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THE BOOK OF LIFE


compiled by Rachel Cory-Kuehl, 2012

Scripture is from New King James Version unless otherwise noted


 

Daniel 12:1 “And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.”


 

Revelation 21:27 [Speaking of the Holy City - New Jerusalem] “But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.”

 

The Book of Life is central to the topic of judgment because those persons whose names are not finally found written therein, will be cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15). Those persons whose names are retained in the Book of Life will enter the City of God - The New Jerusalem.

 

But what is this Book? How is a name entered into The Book of Life? When is it entered? Was my name entered at the moment of my birth, or even further back - at my conception?

 

We must always return to the model - the experience of Israel.



THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT

 

Hebrews 9:19-24 “For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, ‘This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.’ Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.”

“Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, [the blood of animals] but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.” (See Exodus 24:7-8.)


 

The Tabernacle was a representation - of heaven itself. The “book of the covenant” was a copy of another “book” in heaven. The copy was purified with the blood of calves and goats, but the Book in “heaven itself” is purified with the blood of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ). Also “anointed with blood” were “all the “people”. The blood of the animals here sacrificed symbolizes the blood of Jesus Christ. These people were covered with the blood of Jesus, and their names were entered into His heavenly Book. Moses was aware of this Book.



BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK

 

Exodus 32:31-33 “Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, ‘Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! Yet now, if You will, forgive their sin-- but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.’ And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.’”

 

The LORD will blot out the names of those who forsake the covenant without repentance.

Psalm 69:28 “Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.”

 

David also, is aware of this Book which contains the names of the “righteous.” The righteous are said to be “living,” inferring the wicked are dead. What did Jesus say? “Let the dead bury their dead” (Matt. 8:22). He was speaking of those who are “dead” in the hardness of their hearts - dead in spirit. Paul says that we were “dead in trespasses and sin,” but God has “made us alive” (Eph. 2:1&5, Col. 2:13). “He who has the Son,” has “eternal life abiding in” him (1John 5:12-13). He is therefore, alive.

 

Revelation 3:5 [Jesus speaking] “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”

 

We enter into covenant, and we must remain faithful to that covenant. We must complete our journey through the wilderness - like Caleb and Joshua. We must overcome.


 

THOSE SAVED

 

Luke 10:20 “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

 

Why rejoice?

 

If your name was entered into the Book of Life at the moment of your birth, along with every other human being, then what is there to especially rejoice about? The presence of your name - in the book - would be nothing special. This is why I believe that our names are entered into The Book of Life when we enter into covenant - when we believe.

 

Philippians 4:3 “And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.”

 

Here Paul uses space and ink (very precious in His day) to state that the names of those who labored with him, to spread the gospel “are in The Book of Life.” Saying that their names are in The Book of Life, is the same as saying “these belong to Christ.”

 

Daniel 12:1 “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.”

 

Just before the return of Christ in glory, names will be blotted out of The Book of Life. These are lost forever.

 

Malachi 3:16-18 “Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who meditate on His name. ‘They shall be Mine,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.’”

 

Hebrews 12:22-23 [Speaking to NT believers] “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, . . .”

 

Who are registered? The “firstborn” are “registered in heaven”. God called Israel His “firstborn” (Exo. 4:22). How do you become an Israelite? You enter into covenant with God through Christ, and Christ will circumcised your heart.







THOSE LOST

 

Deuteronomy 29:20-21 “The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven. And the LORD would separate him from all the tribes of Israel for adversity, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Law.”

 

Israel was promised great blessing for faithful obedience to covenant. They were also warned of terrible curses, should they forsake the covenant. The blessings and the curses were written in a book - “the book of the covenant.” They were warned that should they forsake covenant without repentance, they would be “cut off from the people” - and their names would be “blotted out” from under heaven.


            NOTE: The Day of Atonement was judgment day for Israel, and for the mixed multitude.

 

A record of every citizen of Israel was kept in the Temple. (Remember - this is the model of the heavenly.) If a man was “cursed of God,” his name would be blotted out of this Temple record. Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah were idolatrous kings who died violent deaths (2 Chron 22:3,4; 2 Chron. 24:17-18; 2 Chron 25:14). Their names were “blotted out” of the Temple record. Likewise the name of Jehoiakim was blotted from the genealogy of Joseph in Matthew’s gospel.

 

NOTE: Many of the “curses” listed in Deuteronomy, bear a serious resemblance to the seven last plagues of Revelation.

 

Revelation 13:8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, [the Beast] whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

 

Revelation 20:12-15 [At the final judgment] “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”

 


      Please do read our study -“Final Judgment - Lake of Fire”.


     There is an addendum to this study - The Book of Life - A Challenge”.





CHAPTER SUMMARY

 

1. One’s name is entered into The Book of Life, when one enters into covenant with God through Christ. He or she, then becomes an Israelite - “grafted in” thru Christ (Romans Cpt 11).

 

2. One’s name will be blotted out - by Christ Himself - if he or she has forsaken covenant without repentance.

 

Always remember - so long as one lives,

                  he or she may repent and return to covenant.

 

NOTE: Anciently, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was judgment day for Israelites and for the mixed multitude (Lev. 23:29). I believe that Christ will return on Yom Kippur, for judgment!

 

3. Some names were never entered into The Book, for one of two reasons:

 

      a. Those persons consciously refused to enter into covenant.

 

They will be resurrected, judged and then left to destruction at the Second Coming.

 

      b. Those persons were ignorant of Yahweh.

 

I believe these people will be raised to continue their lives at the 8th millennium,

when they will be invited to enter into covenant.



We pray this study will prove a blessing.

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