Revelation 3:5 “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”
The Book of Life is a people who are led by HIS Life-giving Holy Spirit. It is not a literal book, but is a specific message walked out by a group of people, the Body of Christ, to minister Love and Life to the rest of mankind. A book has a encapsulated purpose designed to convey the intent of the author to anyone who reads the book. This Divine Intent is to express life to the recipients who encounter those whose names are written in the Book of Life.
Paul expressed this truth in 2 Corinthians 3:
2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is,of the heart.
Those of us who focus on being fully baptized in Love will walk accordingly. We will not render evil for evil but but will always pursue what is good both for ourselves and for all who we encounter. As we partake of Spiritual communion with Our Lord Jesus Christ, we take on His Life and character for death is swallowed up when Life comes on the scene.
Words convey a thought from one person to another. That in itself is quite a miracle when you think about it. Communication enables us to come into conscious unity in purpose and direction by first communicating our intent. The Book of Life is filled with FATHER’S Divine Intent being carried out by those in unity with HIM. HE established this in the beginning as Our Beloved John wrote in chapter 1 of his Gospel:
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Unlike the other three Gospels, John starts at the “beginning”. Compare how each Gospel starts out:
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
Luke 1:1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us,
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,
The final Gospel is the revelation of Jesus Christ given to us in “signs” or mysteries. He sent and “gave us signs” of this revelation versus literal events. A sign expresses a direction or path originating from one to another with some form of intent associated with it. Signs always point to “somewhere”.
Jesus Christ came into this world as the manifested Word and Divine Intent of FATHER to do HIS Will and go to the Cross as an act of Love for all of mankind. His death fulfills FATHER’S Will as spoken in Hebrews 10:7 quoting Psalm 40:
Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”
As we do HIS Will, we are contained in the Book of Life and we eat from the Tree of Life. As we walk according to man’s soulish ways and without the intent of Love, we produce dead works. The ultimate result of this path is to have our name blotted out of the Book of Life. We must not let unrighteousness prevail in our lives. We must not let secondary and tertiary issues distract us from the primary focus of the revelation of Love. We must have the intimate relationship with Our Heavenly Father at the forefront of our moment by moment consciousness. We must desire to see others through HIS Eyes and not our soulish eyes. HE is in us and for HIS flow to be unlocked and come forth, we must not have any other motive than Love. Otherwise, the flow will remain in check.
As we realize that our words and actions are being “written” in the Lamb’s Book of Life, we will be conscious of this throughout each day. Our acts will become as healing leaves to all the nations and we will become irresistible to those who are yet restored. They will want to “read” the Book of Life and have their names recorded as well. Let your life be an open book!