THE BOOK OF LIFE

THE BOOK OF LIFE


The Bible speaks of books and records that are being kept. With the advancements in technology the last several years, it is much easier to understand the concept of keeping such a large amount of information. If we can do it, God can do it much better. Jesus said, "Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid that shall not be known." Matthew 10:26 Also Paul writes in I Corinthians 4:5 "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."



While pleading to God on behalf of the people Moses speaks of a book that God has written. God says those who have sinned against him will be blotted out of his book. Exodus 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.



Our times of tears and sorrows are written in a book.

Psalms 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?



All our members are written in a book. Jesus said in Matthew 10:30, "The very hairs of your head are all numbered." The word unperfect in the following verse means embryo or fetus. He sees us when we are still an embryo.

Psalms 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.



Troubled times, worse then any man has ever faced, are to take place in the end times. Daniel says all those whose names are written in the book will be delivered.

Daniel 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.



Malachi says that God hears our discussions about him and keeps record of it. He even keeps record of those who "think" about him. He knows what we are thinking!

Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.



Extreme importance is placed on a name being written in the book of life. It is indicated that a name can be blotted out of the book.

Psalms 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the Book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.



Paul in the Book of Philippians mentions the book of life.

Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.



When the anti-Christ appears here on the earth all those whose names are not written in the book of life will worship him.

Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.



The books of Daniel and Revelation speak of a day of judgment when the books will be opened.

Daniel 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.



We are given eternal life through Jesus Christ, but in the end when the books are opened we are going to be judged by our works. We will answer for what we have not repented for and be given credit for the good that we have done in this life. Judgment is not all about the bad. It will be fair and just. There will be rewards.

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.



Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life will be allowed to enter into the city God has prepared.

Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.



This final warning:

Revelation 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.



Journey to the Long Home by S.L. Honeycutt