Book of Life – Lamb’s Book of Life, are they the same? There are 2 views!
1st view – YES, they are the same book.
2nd view – NO, your name is entered into the book of life from the foundation of the world and removed when you die rejecting Faith in God. Your name is entered into the Lamb’s Book of Life when you are saved and never removed.
A study of each time the terms are used is needed and it makes an interesting study.
The Book of Life is mentioned 4 times in the Old Testament.
Exodus 32:32-33, Psalm 69:27-28, Daniel 12:1
It is mentioned 6 times in the New Testament.
Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5, 17:8, 20:12,15, 22:19
Lamb’s Book of Life is referenced in Revelation 13:8 21:27
In Exodus a name will be blotted out of the Book of Life.
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.
Exodus 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
In Psalm removal is mentioned from the book of the living.
Psalm 69:27-28 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
In Daniel, only those still written shall 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.
The Lord Jesus commented on this:
Luke 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
The Apostle Paul wrote of the book of life.
Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Again the Lord Jesus from heaven commented.
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.
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