![]() ![]() (2) The concept of a “book” was also used to portray God’s all-inclusive decree i.e., the very days of one’s life are ordained and written in God’s “book” before one of them occurs: But now, if you will forgive their sin – but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.’ But the Lord said to Moses, ‘Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book’” (Exod. ![]() They have made for themselves gods of gold. “So Moses returned to the Lord and said, ‘Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. In other words, this book had reference to the rights of citizenship for the Jewish people (cf. To have one’s name written in the book of life implied the privilege of participation in the temporal blessings of the theocracy, while to be erased or blotted out of this book meant exclusion from those blessings. (1) In the OT the “book of life” (or its equivalents) was a register of the citizens of the theocratic community of Israel. On several occasions in Scripture we come across reference to something called “the book of life” or “the Lamb’s book of life.” What is it and why is it important that we know? ![]()
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