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Why names have not been written there?

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by 37818, Jun 12, 2023.

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Why names were not written in the book of life?

  1. Were never written (Limited atonement)

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  2. Were never written (General atonement)

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  3. Were blotted out (General atonement) (OSAS)

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  4. Were blotted out (General atonement) (Saved then lost)

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  1. 37818

    37818 Well-Known Member

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    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. . . ."

    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. . . ."

    Revelation 20:15, ". . . 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. . . ."

    Revelation 20:15, ". . . And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. . . ."
     
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    37818 Well-Known Member

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    Mistakes are made. Posted Revelation 3:5 a second time as Revelation 20:15, before posting Revelation 20:15 correctly. Worst yet, I didn't notice.
     
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    Notice this does mention, "the book of life", but that it is different than the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. . . ."

    Notice this does not mention,
    "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world".

    This "book of life", is simply, "the book of the living".

    Jesus was not going to blot them out of the "book" of all those that were alive, at the time.

    Jesus was promising that those in the churches of Asia that straighen up their lives would not die, if they overcome the temptations to sin and backslide and that they would live through the threats to their lives that were taking place in the persecution all around them.


    These souls were Elected and were alive and among those souls God Elected from the foundation of the world which were written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. . . ."

    The opposite of those below.

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    These souls above that were not blotted out of the "BOOK OF THE LIVING" ARE     the reverse corollary of those below, but as HAVING NOT BEEN ELECTED, that were not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. . . ."

    This teaches that these are those souls who had not been Elected, by God, from the foundation of the world. As lost souls, they will worship The Beast.

    They are said to not have been written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. . . ."

    So, those not Elected were not written in what is called, "the book of life of the Lamb".

    So, from "whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world", below, we are to take that they weren't Elected.


    And from "was cast into the lake of fire. . . ." we are to take that "whosoever was not found written in the book of life" implies the "book of the Lamb" and were like those, in the previous point above, not Elected.

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


     
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    Does not matter. Names of persons not in the book in Revelation 20:15 those persons perish.
     
    #6 37818, Jun 13, 2023
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