What is the Book of Life?

What is the mysterious Book of Life in the book of Revelation? Here I explain the original context of the book of life, and it's opposite the lake of fire and the understanding of the early church fathers of what that means. Simply put, the Book of Life a record of the righteous. Here I provide some background, where it came from, and why you want to be in the Book of Life!

An essay upon various arts, tr., with notes, by R. Hendrie p. 425-426, 433-434.

[loleki]

Thank you so much for placing Revelation in its historical context and audience relevance!

[overgloom]

Your videos have been a great help to me. I discovered your channel very soon after I was saved two years back. I prayed for discernment on some issues I was having trouble with, eternal damnation being one of those issues, and soo after one of your videos popped up in my recommendations. Bless you.

[transfiguredword]

So good! I love seeing the Lake of Fire as a Refiner’s Fire purifying a priesthood (Mal 3:2-3). As we become that Book of Life for all to read, the epistles of Christ, written not on stone, but by the Spirit on tablets of the human heart! (2 Cor 3:3).

[TorrinCooper]

I always enjoy your videos brother! I always enjoy when you drop new ones!

[SaraSara-dihs]

Also, I learned that the "lake of fire" is a theme taken from Egyptian mythology and it had a double role.

Both to destroy wicked souls and to purify the deity (can't recall if it was Ra or someone else) when he passed through the lake on his journey through the underworld.

So there's a legitimate possibility that universalism is implied here due to the mechanics of this lake. You should verify this, of course, as I'm not an expert yet that's the information I stumbled upon.

[truthinliving]

Multiple concepts explained here. Excellent! Thanks!

[Edoc-kcmn]

That is certainly good news! A loving and merciful god should be about universal salvation NOT cruel and unusual punishment that we would never give to our own children. That is the definition of an extreme abuse. Now I do need to clarification on what this verse means in the context of humanity being purified by the fire…In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Matthew 10:28: And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Thank you in advance and keep speaking truth!!

[jasonegeland]

I'm sure that if we could all meet in person over coffee, we'd realize just how much we have in common. Sometimes we can read too much into the words we read. I'm guilty of this often. We're all brothers and sisters at the end of the day. We are all extensions
of one another, all the offspring of God.
I'm grateful to be able to connect to others that are sharing in the truth.

[halfvisual]

Have you addressed the Book of Daniel at any point?

[kirin]

Exodus 32:32-33 is another mention of the Book of Life

[kapesa.witness]

Revelation talks about the kings of the earth as God's enemies. It says they are cast into the lake of fire but later it says that they bring gifts to those in the great city, the new Jerusalem when it is brought down onto the Earth. My interpretation is that when we are on the new paradise earth, the believers will live in the new Jerusalem and those that didn't accept Christ but were refined in the lake of fire, will live outside the kingdom (new Jerusalem) in paradise and bring offerings to those in the great city. So as the bible says, some will never enter the kingdom but they have still been granted everlasting life in paradise because of Jesus sacrifice

[if]

And who wrote it? Seems to me that that question was once the subject of a song.

[Breakdowns]

The wicked are never compared to gold. They are compared to weeds that will be burned up in the furnace of fire. Why do you believe that this is a refining metaphor when scripture suggests that they will be utterly destroyed like weeds that are burned to ashes?

[Fearlss]

Great video! Thanks so much. Lovd the point about sulfur being, well, pointless otherwise. 😂
Wierd to think of us now having already experienced a second death while still yet living, but i think i get your point lol.

[jasonegeland]

How can one be sure they have given their life to Christ? I ask this because in my heart I already have ages ago, but their are days when i don't feel like a very good person. I sin left and right, and constantly struggle to understand certain elements of Scripture. Does my confusion cause me to unsuccessfully maintain my life with Christ? If I am handed over to Satan by God for the destruction of the flesh, is not God in essence responsible for the evils in this world by using Satan (the waster to waste and destroyer to destroy) to ultimately bring about righteousness? If God declares the end from the beginning and all things are predestined by his will, such as in Ephesians 1:11 and Proverbs 16:4, then wouldn't it be God ordaining these things to happen? I believe it was ordained for man to sin, first with Adam and Eve, and even Christ's enemies crucifying him. It had to happen, and if not in that way then it would have been some other way. I am at peace through Christ. Paul in Philippians 2:13 says: "for it is God Who is operating in you to will as well as to work for the sake of His delight." We have a flawed will of sorts but I wouldn't exactly call it free. God's in control, not us. Whatever we do, it's God that redirects our steps. I learn a lot from your videos and I'm proud to be a subscriber. I just like to toss in some thoughts here and there.

[Fearlss]

What about "perish" "abolish" and all those terms?

[adamcweber]

You are a strong supporter of Young's Literal Translation yet he also translates it as The Lake of Fire! Why???

[allsevenspirits]

Where are you located, man? I'm in Los Angeles. How close are you to Los Angeles ?

[charleshines]

So really it is just a massive list of all who don't have to be cleansed before entering Heaven? I suppose that when the "works" of someone are shown it is so Jesus can show us what he will be cleansing us of. Make no mistake, it is not the preferred way to get in but you will eventually get in.

[Robert-yfzh]

The only part of the scriptures that is bothering me and that which stops me from becoming a universalist christian is Matthew 7:21-23 where jesus states he will turn people away? If they can't enter the kingdom then where will they go? Unless I am missing something?