Bible verses about lambs book of life king james bible. Introduction a number of passages in the bible refer to a book called the book of life, a figurative expression that originated from the ancient. The book of life is first described in revelation 3. It belongs to jesus christ and is called the lambs book of life revelation 21. There we read, but nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the lambs book of life. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the lambs book of life. The book of life is also known as the lambs book of life, which we see specifically mentioned in these verses. The lambs book of life seems to be a census book that records the names of citizens.
This is the fountain of all all that is godly in your life seeing the lamb as supremely beautiful more magnificent, more satisfying than anything else. To have ones name written in this book means that one is considered. And he who is left in zion and remains in jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded 61 for life in jerusalem. Jesus christ knows each name in the book of life, a book of remembrance, as mathew henry said. Seeing the lamb as beautiful is the great vocation of the christian. The beast worshipers are said to have never had their names written in the book of life not the lambs book of life in revelation rev. Seven of the references appear in the book of revelation. Those who are not blotted out of the book of life are one and the same as those who are written in the lambs book of life. The only ones to enter the new jerusalem will be those. On most occasions where the lambs book of life is mentioned it refers to the register of those who have been chosen for salvation from eternity past. The beast, the book, and the beauty of the lamb desiring god. There are eight references in new testament to the book of life, and two of them refer specifically to the book of life that belongs to the lamb, jesus christ.
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