THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE
The Lamb’s Book of Life contains only the names of those who are part of the Church and who will reside in The New Jerusalem, the Heavenly city Jesus is preparing (John 14) for The Bride Of Christ (all believers from the cross to the Harpazo Rapture) (Rev. 21:27). It is not the Earthly Jerusalem in the Kingdom Age to come. This book is the registry of all believers from The Church Age who are indwelled by the Holy Spirit. No one else will live in The New Jerusalem. It is the eternal residence of The Bride Of Christ who are in union with Christ with the indwelling Holy Spirit. It is important to note that Old Testament Saints are not indwelled by the Holy Spirit as believers in the Church Age are today. The Bride is set apart by God and are in UNION with Christ (John 17:21-26, Ephesians 1:13-14).
Old Testament saints were not indwelled by the Holy Spirit and SEALED in salvation. They had to continue in belief on the Messiah and Christ to come. As such, they will not be part of the Harpazo Rapture event which is reserved for Church Age believers only. After the Rapture, the Holy Spirit will again not indwell anyone who comes to believe on Christ. They will have to keep believing and reject the Mark Of The Beast until death or The Second Coming of Christ event. Old Testament Saints and those believers who die and/or are beheaded during the coming Tribulation Period will not be bodily resurrected until The Second Coming Of Christ to Earth to setup His 1000 year Kingdom Age (Revelation 20:4, Daniel 12:1-2).
THE BOOK OF LIFE (THE BOOK OF THE LIVING)
The Book of Life contains the names of every person from the time they are born (Psalms 139:16). Once a person has made a decision of finality (God knows who will and who will not believe from before the foundation of the world – Ephesians 1 ) to not believe in the once for all final payment for all sins by the foretold Messiah, The Christ, their name is blotted out of The Book Of Life.
For Old Testament believers, who looked forward to Messiah coming in belief, they are listed in the Book Of Life (sometimes referred to as The Book Of The Living). Their names are listed in The Book Of Life and they will be Bodily Resurrected at the Second Coming Event (Revelation 20:4, Daniel 12:1-2) and enter the 1000 year Kingdom Age on Earth. We see The Book Of Life again at the Great White Throne Judgement of all the unbelieving dead from all of time and it is where the names of all believers are found, including believers from the Kingdom Age Millennium with Christ ruling on the Earth. Believers from the Old Testament times and new testament times and from the Kingdom Age on Earth to come.
Since those at the Great White Throne have rejected salvation through belief on Christ crucified, their names were blotted out of The Book Of Life and are not found. They are all those who have decided to pay for their own sins through pride in self righteousness, thinking they are good enough, or those who outright just reject Christ. Because they rejected Christ’s full payment for their sins as a GIFT OFFERED, they have chosen to pay for their sins themselves. The wages of sin is eternal death in the Lake Of Fire (Romans 6:23) and all at this judgement seat will be condemned forever in the Lake of Fire. So sad! God did not want them to end up there. The Lake Of Fire was prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41) but they have sided with satan in pride and will end up where he is going. God sent His only begotten Son to pay their penalty in their place so that they could be with Him forever. Yet, they rejected this amazing gift! Unfortunately, they unbelieving will have an eternity regretting it.
Since The Bride Of Christ and both the Old Testament and Tribulation believers will have been resurrected by the 2nd Coming (Daniel 12:1-2, Rev. 20:4), the only other people whose names will be written in the Book of Life at the end of the Millennium are the children of believing Tribulation survivors who will be born and come to faith during the 1000 year Kingdom Age. At the end of the 1000 year Kingdom Age to come, we see that many of the mortals will not be believers in Christ (even though He is on Earth with them!), satan will be released from the abyss and a final rebellion will occur. The end result is that Christ kills them all and defeats them quickly.
At some time after that, all the unbelieving spirits of dead are bodily resurrected, which is the Second Resurrection unto condemnation. All found at the Great White Throne Judgement Seat of Christ, are unredeemed and unbelievers. They are first shown that they are being condemned because they are not found in the Book Of Life where those who believe on Christ for righteousness are found. Their names were blotted out once they decided in finality to reject salvation by belief on Christ and His once for all blood atoning sacrifice on the cross (Hebrews 10:10).
So, we see that the Book of the Living (Book of Life) and the Lamb’s Book Of Life are not the same book as some are teaching.
