Lord, Jesus we give you praise, thank you for your grace and preservation... We pray you teach us by your Spirit and grant us understanding of the scriptures, and fill us with grace to act upon your Word. In our last teaching, we were able to lay a foundation on the book of life and also look at three of the groups of people written on the book of life from the foundation of the World, which are
(A) The Mid night Criers
(B) The Wise Virgins
Today, we want see the remaining groups and the ones whom are never written on the book of life.
Now, let's progress to the remaining ones
(3) THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR NAME REMOVED
These are like borderline Christians such as we saw in Israel coming out of Egypt. These had their names in the Book of Life and their works written in the books. These having failed to obey God and being void of the Spirit, though even the signs and wonders were amongst them, will have their names removed from the Book of Life.
Amongst this group will be the ones like Judas who though entirely void of the Spirit, but are religious, will have manifestation in their lives, and though on the books were not the elected IN HIM. Such also as Balaam will be in that group.
Judas was numbered with the twelve and actually had a part with them in the ministry previous to Pentecost.
Acts 1:16-17
"Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
The part that Judas obtained amongst the twelve and then lost was neither inferior to the ministries of the other eleven, nor was it a devilish foreign ministry interjected amongst the ministries of the others. Acts 1:25, “That he may take part of this ministry and apostle-ship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.”
Judas, lost a God- given Holy Ghost ministry, and killed himself and WENT TO HIS OWN PLACE.
His name was written in the Book of Life. But his name was blotted out.
Revelation 3:5, "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment: and I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His holy angels."
Excerpts From the book titled "Exposition on the seven church ages" by WILLIAM MARION BRANHAM revealed...
"The possibility of the removal of a name from the records of God deserves more than a casual study, for up until now most students have merely drawn a conclusion that God places the names of those born again within the Lamb's Book of Life at the time of their rebirth; and if for any reason that name must be removed, the space on the record will simply be a blank as it was before name had been placed there. This is one hundred
percent opposite to what the Word actually teaches.
At the very start of our study, let it be known that there
Is NOT ONE Scripture that teaches that God is presently
compiling a record of names. This was all done before
the foundation of the world.
There is a group of people whose names having been
placed on that record before the foundation of the
world, CANNOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE
THOSE NAMES REMOVED; but there is another group WHOSE NAMES WERE ON THAT RECORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES REMOVED.
To begin with, there is no scriptural basis for the claims that the Lamb's Book of Life' is not the same as 'the Book of life.
The Book of Life might be called the Lamb's Book of Life, or Christ's Book of Life, or even Thy Book and Book of the Living. Only names are written in it.
Revelation 13:8, "And all that dwell upon the earth shall
worship him, (the beast) whose names are not written in
the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world."
Revelation 17:8, "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."
Revelation 20:12-15, "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire."
You can see that though there are other books mentioned, there is always the reference to ONE book containing names.
In the Revelation it is called the `Lamb's Book of Life', or the
`Book of Life.'
Now where is this book located?
Now where is this book located?
Luke 10:17-24, "And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject to us through Thy Name. And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding
in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit, and said, I Thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are delivered Me of My Father: and no man knoweth Who the Son is, but the Father: and Who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him. And He turned Him unto His disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."
The Book of Life is definitely located in heaven, and will appear at the great White Throne judgment.
In these verses Jesus said that their NAMES were written in heaven. They were written in the Book of Life, for that is where names are placed. Jesus was speaking to the seventy (verse 17), but He was also speaking to the twelve (verse 23).
These had all been rejoicing that devils were subject to them in Jesus' Name. Christ's rejoinder was, "Rejoice not that spirits are subject to you, but rather that your names are written in heaven (Book of Life)."
You will note here that Judas was one of those who were casting out devils in Jesus' Name, but we know that he was a devil, the son of perdition.
John 6:70-71,
"Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and
one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot, the son
of Simon: for he it was that should betray Him, being
one of the twelve."
John 17:12,
"While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy Name: those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition: that the Scripture might be fulfilled."
John 13:10-11, 18, "Jesus saith to him, he that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit, and ye are clean but not all. For He knew who should betray Him; therefore said He, ye are not all clean. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he that eateth bread with Me hath lifted up his heel against Me."
Now if language means anything at all we must admit that Judas was chosen by Jesus (John 13:18), yet he was not clean. (John 13:10-11), Judas was also given to Jesus by the Father. John 17:12.
Now before we pursue this thought on Judas, let us go back to the Old Testament and see where God did the same thing. In Genesis 35:23-26, the sons of Jacob were twelve in number and their names were as follows:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun; Joseph and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
These twelve sons' descendants become the twelve tribes of Israel with the exception that Joseph did not have a tribe named after him, for in the providence of God there were to be thirteen tribes, and Joseph's two sons were given the honor of bringing the twelve to thirteen.
