hopes that we all will enter His Kingdom; but then ERASE the names of those of us who deny Him. This makes sense to me but I can’t confirm any of this from Scripture
And of course, Rev 20:15: “Anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was thrown into the pool of fire.”
The hope here is that the followers of Christ already have our names in the Book of Life – our efforts should be to keep them there and not have them ERASED.
The above is just my interpretation. Further comments on when our names are placed in the Book of Life are invited.
WHEN DOES GOD WRITE NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
Here is my belief on this:
In the Book of Life there is written the names of those who will gain entry into God’s Kingdom. Nowhere in Scripture does it state when God wrote those names in the Book. However, many Theologians believe that all of our names were placed in the Book of Life at the time of our birth since God desired that everyone would be able to spend eternity in His Kingdom. He did not bring us into this world to spend eternity in Hell.
Note the following verse:
Rev. 3:5 states: “The Victor (he who is worthy to enter God’s Kingdom) will thus be dressed in white, and I will never ERASE his name from the Book of Life, but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.” (My words in parenthesis and my CAPS). From this verse it appears that instead of adding names to the Book, God erases them when they are found to be unworthy to enter His Kingdom… I find this interpretation very acceptable; to add our names to the Book of Life when we are born with the hopes that we all will enter His Kingdom; but then ERASE the names of those of us who deny Him. This makes sense to me but I can’t confirm any of this from Scripture
And of course, Rev 20:15: “Anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was thrown into the pool of fire.”
The hope here is that the followers of Christ already have our names in the Book of Life – our efforts should be to keep them there and not have them ERASED.
The above is just my interpretation. Further comments on when our names are placed in the Book of Life are invited.