THE BOOK OF LIFE
This article was written in response to IAMLAMAD'S answer to one of my posting to him. I thought it best to put in where all could read it. Hopefully it will be a help to rightly dividing the word of truth.
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And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God
And the books were opened (Law of Moses)
And another book was opened (Book of life)
Which is the book of life
And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books
According to their works
And the sea (nations of Israel) gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire
This is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (great torment).
Php 4:2-3 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
And I entreat you also, true yoke fellow, help those women which labored with Me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other My fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
NOTE: Notice that Paul did not include all people of Earth, only those who labored with Him in the gospel.
Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John:
Josh 8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings according to all that is written in the law the book of The Law.
1Sa_10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Isa 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not of Me; and that cover with a covering, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Jer_51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon
Peter_5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, salutes you; and so does Marcus my son.
From the time that John was shown these things until now, does the now agree with “things which must shortly come to pass” ?
Also, who was John told to send the writings to? To us, or four us today?
He was told to give them to the seven churches in Asia; which was in his time period. From Paul's writing you can see that He knew of John's writings.
Here is another interesting thing given in the Old Testament.
Josh_10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
This book was not put into today's Bible, but it exist yet. It can be found in the Gnostic Library on the Inner-net. Many others also that are not in today's Bible. Rome chose which writings to put into today's Bible. I say Rome, but all things are done only God's approval. That however, does not make it good for all of man. Indirectly it creates a situation where those seeking the truth needs to dig very deep to get the answers in the Bible scriptures. God however, outsmarts all of man. For those who choose to follow the correct road will be aided by the Holy Spirit if God approves of One.
I close this writing with the following: Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Why then is there any need for the books given in the book of Revelation for those in Christ Jesus?
Andy Centek