You know, of course, that this was necessary as Levi was separated unto God for the priesthood. Thus when Israel left Egypt and God gave them the tabernacle in the wilderness, we find the tribe of Levi ministering to twelve tribes named Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Judah, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim and Manasseh.
The order of the host names them thus in Numbers 10:11-28. There is no mention of Joseph or Levi. But when we look at Revelation 7:4-8, where it says "there were sealed one hundred forty-four thousand of ALL the tribes of the children of Israel," it names them thus: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin. We are back to the twelve tribes with Levi and Joseph named amongst them, but with Dan and Ephraim missing.
The question now arises, why are these two tribes deleted?
The answer lies in Deuteronomy 29:16-20,
"For Ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and
how we came through the nations which ye passed by; and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven."
Herein is pronounced the curse against idolatry, or spiritual fornication. The tribe that turned to idolatry was to have its name blotted out. And the history of the two tribes whose names were blotted out because of idolatry is found in I Kings 12:25-30,
"Then Jeroboam built Shechem in Mt. Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out Fromm's thence and built Penuel. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Bethel, and the other one put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan."
Hosea 4:17, Ephraim is joined to his idols: let him alone.
Note particularly that the punishment for idolatry was that the name of that tribe was to be blotted out `from under heaven.'
Deuteronomy 29:20. It does not say that it would be blotted out `in heaven,' but from under heaven. nd that is exactly as it is, for now Israel is back in Palestine, and soon the Lord will seal 144,000 of them. But from that number Dan and Ephraim are missing.
Revelation 7:4-8, "And I heard the number of them which were sealed; and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of ALL the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand."
(Note, Dan and Ephraim missing).
Now with this see Daniel 12:1 which refers to these one hundred and forty-four thousand being sealed during the sixth seal and the time of the Great Tribulation or Jacob's trouble.
"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered every one THAT SHALL BE FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK"
However, after this period of tribulation, (during the millennium,) as seen by Ezekiel in 48:1-8, and 22-29 we see the tribes back once more in Divine order. But, from the time that Ephraim and Dan joined themselves to idols, they died, and those tribes have no more recognition
Now I realize that since the destruction of Jerusalem, all records of all tribes have been lost, so that no one can say for sure what tribe he is from, BUT GOD KNOWS. That great God Who is bringing Israel back to Palestine knows exactly which tribe every true Israelite is from, and from all the assembled one hundred forty four thousand Dan and Ephraim will be missing.
Another illustration that we might take is the story of Israel leaving Egypt for Canaan land. God's purpose in this age was to bring Israel OUT, and to take them IN, to the end that they might serve Him. Thus when they left Egypt they ALL came out under the blood of the sacrificial lamb; they ALL went through the waters of baptism in the Red Sea; they ALL enjoyed the mighty miracles; ALL ate of the manna; ALL drank of the rock; and in so far as obvious external blessings and manifestations were concerned they ALL partook in like and equal manner. But, when they came to Moab those who joined in the feast of B aal-Peor all died. Their carcasses fell in the wilderness, for it was there that they refused the Word of God and turned from it.
You can't go along with just part of the Word, you have to take ALL the Word. There are people who seem involved in the things of God almost one hundred percent. They are like Judas. No one but Jesus knew exactly what kind of a person Judas was. So the day came that Judas did exactly what Israel did at Baal-Peor. He decided that he wanted to join with the false vine forces - enter into the financial, political organization of anti-Word, anti-Christ religion and he did so.
He was fooled! The other eleven were not. They could not be, for they were of the very elect. So when Judas left and betrayed the Lord, his name was removed from the Book of Life. (Revelation 22:19).
Now I am sure that you have noticed that those whose names were in the Book of Life were a part of the religious order of that day that centered around the true God and worship of Him, though they did not worship according to Truth (Word). Like Judas they didn't go all the way. See how Judas was chosen of God. He was instructed in truth. He shared knowledge of the mysteries. He had a ministry of power granted unto him and he healed the sick and cast out devils in Jesus' Name.
But when the show-down came, he sold out for gold and political power. He did not go up to Pentecost to receive the Spirit of God. He was devoid of the Spirit.
Make no mistake about it, a person that is truly baptized
by the Holy Ghost into the body of Christ receiving the
fullness of the Spirit will be in the WORD ALL THE WAY.
That is the evidence of being baptized with the Holy Ghost. Judas failed. Multitudes fail right there. And when they fail to go on in that Word, their names are taken off the Book of Life. As Israel (chosen people of God) in majority forfeited their rights in the Book of Life by rejecting Jesus, so the majority of the Gentile church will also come into condemnation with the resultant removal of their names from the Book of Life by rejecting the Word and thereby entering into the world ecumenical movement which is the image erected unto the beast".
