Garry B (4 Dec 2022)
"THE 'BOOK OF THE LIVING'"


 

THE 'BOOK OF THE LIVING' BECOMES THE 'BOOK OF LIFE'............

 

Consider this : The 'Book of the Living', spoken of in Psalms 69:28, contains the written names of ALL WHO ARE BORN ALIVE on the earth. Everyone whose name is written in the 'Book of the Living' is born with the 'opportunity for Salvation' if they use their 'free will of choice', during their lifetime, to make the "righteous" choice to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Those who make that "righteous" choice are the "overcomers" whose names ARE NOT BLOTTED OUT of the 'Book of the Living'. Those who DO NOT make that choice, their names ARE BLOTTED OUT of the 'Book of the Living'. The last day to make THE PERSONAL CHOICE , or not,  is the day of one's death or the day of the resurrection of the dead in Christ  & the  rapture of the living in Christ according to :

 

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 OVERCOMES shall be clothed in white raiment, and I WILL NOT BLOT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, but I will confess his name before My Father and his angels."

 

Revelation 20:15

"And whosoever whose NAME WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE ( because it was previously blotted out ) was cast into the Lake of Fire."

 

SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT :

 

When each one of us is born into the world our name is written into the 'BOOK OF THE LIVING' with the opportunity for Salvation, but if during our lifetime WE DO NOT make the "righteous" choice to accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, our name IS BLOTTED OUT of the BOOK OF THE LIVING. After the names of THE LOST ARE BLOTTED OUT , the Book then becomes the BOOK OF LIFE ETERNAL containing  ONLY THE NAMES  of those who overcame, and WERE NOT BLOTTED OUT so therefore saved.

 

The Scriptures DO NOT speak of anyone's name being written into the 'Book of the Living' or written into the 'Book of Life' during their lifetime, but rather the Scriptures speak only of one's name being "BLOTTED OUT" of the 'Book of the Living' and the 'Book of Life' which leads me to believe that everyone's name is written into the 'Book of the Living' ONLY at the time of their birth.

 

According to Your Holy Word, come Lord Jesus !