Seven churches
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THE SEVEN CHURCHES<br />
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The book of life referred to earlier in the bible in Philippians 4:3.<br />
Phil 4:3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at<br />
my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers,<br />
whose names are in the book of life.<br />
However it is implied even in the Old Testament when Moses speak to God on behalf of<br />
his fallen people.<br />
Exo 32:32 But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you<br />
have written." :33 The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me I will<br />
blot out of my book.<br />
In this passage God clearly defines the conditions under which He will blot the name out<br />
of the book of Life. More detailed reference to the Book of Life is made in various places<br />
in the book of Revelations at the time of White Throne Judgment. It is often referred to as<br />
"the lamb’s book of life". The implication is thus that it contains the names of those who<br />
have attained the citizenship of the Kingdom of God. As in Rome of John’s period, these<br />
citizens were not liable to normal code of procedures as applicable to non-Roman<br />
citizens. (This is in contrast to the Law of the United States where the code of procedures<br />
in case of crime is the same). The people whose names are written in the book of Life do<br />
not stand in judgment before the white throne.<br />
Rom 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2<br />
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin<br />
and death.<br />
Whatever be their other basic qualifications for the citizenship to the Kingdom, for those in<br />
Sardis, the fact that they kept themselves from the Jezebelian fornication was sufficient.<br />
They shall walk with Christ - in the stola, the white robes of justification, and adoption, and<br />
comfort, or in the white robes of honor and glory in the other world. .Jesus promises them<br />
that He will acknowledge them before the Father as a member of the Church - as his<br />
bride.
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