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Let me add more explanation on the ones that have their name removed from the book of life as explained by NEAL FRISBY.
"Some names are blotted out! (Ex. 32:33 - Rev. 3:5). And still others who worshipped the beast never will or never have been written in the Book of Life (Rev. 13:8).
Now God shows me to write something which has puzzled the church, here it is - We will touch on those who have had their name removed - One might wonder why did He put their names there if He later removes them. One reason He has a record of them and the lost too!
Those who went back and never repented again, also those of the world system of churches who fight the Bride will have their name removed!
Now next we are really going to get into something deep, but it is "Thus Saith The Lord". People could never understand this Scripture where the Lord said - "In that day many would cast out devils and do many mighty wonders, and the Lord would say depart from Me I never knew you!" (St. Matt 7:22-23).
This pertains to some Organizations who left God and the Judas type gifted ministry, who once worked miracles but sinned against God and fell without repenting again! (Balaam and Judas, etc.).
This covers the men all down through the ages who started with God, but in the end fail God. It covers Organizations who started with God and had miracles, but denieth the power there of in the end!"
(All these ones will have their names removed or even their names has even been removed from the book of life).
I saw the above Scripture in God's hand! It Is Thus Saith The Lord!" - Judas was given power yet he was the son of perdition he obtained part of this ministry and was numbered among the twelve. His name was recorded (Acts 1:16,17) His name was removed! Even reprobates are appointed by God (Read Peter 2:8,22 and Luke 10:17-24). Jesus knew that some gifted men would fall but it is by divine purpose (Ephs. 1"1)
"Watch Mine Word closer than thy gifts which is given thee and thou shalt not fail."
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I believe going through all these explanations above we will understand why their names will be or were removed from the book of life.
And out of that JEWISH bunch that’s there now to be the 144,000, God will call with these prophets... What is it?
The Spirit of Elijah off of this Gentile church will just continue right on into that Jewish church, go right on in and call Moses with him. Hallelujah. You see it? And he’ll preach the same message of Pentecost to those Jews, that they rejected the Messiah. Amen. You see it? It’ll be the same Pentecostal message that these Jews will preach right over to them. And they’ll hate those Jews so bad till they’ll kill them. And they were hated by all nations, and in the midst of the week...
Because that they’d raised up a great powerful 144,000... They had the Holy Ghost, and brother, you talk about doing miracles; they did them. They stopped the heavens, and it didn’t rain in the days of their prophecy, smote the earth with plagues as oft they wanted to. They give plagues and everything else. They’ll give them Romans a hard way to go. But finally they’ll be killed.
We could have move further to the fifth group, but I'm not led to write on the fifth group on the book of life right now.
At the right time, this will be revelaed...
THOSE THAT NEVER HAVE THEIR NAME WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
THOSE THAT NEVER HAVE THEIR NAME WRITTEN
IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
These are the ones whose names have never been or will ever be written in the books. Such are found in Revelation 13:8 and Revelation 17:8,
“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not: and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”
Jesus said that a certain group would accept one who came in his own name. They will accept the mark of this beast-like man and worship hid image. This one is the antichrist. And that is exactly what it says of them in Revelation 13:8, and 17:8. And those that will accept His mark and worship his image are never written in the book of life from the foundation of the world.
These were ordained of God but not unto election.
And with this group is such that are as Pharaoh
It says of him, “Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up. Vessels of wrath fitted for destruction." Romans 9:17 and 22.
None of these would be placed on the records of life. I am not saying that there is no record of them. No doubt there is some kind of record of them, but NOT IN THE RECORDS OF LIFE.
Let's add four more Scriptures
Proverbs 16:4,
“The Lord hath made the wicked for the day of evil.”
Job 21:30,
“The wicked is reserved to the day of destruction, they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.”
1 Peter 2:8 and it says,
“Even to them which stumble at the Word, being disobedient: whereunto they were appointed.”
Jude 1:4 says
“Who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of God into lasciviousness”.
As you read and meditate on these scriptures, you shall have clearer and profound understanding. Romans 9 also explain more on this group of people.
During the Great Tribulation, these are the groups that will worship the beast, receive the mark of beast. Remember the foolish virgins and the 144 000 Jews will not, but they will persecuted, tortured, raped and suffer in the hand of the Antichrist for refusing, there by they will be killed or beheaded for the sske of their Faith. That's why we do all the needful to make it in the Rapture, because the Great Tribulation will be terrible.
We can also call this group that will rrceive the mark and worship the image as the Serpent Seed, just like Cain.... Pharaoh is another perfect example given in Rom 9
I will like to stop here...
Trust you are blessed...
Take time to study through this teachings over and over again and meditate on it.
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