Rev 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12 | PNT | STEP | He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment . This is the usual promise to him who overcomes; he shall wear the white raiment of the redeemed; though the names of those who are spiritually dead shall be blotted out of the book of life his name shall not be; and he will be confessed before the Father, that is, acknowledged. The book of life . Compare . The book of life means the roll of those who have become heirs of immortality. I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels . Compare .

Revelation of John 3:5

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment. This is the usual promise to him who overcomes; he shall wear the white raiment of the redeemed; though the names of those who are spiritually dead shall be blotted out of the book of life his name shall not be; and he will be confessed before the Father, that is, acknowledged.

The book of life. Compare 13:8 17:8 20:12,15 21:27 Php 4:3. The book of life means the roll of those who have become heirs of immortality.

I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Compare Mt 10:32 Lu 12:8.

Revelation of John 13:8

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him. All except the true and faithful saints, hidden in obscurity but known above and recorded in the book of life, shall give him homage.

Revelation of John 17:8

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not. See notes on Re 13:1-10. The beast that existed then, when John wrote, was to receive a deadly wound, and to appear again in a new form.

They . . . whose name were not written in the book of life. Are not of God's spiritual children.

From the foundation of the world. The meaning of this expression is to be sought in Re 13:8. Their names were written in the book of life which had existed from the time referred to in Re 13:8, when the plan of redemption was prepared in the counsels of God.

Revelation of John 20:12

And I saw the dead, small and great. As we learn from Re 20:13, the dead of every land, of earth, and sea and "hades" deliver their dead and all come to judgment.

The books were opened. The records that contain all the deeds of men.

And another book was opened, which is [the book of] life. The book of life in which the names of the saints are recorded. From these books all are judged according to their works.