The Devotional – 1462 – The Books
Proverbs 21:6 – Getting treasures by a lying tongue is
the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
Comments and challenges
On Monday we looked at the books that are recorded and maintained
by God Himself and one of the thoughts I had (like many of us) was. Why does
God need to maintain records? Surely as He knows everything and that is
everything from the very beginning as recorded in Isaiah 46: 8-10 – Remember
this, and show yourselves men; recall to mind, O you transgressors. Remember the
former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there
is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
things that are not yet done, Saying, “My counsel shall stand”.
On Monday we looked at the church of Sardis; the dead church
according to the Words of Jesus and yet He also said in this section
(Revelation 31-6) that there were some whose clothing (flesh) was not defiled
and that these people would be given the new clothing of His Righteousness;
white garments. Also in the same paragraph He stated that He would not blot
these folks out of the Book of Life and that He would confess their name before
the Father and the angels.
The other side of this wonderful thought is another event in
Revelation when the writer of Revelation sees the beast re-incarnation of the anti-christ
whose power was given to him by Satan. John further says in verse 8 the
following: And all who dwell on the earth will worship him (the anti-christ),
whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world.
From a human point of view it would seem to be a conflict with the
two statements. C.I. Scofield does not identify the book as The Book of Life, but as “a book of life”
belonging to the Lamb and F. C. Thompson (The Thompson Chain reference Bible)
does not mention verse 8 of chapter 13 of Revelation at all in his list of
verses referencing the Lamb’s Book of Life. So I might be willing to believe that the book referenced in
Revelation 13:8 is the same book that John was told to eat in Revelation
10:8-11. The question remaining is: did John literally eat a small book, or did
he digest the wisdom and knowledge of the book in order to fulfill Revelation
10:11?
More on Friday.
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