Book Of Life -Revelation 3:5-6

Revelation 3:5-6 ESV
The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

There is one book of life of life, just as there is one way to life. We do not get a sense here of "once saved, always saved", but the idea of enduring and persevering which constitutes the victorious life. This is not the "cheap grace" we see often see, but the ongoing and redeeming grace found in the living water of Christ. The roots of the tree finding this water run deep in the fertile ground of the manna from heaven.
The name of that person is spoken of twice in these two verses. The first says that name will never be removed from the book of life. If we clothe ourselves with the righteousness of Christ, we dress ourselves in robes of white instead of the stained rags we wore before. Next Jesus tells us that if we lift up our lives to Him, He will lift us up before our Father. If we acknowledge Him, He will acknowledge us before the throne of God and His angels.
How beautiful and wonderful it will be to hear our name on the lips of Jesus Who is the word of God and Son of the Most High, even God. May we hear a word from Him today, to each heart as needed. We are indeed a new creation for the new creation.


Daniel 12:1
1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

Exodus 32:32-33
But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” 33 But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book.

Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Matthew 10:32-33
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Revelation 20:15
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Malachi 3:17-18
“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

Revelation 13:8-10
and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear:
10 If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.